diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index ffc9672f554..5bb8cd90def 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix GCP Project ID being ingested as `cloud.account.id` in `gcp.billing` module {issue}26357[26357] {pull}26412[26412]
 - Fix memory leak in SQL module when database is not available. {issue}25840[25840] {pull}26607[26607]
 - Fix aws metric tags with resourcegroupstaggingapi paginator.  {issue}26385[26385] {pull}26443[26443]
+- Fix quoting in GCP billing table name  {issue}26855[26855] {pull}26870[26870]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing.go b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing.go
index a14d263ac6b..cecc6b4a0a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing.go
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing.go
@@ -205,26 +205,12 @@ func getTables(ctx context.Context, client *bigquery.Client, datasetID string, t
 
 func (m *MetricSet) queryBigQuery(ctx context.Context, client *bigquery.Client, tableMeta tableMeta, month string, costType string) ([]mb.Event, error) {
 	var events []mb.Event
-	query := fmt.Sprintf(`
-			SELECT
-				invoice.month,
-				project.id,
-				project.name,
-				billing_account_id,
-				cost_type,
-			  (SUM(CAST(cost * 1000000 AS int64))
-				+ SUM(IFNULL((SELECT SUM(CAST(c.amount * 1000000 as int64)) FROM UNNEST(credits) c), 0))) / 1000000
-				AS total_exact
-			FROM %s
-			WHERE project.id IS NOT NULL
-			AND invoice.month = '%s'
-			AND cost_type = '%s'
-			GROUP BY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
-			ORDER BY 1 ASC, 2 ASC, 3 ASC, 4 ASC, 5 ASC;`, tableMeta.tableFullID, month, costType)
 
-	q := client.Query(query)
+	query := generateQuery(tableMeta.tableFullID, month, costType)
 	m.logger.Debug("bigquery query = ", query)
 
+	q := client.Query(query)
+
 	// Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
 	q.Location = tableMeta.location
 
@@ -308,3 +294,30 @@ func generateEventID(currentDate string, rowItems []bigquery.Value) string {
 	prefix := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
 	return prefix[:20]
 }
+
+// generateQuery returns the query to be used by the BigQuery client to retrieve monthly
+// cost types breakdown.
+func generateQuery(tableName, month, costType string) string {
+	// The table name is user provided, so it may contains special characters.
+	// In order to allow any character in the table identifier, use the Quoted identifier format.
+	// See https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/26855
+	// NOTE: is not possible to escape backtics (`) in a multiline string
+	escapedTableName := fmt.Sprintf("`%s`", tableName)
+	query := fmt.Sprintf(`
+SELECT
+	invoice.month,
+	project.id,
+	project.name,
+	billing_account_id,
+	cost_type,
+	(SUM(CAST(cost * 1000000 AS int64))
+	+ SUM(IFNULL((SELECT SUM(CAST(c.amount * 1000000 as int64)) FROM UNNEST(credits) c), 0))) / 1000000
+	AS total_exact
+FROM %s
+WHERE project.id IS NOT NULL
+AND invoice.month = '%s'
+AND cost_type = '%s'
+GROUP BY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
+ORDER BY 1 ASC, 2 ASC, 3 ASC, 4 ASC, 5 ASC;`, escapedTableName, month, costType)
+	return query
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing_test.go b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing_test.go
index 885a2fc9786..0b257b3a6eb 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/gcp/billing/billing_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package billing
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -16,3 +18,17 @@ func TestGetCurrentMonth(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := strconv.ParseInt(currentMonth, 0, 64)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestGenerateQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
+
+	query := generateQuery("my-table", "jan", "cost")
+	log.Println(query)
+
+	// verify that table name quoting is in effect
+	assert.Contains(t, query, "`my-table`")
+	// verify the group by is preserved
+	assert.Contains(t, query, "GROUP BY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5")
+	// verify the order by is preserved
+	assert.Contains(t, query, "ORDER BY 1 ASC, 2 ASC, 3 ASC, 4 ASC, 5 ASC")
+}