HireQuest (HQI) Tax Rate (2019 - 2026)
HireQuest posted quarterly Tax Rate of 14.4% for Q1 2026, up 387.0% year-on-year from 2.96% in Q1 2025, and up 178.5% on a QoQ basis from 18.35% in Q4 2025.
HireQuest (HQI) has 8 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 14.4% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 387.0% year-over-year to 14.4%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.81% (up 147.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.49%, down 384.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 14.4%, up from 18.35% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 25.09% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 18.35% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 14.81% (2022), against an average of 11.96%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate jumped 3086 bps; it then sank 2041 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 1.82% in 2022, then soared by 1245 bps to 24.48% in 2023, then sank by 92 bps to 2.07% in 2024, then plunged by 988 bps to 18.35% in 2025, then jumped by 178 bps to 14.4% in 2026.
- The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 14.4% (Q1 2026), 18.35% (Q4 2025), and 5.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korn Ferry | 3.61 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 724.93 Mn | 28.76 |
| 2 | Robert Half | 2.93 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 479.91 Mn | 56.14 |
| 3 | Trinet | 2.15 Bn | 684.96 Mn | 1.16 Bn | 27.64 |
| 4 | ManpowerGroup | 1.48 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 723.00 Mn | 83.77 |
| 5 | Insperity | 1.31 Bn | 754.86 Mn | 302.00 Mn | 47.62 |
| 6 | Barrett Business Services | 814.51 Mn | 722.64 Mn | 43.19 Mn | -233.55 |
| 7 | Kforce | 805.03 Mn | 803.69 Mn | 90.07 Mn | 30.20 |
| 8 | Kelly Services | 399.73 Mn | 374.13 Mn | 196.40 Mn | 11.94 |
| 9 | TrueBlue | 187.20 Mn | 163.07 Mn | 79.02 Mn | -3.00 |
| 10 | HireQuest | 182.43 Mn | 181.41 Mn | - | 14.40 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.40 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.40 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -18.35 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -18.35 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.38 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.38 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.96 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.96 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.54 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.54 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.07 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.07 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.09 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.09 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.16 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.16 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.73 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.73 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.48 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.48 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.47 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.47 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.09 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.09 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.82 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.82 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.57 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.57 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.21 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.21 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.69 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.69 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.41 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.41 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.24 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.24 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 20.14 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 20.14 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -19.17 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -19.17 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 5.99 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 5.99 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 17.01 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 17.01 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.26 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.26 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 18.53 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 18.53 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -58.84 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -58.84 |
| Sep 29, 2019 | -126.04 |
| Sep 29, 2019 | -126.04 |