
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December31, 2025OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THETRANSITION PERIOD FROMTO Commission File Number 001-40371______________________________________________ BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD. Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 464-1000______________________________________________ Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerNon-accelerated filerEmerging growth company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financialaccounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reportingunder Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correctionof an error to previously issued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’sexecutive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YesNo As of June 30, 2025 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter), the aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant(based upon the closing price of the registrant’s common stock at that date as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market), excluding outstanding shares beneficially owned by directorsand executive officers, was $408.7 million. As of February28, 2026, the registrant had 17,123,509 shares of common stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the 2026 definitive Proxy Statement, which Proxy Statement will be filed no later than 120 days after the close of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2025,are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K Table of Contents PART I Item 1.BusinessItem 1A.Risk FactorsItem 1B.Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 1C.CybersecurityItem 2.PropertiesItem 3.Legal ProceedingsItem 4.Mine Safety Disclosures PART II Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities39Item 6.[Reserved]41Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations42Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk55Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data55Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure55Item 9A.Controls and Procedures55Item 9B.Other Information56Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections56 PART III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance57Item 11.Executive Compensation57Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters57Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions, and Director