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Churchill Downs Inc: operating expenses

Churchill Downs operating expenses: $2.24 billion for the year ending 2025-12-31, up 10.7% on the year. 12 values since 2014, each linked to its SEC filing.

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At a glance

Churchill Downs reported operating expenses of $2.24 billion for the year ending 2025-12-31, up 10.7% from $2.03 billion a year earlier. From 2014 to 2025 it grew at a compound 10.9% a year, from $721.8 million to $2.24 billion. Across the last five reported years it ranged from $1.31 billion (2021-12-31) to $2.24 billion (2025-12-31). That was 76.6% of revenue ($2.93 billion) for the same year.

Computed from the values in the table below, in USD; each links to the filing it came from.

What this measure means

Recurring operating costs under this accounting concept, generally excluding production costs included in cost of sales. Check filing presentation before combining expense subtotals.

Exact concept: us-gaap:OperatingExpenses. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2014-01-01 to 2025-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.

Selected filing history

Operating expenses in original reported units, latest-filed observation per period
Period startPeriod endValueUnitFiledSource filing
2025-01-012025-12-312,242,100,000USD2026-02-2510-K · 0000020212-26-000025 SEC
2024-01-012024-12-312,025,300,000USD2026-02-2510-K · 0000020212-26-000025 SEC
2023-01-012023-12-311,897,700,000USD2026-02-2510-K · 0000020212-26-000025 SEC
2022-01-012022-12-311,488,000,000USD2025-02-2010-K · 0000020212-25-000051 SEC
2021-01-012021-12-311,312,800,000USD2024-02-2110-K · 0000020212-24-000055 SEC
2020-01-012020-12-31993,800,000USD2023-02-2210-K · 0000020212-23-000059 SEC
2019-01-012019-12-311,114,000,000USD2022-02-2310-K · 0000020212-22-000056 SEC
2018-01-012018-12-31820,200,000USD2021-02-2410-K · 0000020212-21-000019 SEC
2017-01-012017-12-31736,900,000USD2020-02-2610-K · 0000020212-20-000019 SEC
2016-01-012016-12-31649,900,000USD2019-02-2710-K · 0000020212-19-000012 SEC
2015-01-012015-12-31672,300,000USD2018-02-2810-K · 0000020212-18-000010 SEC
2014-01-012014-12-31721,800,000USD2017-02-2810-K · 0000020212-17-000008 SEC

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Entity
Churchill Downs Inc / CIK 0000020212
Captured
SEC response SHA-256
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