Meta Platforms, Inc.META

Meta Platforms, Inc. Segments Disclosure

10-KFiled Jan 29, 20262 min read
Segment and Geographical Information
We report our financial results for our two reportable segments: Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). FoA includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and other services. RL includes our virtual and augmented reality related consumer hardware, software, and content. Our operating segments are the same as our reportable segments.

Our chief executive officer is our chief operating decision maker (CODM). Our CODM uses consolidated and operating segment's revenue and income (loss) from operations to allocate resources during our annual planning process and to assess performance. Our CODM does not evaluate operating segments using asset or liability information.

Revenue and costs and expenses are generally directly attributed to our segments. These directly attributable costs and expenses include certain product development related operating expenses, costs associated with partnership arrangements, consumer hardware product costs, content costs, and legal-related costs. Indirect costs are allocated to segments based on a reasonable allocation methodology, when such costs are significant to the performance measures of the operating segments. Indirect operating expenses, such as facilities, information technology, certain shared research and development activities, recruiting, and physical security expenses are mostly allocated based on headcount. Costs related to the operation of our data centers and technical infrastructure are generally allocated to our segments based on estimated usage, most of which is allocated to the FoA segment.

The following table sets forth our segment information of revenue, expenses, and income (loss) from operations (in millions):
 Year Ended December 31, 
 202520242023
Family of Apps:
Revenue$198,759 $162,355 $133,006 
Employee compensation (1)
(39,943)(31,116)(28,878)
Other costs and expenses (2)
(56,347)(44,130)(41,257)
Income from operations$102,469 $87,109 $62,871 
Reality Labs:
Revenue$2,207 $2,146 $1,896 
Employee compensation (1)
(10,759)(10,211)(8,942)
Other costs and expenses (3)
(10,641)(9,664)(9,074)
Loss from operations$(19,193)$(17,729)$(16,120)
Total:
Revenue$200,966 $164,501 $134,902 
Employee compensation (1)
(50,702)(41,327)(37,820)
Other costs and expenses(66,988)(53,794)(50,331)
Income from operations$83,276 $69,380 $46,751 
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(1)Employee compensation includes employee payroll, share-based compensation, bonus, and employee benefits for medical care, retirement, insurances and other.
(2)Includes costs and expenses in FoA segment for infrastructure, professional services, partner arrangements, marketing, facilities, legal-related costs, and other expenses.
(3)Includes costs and expenses in RL segment for inventory, professional services, marketing, infrastructure, facilities, and other expenses.
The following table sets forth our long-lived assets by geographic area, which consist of property and equipment, net and operating lease right-of-use assets (in millions):
 December 31,
 20252024
United States$173,390 $117,478 
Rest of the world (1)
23,414 18,790 
Total long-lived assets$196,804 $136,268 
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(1)No individual country, other than disclosed above, exceeded 10% of our total long-lived assets for any period presented.

For information regarding revenue disaggregated by geography, see Note 2 — Revenue.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Jan 29, 2026Showing above
2024Jan 30, 2025
2023Feb 2, 2024
2022Feb 2, 2023
2021Feb 3, 2022
2020Jan 28, 2021
2019Jan 30, 2020

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.

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