Barrett Business Services, Inc. provides business management solutions, such as human resource outsourcing and professional management consulting for small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers professional employer services under which it enters into a client services agreement to become a co-employer of the client's existing workforce, assuming responsibility for payroll, payroll taxes, workers' compensation coverage, and certain other administration functions. It also provides staffing and recruiting services, such as on-demand or short-term staffing assignments, contract staffing, long-term or indefinite-term on-site management, and direct placement. The company serves electronics manufacturers, various light-manufacturing industries, agriculture-based companies, transportation and shipping enterprises, food processing, telecommunications, public utilities, general contractors in various construction-related fields, and professional services firms. Barrett Business Services, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.