TTM
7.3%
YoY change
−0.54pp
Trough year (2000)
2.0%
Peak year (2022)
12.4%
Latest annual
7.8%
Operating Margin history chart for LKQ (LKQ) from 1998 to 2025
Latest: 7.8%
Operating Margin change chart for LKQ (LKQ) from 1998 to 2025
Latest: −0.54pp
Operating Margin history table for LKQ (LKQ) from 1998 to 2025
| 2025 | 7.8% | -0.54pp | ||
| 2024 | 8.4% | -1.43pp | ||
| 2023 | 9.8% | -2.57pp | ||
| 2022 | 12.4% | +1.10pp | ||
| 2021 | 11.3% | +2.79pp | ||
| 2020 | 8.5% | +1.31pp | ||
| 2019 | 7.2% | -0.26pp | ||
| 2018 | 7.4% | -1.25pp | ||
| 2017 | 8.7% | -0.21pp | ||
| 2016 | 8.9% | -0.90pp | ||
| 2015 | 9.8% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2014 | 9.6% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2013 | 10.5% | -0.15pp | ||
| 2012 | 10.6% | -0.43pp | ||
| 2011 | 11.1% | -1.01pp | ||
| 2010 | 12.1% | +0.76pp | ||
| 2009 | 11.3% | +1.17pp | ||
| 2008 | 10.1% | -0.76pp | ||
| 2007 | 10.9% | +1.11pp | ||
| 2006 | 9.8% | +0.10pp | ||
| 2005 | 9.7% | +1.45pp | ||
| 2004 | 8.2% | +0.27pp | ||
| 2003 | 7.9% | +0.69pp | ||
| 2002 | 7.3% | +2.02pp | ||
| 2001 | 5.2% | +3.20pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.0% | -0.21pp | ||
| 1999 | 2.2% | -0.98pp | ||
| 1998 | 3.2% | — |
- 20257.8%-0.54pp
- 20248.4%-1.43pp
- 20239.8%-2.57pp
- 202212.4%+1.10pp
- 202111.3%+2.79pp
- 20208.5%+1.31pp
- 20197.2%-0.26pp
- 20187.4%-1.25pp
- 20178.7%-0.21pp
- 20168.9%-0.90pp
- 20159.8%+0.15pp
- 20149.6%-0.83pp
- 201310.5%-0.15pp
- 201210.6%-0.43pp
- 201111.1%-1.01pp
- 201012.1%+0.76pp
- 200911.3%+1.17pp
- 200810.1%-0.76pp
- 200710.9%+1.11pp
- 20069.8%+0.10pp
- 20059.7%+1.45pp
- 20048.2%+0.27pp
- 20037.9%+0.69pp
- 20027.3%+2.02pp
- 20015.2%+3.20pp
- 20002.0%-0.21pp
- 19992.2%-0.98pp
- 19983.2%—
Operating Margin values are taken from LKQ'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 LKQ (LKQ)
According to LKQ's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 7.3%. 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, LKQ (LKQ) operating margin totalled 7.81% – contracted 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 12.36% in 2022 and its low of 2.04% in 2000.
LKQ Operating Margin by Year
LKQ Operating Margin 2025: 7.8%
In 2025, LKQ reported operating margin of 7.81%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
LKQ Operating Margin 2024: 8.4%
LKQ operating margin in 2024 was 8.35%, contracted 1.4 percentage points from 2023.
LKQ Operating Margin 2023: 9.8%
2023's operating margin for LKQ came in at 9.79%, contracted 2.6 percentage points from 2022.
LKQ Operating Margin 2022: 12.4%
LKQ posted operating margin of 12.36% in 2022, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
LKQ Operating Margin 2021: 11.3%
LKQ operating margin in 2021 was 11.26%.
See more financial history for LKQ (LKQ).
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