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Accounts receivable, unbilled revenue (contract assets) and unearned revenue or payments on account (contract liabilities)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Accounts receivable, unbilled revenue (contract assets) and unearned revenue or payments on account (contract liabilities) Disaggregation of revenue
Revenue disaggregated by customer concentration is as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025
(As Restated)
2024
(As Restated)
2023
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Clients 1-5$496,118 $539,035 $567,913 
Clients 6-10309,562 313,756 269,815 
Clients 11-25475,299 422,459 413,296 
Other734,341 768,004 714,784 
Total$2,015,320 $2,043,254 $1,965,808 

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025
(As Restated)
2024
(As Restated)
2023
(As Restated)
2025
(As Restated)
2024
(As Restated)
2023
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Clients 1-5$502,385 $509,632 $528,152 $998,504 $1,048,666 $1,088,264 
Clients 6-10300,080 301,723 282,313 607,546 607,270 559,930 
Clients 11-25523,737 436,571 415,996 994,379 865,334 822,819 
Other712,886 794,000 781,740 1,453,979 1,563,910 1,502,996 
Total$2,039,088 $2,041,926 $2,008,201 $4,054,408 $4,085,180 $3,974,009 

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025
(As Restated)
2024
(As Restated)
2023
(As Restated)
2025
(As Restated)
2024
(As Restated)
2023
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Clients 1-5$501,343 $508,385 $515,190 $1,499,847 $1,547,372 $1,602,943 
Clients 6-10308,045 324,708 294,715 890,203 939,831 855,156 
Clients 11-25541,879 454,808 460,192 1,546,626 1,316,277 1,272,595 
Other733,148 754,042 770,217 2,202,147 2,323,643 2,283,629 
Total$2,084,415 $2,041,943 $2,040,314 $6,138,823 $6,127,123 $6,014,323 
There was no revenue from individual customers greater than 10% of consolidated revenue in the respective years. Our customers have similar profiles and economic characteristics, and therefore have similar degrees of risk and growth opportunities.
Accounts receivable, unbilled revenue (contract assets) and unearned revenue or payments on account (contract liabilities)
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenue were as follows for the periods ended:
March 31,
2025
(As Restated)
June 30,
2025
(As Restated)
September 30,
2025
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Accounts receivable (Billed services)$1,426,035 $1,411,329 $1,427,376 
Allowance for credit losses(38,573)(44,074)(39,686)
Accounts receivable (net)1,387,462 1,367,255 1,387,690 
Unbilled revenue (Unbilled services)1,101,511 1,173,021 1,195,747 
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenue, net$2,488,973 $2,540,276 $2,583,437 

March 31,
2024
(As Restated)
June 30,
2024
(As Restated)
September 30,
2024
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Accounts receivable (Billed services)$1,737,822 $1,608,774 $1,431,581 
Allowance for credit losses(35,303)(40,122)(35,501)
Accounts receivable (net)1,702,519 1,568,652 1,396,080 
Unbilled revenue (Unbilled services)949,567 1,021,519 1,118,860 
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenue, net$2,652,086 $2,590,171 $2,514,940 

March 31,
2023
(As Restated)
June 30,
2023
(As Restated)
September 30,
2023
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Accounts receivable (Billed services)$1,838,875 $1,788,140 $1,883,296 
Allowance for credit losses(36,149)(29,029)(32,934)
Accounts receivable (net)1,802,726 1,759,111 1,850,362 
Unbilled revenue (Unbilled services)880,412 902,321 828,453 
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenue, net$2,683,138 $2,661,432 $2,678,815 
Unbilled services and unearned revenue or payments on account (contract assets and liabilities) were as follows for the periods ended:
March 31,
2025
(As Restated)
June 30,
2025
(As Restated)
September 30,
2025
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Unbilled revenue (Unbilled services)$1,101,511 $1,173,021 $1,195,747 
Unearned revenue (Payments on account )(1,495,847)(1,515,422)(1,546,887)


March 31,
2024
(As Restated)
June 30,
2024
(As Restated)
September 30,
2024
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Unbilled revenue (Unbilled services)$949,567 $1,021,519 $1,118,860 
Unearned revenue (Payments on account )(1,585,694)(1,544,275)(1,477,952)


March 31,
2023
(As Restated)
June 30,
2023
(As Restated)
September 30,
2023
(As Restated)
(in thousands)
Unbilled revenue (Unbilled services)$880,412 $902,321 $828,453 
Unearned revenue (Payments on account )(1,480,275)(1,493,403)(1,563,948)

Timing may differ between the satisfaction of performance obligations and the invoicing and collection of amounts related to our contracts with customers. We record assets for amounts related to performance obligations that are satisfied but not yet billed and/or collected. These assets are recorded as unbilled revenue and therefore contract assets rather than accounts receivable when receipt of the consideration is conditional on something other than the passage of time. Liabilities are recorded for amounts that are collected in advance of the satisfaction of performance obligations or billed in advance of the revenue being earned.
Unbilled services / revenue balances arise where invoicing or billing is based on the timing of agreed milestones related to service contracts for clinical research. Contractual billing arrangements in respect of certain reimbursable expenses (principally investigators) require billing by the investigator to the Company prior to billing by the Company to the customer. As there is no contractual right of set-off between unbilled services (contract assets) and unearned revenue (contract liabilities), each are separately presented gross on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.