Unifirst (UNF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Over the twelve months ended May 30, 2026, Unifirst's Operating Expenses came in at $2.35 billion, up 3.5% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 30, 2025), it came in at $2.25 billion, up 0.2% from FY2024.

• Operating Expenses has increased for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
• By fiscal year, Operating Expenses came in at $2.24 billion in FY2024 (+6.9%), $2.1 billion in FY2023 (+12.5%), $1.87 billion in FY2022 (+14.5%) and $1.63 billion in FY2021 (-0.1%).
• The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to fiscal Q1 2010.
• Year over year, Operating Expenses has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 3.5% over the last eight quarters.
• The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 16.5%); the low point was fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 3.6%).
• Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $596.49 million (Q2 2026), $576.01 million (Q1 2026) and $564.87 million (Q4 2025).