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LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC

For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Nov 20, 2025.

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FY2025 · Filed Nov 20, 2025

LQDT$43.64-2.4%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended September 30,2025

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 0-51813

LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)52-2209244(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)
6931 Arlington Road, Suite 460, Bethesda, MD.(Address of principal executive offices)20814(Zip Code)

(202)467-6868

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par valueLQDTNasdaq

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No☒

Aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the Nasdaq closing price on March 31, 2025, the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $733.9 million.

The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 17, 2025 was 30,639,767.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement relating to its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed subsequently, are incorporated by reference into Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) of this Form 10-K.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ItemDescriptionPage
PART I
1Business3
1A.Risk Factors40
1B.Unresolved Staff Comments38
1C.Cybersecurity38
2Properties40
3Legal Proceedings40
4Mine Safety Disclosures40
PART II
5Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities41
6[Reserved]43
7Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations44
7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk59
8Financial Statements and Supplementary Data59
9Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure59
9A.Controls and Procedures59
9B.Other Information63
9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections63
PART III
10Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance64
11Executive Compensation64
12Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters64
13Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence64
14Principal Accountant Fees and Services64
PART IV
15Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules65
Signatures105

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to "we," "us," "our", the "Company" and "Liquidity Services" refer to Liquidity Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

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