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68% -- employee billable utilization rate for professional services firms with 101-300 employees (2025)
Employee billable utilization rate for professional services firms with 101–300 employees fell to 68.0% in 2025.
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68%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Sample Size
509
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B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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SPI Research
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Tier A
https://www.accelo.com/blog/utilization-record-low-why-margins-go-up ↗
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Utilization Hit a Record Low. Why Did Margins Rise?
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SPI Research
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Segment of SPI Research 2026 benchmark by firm size
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Industrymarketing
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professional services firms with 101-300 employees: 68% employee billable utilization rate. Source: SPI Research (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ps-utilization-101-300-employees-2025
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