Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI)

Professional employer organization, worksite employees out. Read November 8, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 160 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Barrett Business Services states 3,197 employees, 896 management employees, 4 executive officers and 2,297 staffing services employees, read whole at employment services; the 138,605 worksite employees of its PEO clients are not counted.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 27% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 32% at the end of 2028, 33% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 33% desk work, 18% people work and 50% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 67% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 24% becomes checking a model's work and 8% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

3,197 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing describes branches and self-insured workers' compensation programs in western and other U.S. states and states no count by country; recorded as 1 with a flag.

The filing: “At December 31, 2025, we had a total of 3,197 employees, including 896 managerial, sales and administrative employees (together, "management employees"), 4 executive officers and 2,297 staffing services employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 896 managerial, sales and administrative employees, 4 executive officers and 2,297 staffing services employees; the company is the administrative employer for 138,605 worksite employees of its PEO clients, who are not counted; the employee count varies with business conditions at BBSI and its clients.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Employment Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• ManpowerGroup Inc. (MAN, 25,400 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028
• Robert Half Inc. (RHI, 14,500 employees)37% now, 50% by 2028
• Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA, 4,900 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028
• Insperity, Inc. (NSP, 4,200 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028
• TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI, 3,500 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028
• TriNet Group, Inc. (TNET, 3,400 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028
• Everforth, Inc. (EFOR, 2,800 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028
• AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (AMN, 2,664 employees)27% now, 32% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

23 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says the software and AI tools it uses must be upgraded rapidly to meet client expectations, that cyber threat methods grow more advanced with AI, and that disruptive AI technologies may affect its business positively or negatively, in 23 sentences.

• “To attract and retain clients and satisfy their expectations, the software, hardware, networking technologies and artificial intelligence ("AI") tools we use must be frequently and rapidly upgraded, enhanced and improved in response to technological advances, competitive pressures, client expectations, and new and changing laws.”
• “The methods and techniques used by cyber threat actors to gain entry into our network and access our computer systems, software and data will become more advanced with the use of AI and may become increasingly difficult or impossible to detect and prevent.”
• “Our business may be materially affected - either positively or negatively - by the emergence of disruptive new technologies or approaches enabled by the rapid pace of innovation unfolding in the artificial intelligence space.”
• “The thoughtful adoption of AI may create opportunities to enhance efficiency, improve client experiences and strengthen our competitive position.”
• “However, the safe and responsible integration of AI functionality as it rapidly evolves presents emerging ethical and legal challenges, and the use of such technologies may result in diminished brand trust and reputational harm.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20247median 4
• Fiscal 202523median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• Under rule 8 the 138,605 worksite employees in co-employment arrangements are not counted, as the filing counts them apart; the data service's earlier years carried those counts.
• The 2,297 staffing services employees work at client sites and are counted as the filing counts them.
• The U.S. share of 1 rests on the filing's description of U.S. operations, not a stated count.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-072255, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.