Barrett Business Services, Inc. has grown revenue 5.9% a year over three years and 6.8% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at −6.9%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +5.9% (Staffing & Employment Services median −1.3%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +6.8%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: −6.9%, earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something. Years of annual history on file: 17, FY2009 to FY2025, as filed.

BBSIBarrett Business Services, Inc.

Industrials

$32.17-27% 1Y

$32.17

$26.6852 weeks$44.18

Is it growing?

Watch

Growth is fading: earnings down −33% year on year and operating margin narrowing (−1.1 points).

2 to watch, 1 neutral

Revenue trend+6% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +7% a year.

Earnings trend−33% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing slower than revenue, so the growth is costing something.

Margin direction−1.1 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 4.1% now against 5.2% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jun 30, 2026.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is BBSI growing?

Barrett Business Services, Inc. has grown revenue 5.9% a year over three years and 6.8% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at −6.9%.

+5.9%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Staffing & Employment Services median −1.3% · steady growth, ahead of inflation · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +6.8%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +5.9% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: −6.9%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +5.9% · earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something
Years of annual history on file: 17
Years of annual history on file · FY2009 to FY2025, as filed