Growth Metrics

Ziprecruiter (ZIP) Cost of Revenue (2020 - 2025)

Ziprecruiter (ZIP) has disclosed Cost of Revenue for 6 consecutive years, with -$128.2 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cost of Revenue fell 172.37% to -$128.2 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $48.3 million, a 85.73% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $48.3 million, down 77.63% from a year prior.
  • Cost of Revenue was -$128.2 million for Q4 2025 at Ziprecruiter, down from $60.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $214.4 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$210.2 million in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $52.4 million and a median of $58.3 million in 2025 define the central range for Cost of Revenue.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Cost of Revenue was 916.41% in 2023; the steepest drop was 343.59% in 2023.
  • Ziprecruiter's Cost of Revenue stood at -$210.2 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 110.04% to $21.1 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 916.41% to $214.4 million in 2023, then dropped by 17.38% to $177.2 million in 2024, then plummeted by 172.37% to -$128.2 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZIP's Cost of Revenue are -$128.2 million (Q4 2025), $60.0 million (Q3 2025), and $58.1 million (Q2 2025).