Federal Contracting Leaderboards
Federal contract leaders, FY2026 (provisional)
FY2026 obligations (Oct 2025–Sep 2026, provisional; DoD awards signed after July 16, 2026 are not yet public) · as of October 14, 2026
In FY2026 (provisional), the 10 NAICS industries with the most obligations received $403.22B in federal prime-contract obligations, led by NAICS 236220 COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION at $53.22B. Department of War obligated the most of any awarding department, $414.06B. The vendor with the most obligations in FY2026 (provisional) was OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC., with $22.49B across 34 awards and orders.
| # | Vendor | Net obligations | Awards and orders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC. | $22.49B | 34 |
| 2 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | $15.27B | 652 |
| 3 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $14.84B | 188 |
| 4 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | $13.46B | 2,104 |
| 5 | FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO | $13.35B | 15 |
| 6 | RAYTHEON COMPANY | $11.25B | 438 |
| 7 | ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION | $11.19B | 347 |
| 8 | THE BOEING COMPANY | $9.18B | 603 |
| 9 | RTX CORPORATION | $8.48B | 895 |
| 10 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | $7.20B | 86 |
| # | NAICS | Industry | Net obligations | Awards and orders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 236220 | COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION | $53.22B | 17,097 |
| 2 | 524114 | DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS | $48.56B | 727 |
| 3 | 336411 | AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING | $47.58B | 5,943 |
| 4 | 541330 | ENGINEERING SERVICES | $44.80B | 23,237 |
| 5 | 541715 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) | $44.59B | 17,203 |
| 6 | 561210 | FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES | $38.74B | 14,875 |
| 7 | 336414 | GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING | $37.46B | 581 |
| 8 | 336611 | SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING | $32.75B | 5,596 |
| 9 | 541512 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | $31.34B | 11,711 |
| 10 | 541519 | OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES | $24.18B | 32,362 |
| # | Department | Net obligations | Awards and orders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of War | $414.06B | 3,048,156 |
| 2 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $84.18B | 68,868 |
| 3 | Department of Homeland Security | $73.44B | 31,131 |
| 4 | Department of Energy | $57.03B | 4,843 |
| 5 | Department of Health and Human Services | $29.84B | 30,755 |
| 6 | General Services Administration | $29.02B | 1,240,304 |
| 7 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $20.71B | 8,277 |
| 8 | Department of Transportation | $14.79B | 14,546 |
| 9 | Department of Agriculture | $10.74B | 33,882 |
| 10 | Department of Justice | $10.39B | 49,146 |
Source: Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS-NG) prime-contract transactions distributed through USAspending.gov. Dollars are net obligations (the sum of each transaction's federalActionObligation, de-obligations included), not outlays.
Frequently asked questions
Answers are computed from FPDS-NG transactions distributed via USAspending.gov. Figures reflect the most recent SmartSync run, refreshed every six hours.
- What do the Federal Contract Leaderboards measure?
- GovChime Federal Contract Leaderboards rank the largest federal-contract recipients across nine dimensions — top registered UEI vendors, awarding agencies, sub-tier bureaus, funding agencies, NAICS industries, Product/Service Codes (PSCs), states, counties, and contract vehicles — by obligated U.S. federal prime-contract dollars (federalActionObligation), net of deobligations. For FY2026 (provisional), the top 10 industries on the default view aggregate $403.22B across 129.3K awards and orders. The top-ranked industry is 236220: COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION at $53.22B in obligations.Source: FPDS-NG transactions distributed via USAspending.gov.
- How current is the data on the leaderboards?
- Leaderboards refresh approximately every six hours from GovChime's SmartSync pipeline. The upstream feed — Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS-NG) transactions distributed through USAspending.gov — refreshes nightly. As a result, very recent contract actions (signed in the last 24–48 hours) may not yet appear in the rankings. The aggregations are computed off prime-contract obligation transactions; grants, loans, and sub-awards are excluded.
- What does the rank-change badge (↑2 / ↓3 / NEW) mean on a leaderboard row?
- Rank-change badges compare the entity's current-period rank against its rank in the prior fiscal year over the same dimension. ↑2 means the entity moved up two positions; ↓3 means it dropped three. NEW means the entity was not in the prior period's top-N for the same dimension — it does NOT mean the entity is a first-time federal contractor, only that obligation volume crossed the cutoff this period.
- How is "federal contract spending" defined here?
- Spending here means obligated dollars: the field federalActionObligation on each FPDS-NG transaction, summed per fiscal year of the action and net of negative modifications (deobligations). Award counts are awards and orders with an obligation action in the period, each counted once even when FPDS-NG records it under two award-key spellings; indefinite-delivery vehicles (IDVs) are not counted as awards. Obligations are legally binding commitments at contract signing — not cash actually disbursed. Outlays (cash disbursements) are tracked separately by Treasury and can lag obligations by years. Coverage is prime contracts only; grants, loans, sub-awards, and direct-assistance payments are excluded.
- Why does "Department of Defense" render as "Department of War" on some rows?
- An executive order effective September 2025 renamed the U.S. Department of Defense to the Department of War for display purposes. The FPDS-NG awarding-agency code 9700 is unchanged, so historical and current data remain on the same row. GovChime renders the post-rename display name across the Agencies, Subtiers, and Funding Agencies tabs via a render-time helper, while preserving the underlying code so prior-period rows aggregate correctly.
- Why is the Counties tab's total lower than the States tab's total?
- Domestic county-level place-of-performance data is populated for approximately 81% of FPDS-NG award transactions. The remaining 19% includes overseas contracts, multi-state delivery orders, and certain research-and-development work without a single physical place of performance. The States tab includes the populated set plus state-level aggregates that lack county detail, so the State total exceeds the County total even for the same fiscal-year range.
- What's the difference between an Awarding Agency and a Funding Agency?
- The Awarding Agency (FPDS field awardingAgencyCode) is the department whose contracting officer issued the contract. The Funding Agency (fundingAgencyCode) is the department whose appropriation actually pays for the work. They differ for inter-agency acquisitions — for example, an order placed under a GSA Schedule on behalf of the Department of the Navy lists GSA as awarding and Navy as funding. Totals across the Agencies and Funding Agencies tabs are NOT additive; combining them would double-count interagency dollars.
About these rankings
Rankings of the entities that move the most federal contract money, built from prime-contract obligations reported to FPDS-NG via USAspending.gov. Rank contractors to see who dominates a market, awarding and funding agencies to see who controls the budget, NAICS industries and product or service codes to size a sector, or states, counties and contract vehicles to understand where the work lands. Each dimension can be measured by total obligated dollars, contract count, or average award size — three views that often disagree, because a vendor holding a handful of very large awards ranks differently from one winning many small ones. Select a fiscal year to compare periods on the federal October-to-September calendar rather than the calendar year. Rankings reflect prime awards only; subcontract dollars are not included and will understate firms that primarily work as subcontractors.