---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-030749"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWMN"
cik: "0001847590"
company_name: "Bowman Consulting Group Ltd."
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:33:31.613666+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bowman Q1 net service billing up 14% YoY; guides 2026 revenue to $520-540M

## Summary
- Net service billing $114.2M (+14.1% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $16.8M (+15.8%).
- Net loss $(3.7)M, diluted EPS $(0.22); adjusted diluted EPS $0.14 vs $0.07 prior year.
- Gross backlog $652.7M (+55.9% YoY), driven by $146.7M U.S. government contract modification.
- Full-year 2026 net revenue guidance raised to $520-540M (prior $495-510M); adj. EBITDA margin 17.2-17.7%.
- Acquired Smith & Associates Land Surveying, adding $2M run-rate net service billing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-030749
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWMN
- cik: 0001847590
- company_name: Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000162828026030749/0001628280-26-030749-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000162828026030749/bwmn-20260505.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue Gross contract revenue of $126.5 million, net income Net loss of $(3.7) million, EPS Basic and Diluted EPS of $(0.22). Guidance raised.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: Gross contract revenue of $126.5 million
  - Net income: Net loss of $(3.7) million
  - EPS: Basic and Diluted EPS of $(0.22)
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: performance this year and have raised full-year 2026 guidance accordingly.” First Quarter 2026 Compared to First Quarter 2025 Financial Results: • Gross contract revenue of $126.5 million compared to $112.9 million, a 12.0% increase • Net service billing 1 of $114.2 million compared to $100.1 million, a 14.1% increase • Organic net service billing 2 growth of 6.0%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000162828026030749/0001628280-26-030749-index.htm

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