Unifirst (UNF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Unifirst (UNF) posted Operating Expenses of $611.4 million for Q2 2026, up 2.49% on a QoQ basis from $596.5 million in Q1 2026, and up 8.67% year-over-year from $562.6 million in Q2 2025.

Unifirst (UNF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unifirst's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $611.4 million for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 8.67% year-over-year to $611.4 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was $2.3 billion (up 3.52% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.2 billion, changed 0.18% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $611.4 million for Q2 2026 at Unifirst, up from $596.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $611.4 million in Q2 2026 and bottomed at $464.1 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $544.5 million and a median of $552.1 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses rose 16.5% — and 2025, when it declined 3.58%.
  • Unifirst's Operating Expenses stood at $498.4 million in 2022, then increased by 8.43% to $540.4 million in 2023, then grew by 1.66% to $549.4 million in 2024, then rose by 4.85% to $576.0 million in 2025, then advanced by 6.14% to $611.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNF's Operating Expenses at $611.4 million in Q2 2026, $596.5 million in Q1 2026, and $576.0 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 788.55 Mn
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - 6.06 Bn
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - -1.20 Bn
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 772.78 Mn
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn 2.99 Bn
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 1.02 Bn
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 243.00 Mn
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 4.69 Bn
10 Unifirst 5.24 Bn 5.07 Bn 234.73 Mn 611.37 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 30, 2026 611.37 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 596.49 Mn
Nov 29, 2025 576.01 Mn
Aug 30, 2025 564.87 Mn
May 31, 2025 562.60 Mn
Mar 1, 2025 571.01 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 549.38 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 585.82 Mn
May 25, 2024 554.88 Mn
Feb 24, 2024 562.77 Mn
Nov 25, 2023 540.39 Mn
Aug 26, 2023 535.81 Mn
May 27, 2023 543.27 Mn
Feb 25, 2023 521.98 Mn
Nov 26, 2022 498.38 Mn
Aug 27, 2022 483.16 Mn
May 28, 2022 477.85 Mn
Feb 26, 2022 464.08 Mn
Nov 27, 2021 441.37 Mn
Aug 28, 2021 420.35 Mn