UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~June~~August 197, 2025

HIREQUEST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

Delaware		000-53088		91-2079472
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


111 Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC		29445
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(843) 723-7400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value	HQI	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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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 financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 52.~~07 Submission~~02 Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

On ~~June~~August 187, 2025, HireQuest, Inc. (the “"Company”") ~~held~~issued ~~its~~a ~~2025 Annual~~press ~~Meeting~~release ~~of Stockholders~~ (the ~~“Annual~~"Press ~~Meeting”~~Release"). Atreporting ~~the~~its ~~Annual~~financial ~~Meeting,~~results ~~the Company’s stockholders voted to: (i) elect each of the six nominees~~ for ~~director to serve until~~ the ~~next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her~~ ~~successor is duly~~quarter ~~elected~~ended ~~and~~June ~~qualified~~30, ~~(ii) ratify the selection of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31,~~ 2025, ~~(iii)~~ ~~approve, on~~ a ~~non-binding~~copy ~~advisory basis, the compensation~~ of ~~the~~which ~~Company’s~~is ~~named~~attached ~~executive~~hereto ~~officers~~ as ~~disclosed~~Exhibit ~~in the proxy statement, and (iv) approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the ONE YEAR option to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation~~99. ~~The number of shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of April 28, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, was 14,033,051~~1. ~~Of these, a total of 12,772,303 shares were voted, either in person or by proxy.~~

The ~~final~~information ~~voting~~included ~~results~~in ~~were~~this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as ~~follows:~~amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In addition, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference into such filing.

Proposal #1

Election of Directors

Director Nominee	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Richard F. Hermanns	10,701,166	59,811	2,011,326
R. Rimmy Malhotra	10,340,327	420,650	2,011,326
Lawrence Hagenbuch	9,948,950	812,027	2,011,326
Kathleen Shanahan	10,262,595	498,482	2,011,326
Edward Jackson	10,733,240	27,737	2,011,326
Jack A. Olmstead	10,721,309	39,668	2,011,326

Proposal #2	For	Against	Abstain
The ratification of the selection of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024	12,617,381	151,208	3,714

Proposal #3	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers	10,746,313	8,811	5,853	2,011,326

Proposal #4	ONE YEAR	TWO YEARS	THREE YEARS	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers	10,295,333	431,618	30,734	3,292	2,011,326

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~(d) Exhibits~~Exhibit Index

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Press Release dated August 7, 2025 (furnished only).
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

	HIREQUEST, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date: June 19, 2025		/s/ John McAnnar
Date: August 7, 2025		/s/ John McAnnar
		John McAnnar
		Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Corporate Secretary

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