TTM
18.3%
YoY change
−0.31pp
Trough year (2019)
-9.6%
Peak year (2002)
32.2%
Latest annual
18.0%
Operating Margin history chart for Equifax (EFX) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 18.0%
Operating Margin change chart for Equifax (EFX) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.31pp
Operating Margin history table for Equifax (EFX) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 18.0% | -0.31pp | ||
| 2024 | 18.3% | +0.61pp | ||
| 2023 | 17.7% | -2.88pp | ||
| 2022 | 20.6% | -2.50pp | ||
| 2021 | 23.1% | +6.72pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.4% | +25.95pp | ||
| 2019 | -9.6% | -22.69pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.1% | -11.61pp | ||
| 2017 | 24.7% | -1.50pp | ||
| 2016 | 26.2% | +0.18pp | ||
| 2015 | 26.1% | -0.14pp | ||
| 2014 | 26.2% | -0.33pp | ||
| 2013 | 26.5% | +3.37pp | ||
| 2012 | 23.2% | -1.60pp | ||
| 2011 | 24.8% | +1.63pp | ||
| 2010 | 23.1% | +0.88pp | ||
| 2009 | 22.2% | -2.40pp | ||
| 2008 | 24.7% | -1.73pp | ||
| 2007 | 26.4% | -1.82pp | ||
| 2006 | 28.2% | -1.03pp | ||
| 2005 | 29.2% | -0.29pp | ||
| 2004 | 29.5% | +3.57pp | ||
| 2003 | 26.0% | -6.23pp | ||
| 2002 | 32.2% | +9.90pp | ||
| 2001 | 22.3% | -3.67pp | ||
| 2000 | 26.0% | +2.57pp | ||
| 1999 | 23.4% | +0.82pp | ||
| 1998 | 22.6% | -1.15pp | ||
| 1997 | 23.7% | +1.88pp | ||
| 1996 | 21.8% | +1.75pp | ||
| 1995 | 20.1% | +5.02pp | ||
| 1994 | 15.1% | +5.27pp | ||
| 1993 | 9.8% | -2.67pp | ||
| 1992 | 12.5% | +3.99pp | ||
| 1991 | 8.5% | -2.19pp | ||
| 1990 | 10.7% | +2.69pp | ||
| 1989 | 8.0% | -0.11pp | ||
| 1988 | 8.1% | -0.58pp | ||
| 1987 | 8.7% | +1.00pp | ||
| 1986 | 7.7% | +0.28pp | ||
| 1985 | 7.4% | — |
- 202518.0%-0.31pp
- 202418.3%+0.61pp
- 202317.7%-2.88pp
- 202220.6%-2.50pp
- 202123.1%+6.72pp
- 202016.4%+25.95pp
- 2019-9.6%-22.69pp
- 201813.1%-11.61pp
- 201724.7%-1.50pp
- 201626.2%+0.18pp
- 201526.1%-0.14pp
- 201426.2%-0.33pp
- 201326.5%+3.37pp
- 201223.2%-1.60pp
- 201124.8%+1.63pp
- 201023.1%+0.88pp
- 200922.2%-2.40pp
- 200824.7%-1.73pp
- 200726.4%-1.82pp
- 200628.2%-1.03pp
- 200529.2%-0.29pp
- 200429.5%+3.57pp
- 200326.0%-6.23pp
- 200232.2%+9.90pp
- 200122.3%-3.67pp
- 200026.0%+2.57pp
- 199923.4%+0.82pp
- 199822.6%-1.15pp
- 199723.7%+1.88pp
- 199621.8%+1.75pp
- 199520.1%+5.02pp
- 199415.1%+5.27pp
- 19939.8%-2.67pp
- 199212.5%+3.99pp
- 19918.5%-2.19pp
- 199010.7%+2.69pp
- 19898.0%-0.11pp
- 19888.1%-0.58pp
- 19878.7%+1.00pp
- 19867.7%+0.28pp
- 19857.4%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Equifax's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Equifax (EFX)
According to Equifax's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 18.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Equifax (EFX) operating margin totalled 18.03% – contracted 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 32.18% was reported in 2002. The lowest in the available history was -9.56% in 2019.
Equifax Operating Margin by Year
Equifax Operating Margin 2025: 18.0%
Equifax operating margin in 2025 was 18.03%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
Equifax Operating Margin 2024: 18.3%
2024's operating margin for Equifax came in at 18.34%, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2023.
Equifax Operating Margin 2023: 17.7%
Equifax posted operating margin of 17.73% in 2023, contracted 2.9 percentage points from 2022.
Equifax Operating Margin 2022: 20.6%
In 2022, Equifax reported operating margin of 20.62%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2021.
Equifax Operating Margin 2021: 23.1%
Equifax operating margin in 2021 was 23.11%.
See more financial history for Equifax (EFX).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Equifax (EFX), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
- 40.1%
- 18.5%
- 17.9%
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