Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (BWMN)
Engineering and surveying services, 135 locations. Read November 11, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 5, 2026. Ranked 19 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
43%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
68%
Employees, annual report
2,300
Leading staffing pattern
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now43%
- End of 202762%
- End of 202868%
- End of 203069%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 30%
- Becomes checking a model's work 61%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
An engineering services firm with one kind of work; the filing states one total and two workforce shares.
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: 43% now, 62% at the end of 2027, 68% at the end of 2028, 69% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 69% desk work, 16% people work and 15% 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 30% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 61% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
2,300 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated. The filing describes more than 135 locations throughout the United States and four labor augmentation operations in Mexico.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 2,300 employees, of which approximately 93% are full-time employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | 100% | By description (c): an engineering services firm whose staff do engineering, geospatial work, construction management and field surveying; licensed professionals are about 35% of the workforce. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 93% full-time. Licensed professional staff are about 35% of the workforce, and about 30% work primarily outside an office in geospatial engineering, construction management, land procurement and field surveying.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Architectural, Engineering, and Related 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.
- Aecom (ACM, 51,000 employees)43% now, 68% by 2028
- Amentum Holdings, Inc. (AMTM, 50,000 employees)36% now, 55% by 2028
- Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J, 43,000 employees)43% now, 68% by 2028
- KBR, Inc. (KBR, 36,000 employees)37% now, 57% by 2028
- Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK, 25,000 employees)43% now, 68% by 2028
- Fluor Corporation (FLR, 22,995 employees)37% now, 57% by 2028
- UL Solutions Inc. (ULS, 14,851 employees)44% now, 68% by 2028
- TIC Solutions, Inc. (TIC, 12,760 employees)43% now, 68% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
17 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and generative design are anticipated to improve design accuracy, timelines and cost predictability.
- “Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to, our expectations regarding our acquisitions and the anticipated impact on such acquisitions on our business, our intentions regarding integration of our acquired companies, including timing for such integrations; our intentions regarding our growth strategies and the focus of our acquisition...”
- “Our customers (i) build and operate systems that collect, produce, manage and distribute vital life-sustaining services such as water, natural gas, electricity, and other critical resources; (ii) manage roads, bridges, ports, marine facilities logistics, and transportation systems used to transport people, goods and services from place to place; (iii) operate mission critical facilities where p...”
- “Advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative design, 3-D building information modeling (BIM), interactive digital twins, and collaborative cloud-based data exchange platforms are anticipated to enhance design accuracy, reduce project timelines, improve cost predictability and extend engagement with customers and their assets.”
- “Technological developments are expected to expand the engagement of engineering, technical consulting services and program management firms with customers, intensify expectations for data-driven design processing, and create opportunities for firms that invest in scalable digital capabilities, AI-enabled routines and specialized technical expertise.”
- “The electrical demand associated with the proliferation of data centers, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence applications is straining the U.S. power grid and creating a sense of urgency around maintenance, speed to energization and stability.”
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 20212median 0
- Fiscal 20222median 0
- Fiscal 20232median 1
- Fiscal 20243median 4
- Fiscal 202517median 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2,300 | 2026-03-05 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 2,200 | 2025-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 2,000 | 2024-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 1,600 | 2023-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 1,000 | 2022-03-23 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by kind of service; one pattern by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-015252, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.2 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 43% now and 68% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. employ?
- 2,300 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; by those patterns the work is about 69% desk work, 16% people work and 15% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s annual report say about AI?
- 17 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 2, 2, 2, 3 and 17 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.2 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 11, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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