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Paychex revenue PAYX

Sales by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2008.

Last 12 months, to Aug 31, 2026
$6.6B
Latest quarter, Q1 FY27
$1.6B
+6% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2026
$6.5B
+17% on the year before

Paychex's revenue was $6.6B over the twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, up 14% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q1 FY27, it was $1.6B, up 6% on the same quarter a year before.

Over the five fiscal years to FY2026 it grew 10% a year on average.

Revenue over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearRevenueChange
FY2026$6.5B+17%
FY2025$5.6B+6%
FY2024$5.3B+5%
FY2023$5B+9%
FY2022$4.6B+14%
FY2021$4.1B+0%
FY2020$4B+7%
FY2019$3.8B+12%
FY2018$3.4B+7%
FY2017$3.2B+7%
FY2016$3B+8%
FY2015$2.7B+9%
FY2014$2.5B+8%
FY2013$2.3B+4%
FY2012$2.2B+7%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedRevenueOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q1 FY27$1.6B+6%$6.6B
Q4 FY26$1.6B+12%$6.5B
Q3 FY26$1.8B+20%$6.3B
Q2 FY26$1.6B+18%$6B
Q1 FY26$1.5B+17%$5.8B
Q4 FY25$1.4B+10%$5.6B
Q3 FY25$1.5B+5%$5.4B
Q2 FY25$1.3B+5%$5.4B
Q1 FY25$1.3B+3%$5.3B
Q4 FY24$1.3B+5%$5.3B
Q3 FY24$1.4B+4%$5.2B
Q2 FY24$1.3B+6%$5.2B

Against its peers

Companies in Industrials nearest Paychex's size, closest first, today.

CompanyRevenue, 12 monthsGrowth
PAYXPaychex$6.6B+14% a year
HEIHEICO$5.2B+21% a year
FIXComfort Systems USA$11.2B+46% a year
FERGFergusonn/m
WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies$12B+13% a year
CARRCarrier Global$22.1B−2% a year
ODFLOld Dominion Freight Line$5.6B−1% a year
WCNWaste Connections$9.8B+6% a year
LHXL3Harris Technologiesn/m
ROKRockwell Automation$9B+11% a year
DALDelta Air Lines$71.8B+14% a year
Peer median$10.5B

Where Paychex ranks

What the revenue tells you

Total sales in the period. On the company page, quarterly bars or the trailing twelve months (TTM), which smooths seasonality.

Growing revenue with shrinking margins is a warning, not a win.

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