Barrett Business Services

BBSI • NASDAQ

Barrett Business Services is a staffing & employment services company in the industrials sector on NASDAQ, led by Gary E. Kramer, with a market cap of $937.1M. As of Q3 2025, 87% of shares are held by 192 institutional investors, with Mawer Investment Management Ltd. as the largest holder at 7.59%.

President and Chief Executive OfficerGary E. Kramer

Market Cap$937.1M

Staffing & Employment Services

Industrials

Employees130.5K

Websitebbsi.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in BBSI as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $1.1B

All Institutions

Institutions: 192
Value Held: $989.8M
Shares Held: 22.3M
Avg Position: $5.2M
Median Position: $898.7K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 28
Value Held: $109.3M
Shares Held: 2.5M
Avg Position: $3.9M
Median Position: $1.3M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

77.33%

$880.5M

Hedge Funds

9.6%

$109.3M

Retail & Other

13.07%

$148.8M

Based on market cap of $1.1B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in BBSI as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
Mawer Investment Management Ltd. Long Only Manager	Geoffrey Grafton Ritchie Chairman	$86.5M 0.45% of portfolio	7.59% 2.0M shares	Q2 2024 Held for 1y 5m	$19.3B
THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS Insurance Manager	Teresa Joy Rasmussen CEO	$84.3M 0.18% of portfolio	7.40% 1.9M shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$48.0B
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$83.9M 0.00% of portfolio	7.37% 1.9M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$68.7M 0.00% of portfolio	6.03% 1.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
Private Capital Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	Gregg Joseph Powers CEO	$43.8M 4.43% of portfolio	3.84% 987.3K shares	Q2 2020 Held for 5y 5m	$986.6M
FMR LLC Institution	-	$38.0M 0.00% of portfolio	3.34% 858.0K shares	Q3 2018 Held for 7y 2m	$1.92T
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	Jean Marie Hynes CEO	$31.6M 0.01% of portfolio	2.77% 712.5K shares	Q1 2022 Held for 3y 8m	$571.21B
R ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LLC Institution	-	$29.3M 0.29% of portfolio	2.58% 662.0K shares	Q3 2017 Held for 8y 2m	$10.0B
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	David Paul Butler CEO	$29.3M 0.01% of portfolio	2.58% 661.6K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$466.32B
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$29.0M 0.00% of portfolio	2.54% 653.5K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for BBSI in Q3 2025

Traded: −$4.1M
Buyers: 87
Sellers: 94
Total Bought: +$92.2M
Total Sold: −$96.3M
Avg Position: $4.6M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
B BESSEMER GROUP INC Institution	+$18.6M +418.7K shares	$18.6M 418.8K shares
THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS Insurance Manager	+$14.4M +324.7K shares	$84.3M 1.9M shares
Trigran Investments, Inc. Hedge Fund•Value	+$9.7M +219.0K shares	$17.7M 399.7K shares
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$8.3M +186.4K shares	$18.7M 422.1K shares
A Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Institution	+$5.1M +114.1K shares	$5.5M 123.7K shares
M Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$3.8M +85.0K shares	$3.8M 85.0K shares
Q Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Institution	+$3.4M +77.0K shares	$6.2M 139.4K shares
N Nuveen, LLC Institution	+$3.0M +67.0K shares	$19.4M 438.4K shares
KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. Long Only Manager	+$1.9M +43.3K shares	$7.9M 177.7K shares
Trexquant Investment LP Hedge Fund•Quant	+$1.6M +37.2K shares	$1.6M 37.2K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
FMR LLC Institution	−$22.8M −514.3K shares	$38.0M 858.0K shares
Private Capital Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	−$7.1M −160.3K shares	$43.8M 987.3K shares
R ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Institution	−$6.3M −143.0K shares	$9.1M 205.4K shares
JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC Hedge Fund•Quant	−$4.7M −106.7K shares	$5.1M 114.3K shares
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	−$4.1M −92.0K shares	$9.2M 207.2K shares
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC Long Only Manager	−$3.9M −87.1K shares	$1.5M 33.2K shares
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	−$3.3M −79.8K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	−$3.3M −73.5K shares	$83.9M 1.9M shares
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	−$2.8M −62.1K shares	$28.7M 647.3K shares
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. Long Only Manager	−$2.2M −53.7K shares	Sold Off 0 shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited BBSI in Q3 2025

New Positions: 12
New Value: $2.6M
Exited Positions: 23
Exited Value: $17.8M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Quantinno Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	$1.3M 29.7K shares
Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC Long Only Manager	$384.9K 8.7K shares
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$326.6K 7.4K shares
Round Rock Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$238.4K 5.7K shares
Empirical Financial Services, LLC RIA/Wealth	$214.5K 4.8K shares
S State of Alaska, Department of Revenue Institution	$66.7K 1.5K shares
O Optiver Holding B.V. Institution	$8.1K 182.0 shares
S Strengthening Families & Communities, LLC Institution	$2.8K 63.0 shares
Q Quarry LP Institution	$1.5K 34.0 shares
S SBI Securities Co., Ltd. Institution	$1.1K 25.0 shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	$3.3M 79.8K shares
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. Long Only Manager	$2.2M 53.7K shares
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	$1.6M 37.9K shares
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$1.4M 33.8K shares
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC Institution	$1.4M 33.3K shares
ALGERT COLDIRON INVESTORS LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$1.4M 33.1K shares
O OPTIONS SOLUTIONS, LLC Hedge Fund•Sector	$1.1M 26.2K shares
SummerHaven Investment Management, LLC Long Only Manager	$1.0M 24.2K shares
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$986.8K 23.7K shares
PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC Hedge Fund•Quant	$860.0K 20.6K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in BBSI as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 0
Call Value: -
Put Positions: 0
Put Value: -

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
No call positions found

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
No put positions found

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with BBSI as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
Private Capital Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	Gregg Joseph Powers CEO	4.43% $43.8M	3.84% 987.3K shares	Q2 2020 Held for 5y 5m	$986.6M
T Tieton Capital Management, LLC Long Only Manager	William Joseph Dezellem President	3.87% $11.1M	0.98% 251.5K shares	Q1 2015 Held for 10y 8m	$288.1M
Alpine Peaks Capital, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Jennifer Ralph Oppold Managing Partner	3.41% $3.9M	0.34% 88.4K shares	Q4 2021 Held for 3y 11m	$114.7M
Trigran Investments, Inc. Hedge Fund•Value	Douglas Todd Granat President	3.21% $17.7M	1.56% 399.7K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$551.6M
C CROWN ADVISORS MANAGEMENT, INC. Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Robert Scott Fearon President	2.97% $4.4M	0.39% 100.0K shares	Q4 2022 Held for 2y 11m	$149.5M
4D Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Kurt F Graeber Managing Partner	2.24% $4.2M	0.37% 95.0K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 11 months	$187.8M
I IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	Donald Collins Managing Partner	1.46% $3.3M	0.29% 74.9K shares	Q2 2014 Held for 11y 5m	$227.0M
M Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Mark Allen Broach Managing Partner	1.33% $3.8M	0.33% 85.0K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$282.7M
WILLNER & HELLER, LLC RIA/Wealth	Kenneth Lee Willner Partner	1.16% $1.5M	0.13% 34.1K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$129.9M
H HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC Long Only Manager	William Richard Nasgovitz CEO	1.06% $19.9M	1.75% 450.0K shares	Q4 2014 Held for 10y 11m	$1.9B

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in BBSI

INCEPTIONR LLC

Hedge Fund • Quant

Portfolio ManagerLi Nmn Lu

Portfolio Value: $414.3M
Positions: 644
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Barrett Business Services

Market Value: $351.1K
Shares Held: 7.9K
Portfolio Weight: 0.08%
Owned Since: 2024-Q3

Top Holding	Sector	Market Value	Weight
1 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP	Staffing & Employment Services Industrials	$2.2M	0.54%
2 AECOM ACM	Engineering & Construction Industrials	$2.2M	0.54%
3 Procter & Gamble PG	Household & Personal Products Consumer Defensive	$2.2M	0.53%