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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC

TechnologyBusiness Services & Software
Ticker BBSIVANCOUVER, WAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $8.25Diluted shares 24.7M

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBSI) operates as a leading provider of business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies. The company's integrated platform combines knowledge-based management consulting with human resource outsourcing tools, delivered through a decentralized organizational… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$1.24B
+8.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.27B
5.01%
−0.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 4.13%
$54.45M
+2.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $35.08M
22.59%
−1.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 17.22%
Cash & financing
$65.95M
+553.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $36.61M
$47.18M
+1258.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $15.52M
—
26.1M
−2.1% year over year
Last 12 mo 24.7M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC does

In the company’s own words

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBSI) operates as a leading provider of business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies. The company's integrated platform combines knowledge-based management consulting with human resource outsourcing tools, delivered through a decentralized organizational structure that emphasizes local market presence and personalized service. The company website is located at www.bbsi.com.

BBSI operates through two primary service categories: Professional Employer Services (PEO) and Staffing. The PEO segment, which represents the majority of revenues, establishes co-employment relationships with client companies, assuming responsibility for payroll, payroll taxes, workers' compensation coverage, and benefits administration. During 2025, the company supported more than 8,200 PEO clients with total average worksite employees of 138,218. The staffing division provides on-demand and short-term staffing assignments, contract staffing, direct placement services, and long-term on-site management solutions.

The company's service delivery model operates through three progressive tiers: Tactical Alignment focusing on administrative implementation, Dynamic Relationship emphasizing organizational development and process improvement, and Strategic Counsel providing forward-looking advocacy and guidance aligned with client business objectives. BBSI also offers workers' compensation coverage through both fully insured arrangements with third-party carriers and self-insured programs in select states, along with comprehensive employee benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans.

As of December 31, 2025, BBSI employed 3,197 total employees, including 896 management employees and 2,297 staffing services employees, with administrative responsibility for 138,605 worksite employees. The company maintains significant geographic concentration in California, which accounted for approximately 72 percent of total revenues in 2025. BBSI serves clients across diverse industries including construction, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and professional services. The company operates through a network of decentralized business teams typically located within 50 miles of client companies, enabling autonomous decision-making and close alignment with local market conditions and client objectives.

Company details
Sector
Technology
Industry
Business Services & Software
Headquarters
VANCOUVER, WA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
902791
SIC
7363

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-154.74M$232.83M$620.40M$1.01B$1.40B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

206
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$294.30M
held by funds, at market
35.8%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC’s weight in each

THRIVENT SMALL CAP STOCK FUND
AASMX · Thrivent Mutual Funds
1.31%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
2.44%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets
Heartland Value Fund
HRTVX · HEARTLAND GROUP INC.
1.37%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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