Growth Metrics

Shopify (SHOP) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)

Shopify's quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, up 20.5% year-on-year from $966.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 9.6% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Shopify has reported Operating Expenses for 13 years, with the latest figure at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 20.5% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.3 billion (up 22.71% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.1 billion, up 20.31% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.2 billion, up from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $2.5 billion in Q2 2023, with the low at $114.6 million in Q4 2023.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $940.2 million, with a median of $879.0 million recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Expenses tumbled 84.25% in 2023 and soared 674.08% in 2024.
  • Tracing SHOP's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $727.3 million in 2022, then plunged by 84.25% to $114.6 million in 2023, then soared by 674.08% to $887.0 million in 2024, then grew by 19.73% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then climbed by 9.6% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 6.82 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 3.32 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.54 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 789.87 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 966.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 887.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 835.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 804.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 871.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 114.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 2.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 910.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 727.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 772.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 663.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 735.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 538.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 486.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 481.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 347.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 391.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 266.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 270.27 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 246.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 293.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 191.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 182.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 162.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 195.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 138.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 130.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 114.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 127.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 112.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 76.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 65.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 77.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 48.51 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 56.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 49.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 42.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 33.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 28.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 25.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 24.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 20.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 21.35 Mn