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Revenues and Allowances (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 04, 2026
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule of disaggregate CRA's revenue by type of contract and geographic location | The following tables disaggregate CRA’s revenue by type of contract and geographic location (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended |  | Fiscal Year-to-Date Period Ended
Type of Contract |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025 |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025
Consulting services revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed-price |  | $ | 48,053 |  |  | $ | 29,413 |  |  | $ | 83,873 |  |  | $ | 59,742 |
Time-and-materials |  | 162,762 |  |  | 157,465 |  |  | 327,917 |  |  | 308,987 |
Total |  | $ | 210,815 |  |  | $ | 186,878 |  |  | $ | 411,790 |  |  | $ | 368,729 |
Revenues have been attributed to locations based on the location of the legal entity generating the revenues.
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended |  | Fiscal Year-to-Date Period Ended
Geographic Breakdown |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025 |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025
Consulting services revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 165,217 |  |  | $ | 151,745 |  |  | $ | 325,230 |  |  | $ | 301,458 |
United Kingdom |  | 30,120 |  |  | 22,463 |  |  | 58,144 |  |  | 45,587 |
Other |  | 15,478 |  |  | 12,670 |  |  | 28,416 |  |  | 21,684 |
Total |  | $ | 210,815 |  |  | $ | 186,878 |  |  | $ | 411,790 |  |  | $ | 368,729 |
Schedule of bad debt expense, net of recoveries | The following table presents CRA's bad debt expense, net of recoveries of previously written-off allowances (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended |  | Fiscal Year-to-Date Period Ended
|  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025 |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025
Bad debt expense (recovery), net |  | $ | (10) |  |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | (117) |  |  | $ | 563 |
Schedule of expenses are subject to reimbursement | The following expenses are subject to reimbursement (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended |  | Fiscal Year-to-Date Period Ended
|  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025 |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025
Reimbursable expenses |  | $ | 20,085 |  |  | $ | 19,615 |  |  | $ | 39,143 |  |  | $ | 36,121 |
Schedule of opening and closing balances and result of changes in contract liability balance | The following table presents the open and closing balances of CRA's accounts receivable, net and unbilled services, net (in thousands):
|  | July 4, 2026 |  | January 3, 2026 |  | December 28, 2024
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 168,076 |  |  | $ | 183,264 |  |  | $ | 162,293 |
Unbilled services, net |  | $ | 103,623 |  |  | $ | 65,598 |  |  | $ | 57,255 |
The following table presents the closing balances of CRA's contract liabilities (in thousands):
|  | July 4, 2026 |  | January 3, 2026 |  | December 28, 2024
Contract liabilities |  | $ | 3,832 |  |  | $ | 9,008 |  |  | $ | 7,340 |
CRA recognized the following revenue that was included in the contract liabilities balance as of the opening of the respective period or for performance obligations satisfied in previous periods (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended |  | Fiscal Year-to-Date Period Ended
|  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025 |  | July 4, 2026 |  | June 28, 2025
Amounts included in contract liabilities at the beginning of the period |  | $ | 4,127 |  |  | $ | 2,567 |  |  | $ | 8,339 |  |  | $ | 6,983 |
Performance obligations satisfied in previous periods |  | $ | 6,848 |  |  | $ | 3,686 |  |  | $ | 3,946 |  |  | $ | 2,702 |

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