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How Airbnb, Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$12.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$2.1B · 17%Gross profit$10.2B · 83%Operating income$2.5B · 21%Income before tax$3.1B · 26%Income tax$626M · 5%Net income$2.5B · 21%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$12.2B100%
Cost of revenue$2.1B17%
$10.2B83%
$2.5B21%
Income before tax$3.1B26%
Income tax$626M5%
$2.5B21%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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