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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[ ]  Check box if no longer subject to
     Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[ ]  Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ]  Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

  Bartels                            William                  H.
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

  c/o SPAR Group, Inc.
  580 White Plains Road
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                                    (Street)

  Tarrytown                          New York               10591
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

  SPAR Group, Inc. ("SGRP")
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Year

  December, 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

                                 Vice Chairman
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
     (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [ ]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person

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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                         5. Amount of     6. Owner-
                                 2A.                      4. Securities Acquired (A) or     Securities       ship      7. Nature
                    2. Trans-    Deemed      3. Trans-       Disposed of (D)                Beneficially     Form:        of
                       action    Execution      action       (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            Owned at End     Direct       Indirect
                       Date      Date, if       Code         --------------------------     of Issuer's      (D) or       Benefi-
1.  Title              (Month/   any Month/     (Instr.8)                (A)                Fiscal           Indirect     cial
    of Security        Day/      Day/                                    or                 Year (Instr.     (I)          Ownership
    (Instr. 3)         Year)     Year)                       Amount      (D)    Price       3 and 4)         (Instr.4)    (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value                                                                             5,227,406(1)      D
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value                                                                                 4,000         I            (2)
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*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person see instruction 4(b)(v).

                                                                          (Over)
                                                                 SEC 2270 (3-99)


FORM 5 (CONTINUED)

 TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
         (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
            2.                                                                                            Deriv-    of
            Conver-                              5.                             7.                        ative     Deriv-   11.
            sion                                 Number of                      Title and Amount          Secur-    ative    Nature
            or                                   Derivative   6.                of Underlying     8.      ities     Secur-   of
            Exer-                                Securities   Date              Securities        Price   Bene-     ity:     In-
            cise    3.       3A.                 Acquired (A) Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of      ficially  Direct   direct
            Price   Trans-   Deemed      4.      or Disposed  Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-  Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.          of      action   Execution   Trans-  of(D)        (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative   at End    In-      ficial
Title of    Deriv-  Date     Date, if    action  (Instr. 3,   ----------------            or      Secur-  of        direct   Owner-
Derivative  ative   (Month/  any         Code    4 and 5)     Date     Expira-            Number  ity     Year      (I)      ship
Security    Secur-  Day/     (Month/Day  (Instr. -----------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr. (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)  ity     Year)    Year)       8)      (A)     (D)  cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)      4)        4)       4)
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                                                                                Common
Option to                                                                       Stock,
buy Common                                                                      $.01 par
Stock       $1.30                                              (3)    08/02/11  value     58,999(4)                 D
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                                                                                Common
Option to                                                                       Stock,
buy Common                                                                      $.01 par
Stock       $1.30                                              (5)    08/02/11  value    153,846                    D
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                                                                                Common
Option to                                                                       Stock,
buy Common                                                                      $.01 par
Stock       $1.43                                              (6)    08/02/11  value     82,150                    D
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                                                                                Common
Option to                                                                       Stock,
buy Common                                                                      $.01 par
Stock                                                                           value                     294,995   D
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)  Includes 250,000 shares owned by Stella Bartels.
(2)  Owned as beneficiary under WHB Services, Inc. Defined Benefit Trust.
(3)  Vests as to 58,999 shares on August 2, 2003.
(4)  235,996  option shares were granted on August 2, 2001;  176,997 shares have
     vested and been exercised;
(5)  Shares become  immediately  vested and exercisable when the market value of
     shares is $10.00.
(6)  Shares are eligible to vest in five equal vesting  periods  through each of
     December 31,  2001,  2002,  2003,  2004 and 2005.  For each period,  Twenty
     percent of the options may become vested and exercisable if the fair market
     value of the shares equals at least $10.00 at some time such during period.
     On January 1, 2006 through  August 2, 2006,  all options which did not vest
     during the earlier vesting periods will become  immediately  exercisable if
     the fair market  value of the  shares,  at any time during this seven month
     period, equals no less than $10.00.


/s/ William H. Bartels                                               2/13/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person                                       Date

*   If the form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
    4(b)(v).

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
    Violations.
    See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information  contained
in this form are not  required to respond  unless the form  displays a currently
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