By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released its annual report for 2025, a landmark year as it made the Presidential transition from German Thomas Bach to Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry.
According to a report from The Sports Examiner, the IOC, excluding the COVID-19-impacted year of 2020, recorded its first operating loss since 2017, the year after the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The report shows that the IOC distributed 90% of its revenue back to the Olympic Movement, but “stated that it has $7.7 billion in revenues and $6.8 billion in distributions for the period of 2021-24, or 88.3%.”
The revenue base for the IOC weighs heavily on the broadcasting rights (55%) of the total for the quad, plus another 36% to its TOP (The Olympic Partner Program) sponsors.
Below is a breakdown of the financial statements as reported by The Sports Examiner:
$649.969 million revenue ($0 broadcast rights) $218.157 million for Olympic-related costs (including Solidarity) $358.296 million distributions to organizers, federations, NOCs $191.935 million for Promotion of the Olympic Movement (digital) $213.020 million for administration (32.7% of revenues) Operating loss of $331.439 million Investment gain of $291.879 million Net loss of $39.569 millionThis is the first time since 2020, when broadcasting rights payments were delayed due to COVID-19, that the IOC has shown an annual operating loss. The IOC has already stated that for the 2025-28 quad, they have contracted for $7.7 billion in revenue, with more to come.
In 2025, the IOC’s distributions included:
$891.974 million in broadcast money to Milan Cortina 2026 $391.774 million in broadcast money to LA28 $94.978 million in TOP sponsorship money to Milan Cortina 2026 $99.344 million in TOP sponsorship money to LA28According to the report from The Sports Examiner, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committees, as part of its revenue-sharing agreement with the IOC, “received $81.588 million for its share of the TOP sponsorship program in 2025. The USOPC also received $150,000 in licensing rights revenue from the IOC.”
As for the World Anti-Doping Agency, the IOC paid $23.616 million in support payments to the organization, $9.38 million to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and $2 million to the International Paralympic Committee.
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