Growth Metrics

Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Barrett Business Services has reported Gross Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 21.26% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 21.26% for Q4 2025, down 216.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 21.04% (down 109.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 21.04%, down 109.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 21.26% at Barrett Business Services, down from 24.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for BBSI hit a ceiling of 25.51% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 14.13% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 23.76% (2023), compared with a mean of 21.78%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: soared 225bps in 2022 and later tumbled -216bps in 2025.
  • Barrett Business Services' Gross Margin stood at 21.8% in 2021, then increased by 2bps to 22.32% in 2022, then grew by 6bps to 23.71% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 23.42% in 2024, then decreased by -9bps to 21.26% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 21.26% (Q4 2025), 24.07% (Q3 2025), and 23.81% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.