Government contracts data from USAspending.gov, the U.S. Treasury's official record of federal award spending. This page covers federal contracts across 65 agencies and 31,535 recipients whose work began in the last 6 months, showing which agencies commit the most value, which industries they buy from, and where the work is performed. Grants and other financial assistance are excluded, so every figure counts contracts only.
Quantellect Analysis
Ask QuantDefense commits $40.3B of recorded value
That is 35.8% of everything recorded for contracts whose work began in the last 6 months, against $20.2B for Veterans Affairs. The three largest agencies together hold 71.0% of it.
See every agencyIts largest single line is Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
$5.6B of Defense's recorded value sits in that one industry, with petroleum refineries next at $2.6B. Industry is taken from the award's NAICS classification.
Compare agenciesWhere the money goes
Veterans Affairs buys
Homeland Security buys
Defense buys
Same axis on all three. Largest commitment in each: Veterans Affairs into health insurance, Homeland Security into commercial building and Defense into guided missile & space. Because they share one scale they are comparable at a glance, which a single flow diagram is not.
Largest recipients — the biggest government contractors
| Recipient | Award value | Share of recorded |
|---|---|---|
Optum Public Sector SolutionsCorporation | $6.8B | 6.0% |
| $6.1B | 5.4% | |
Fisher Sand & Gravel CoCorporation | $4.4B | 3.9% |
Triwest Healthcare AllianceCorporation | $3.7B | 3.3% |
| $2.7B | 2.4% | |
Southwest Valley Constructors CoCorporation | $1.7B | 1.5% |
Barnard Construction CompanyCorporation | $1.6B | 1.4% |
Sls Federal ServicesCorporation | $1.3B | 1.2% |
| $1.3B | 1.1% | |
Amerisourcebergen DrugCorporation | $1.2B | 1.0% |
Place of performance
Recent contract activity
| Last action | Recipient | Agency | What was bought | Award value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2026work began Feb 1, 2024 | Corporate Source | GSAPublic Buildings Service | Maintenance of Office Buildings | $21.9M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Sep 30, 2024 | 28 Trans | Veterans Affairs | Transportation/Travel/Relocation- Travel/Lodging/Recruitment: Motor Passenger | $14.1M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began May 1, 2025 | Global Engineering Services | AgricultureForest Service | Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings | $6.7M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began May 1, 2024 | Suburban Adult Services | GSAPublic Buildings Service | Housekeeping- Custodial Janitorial | $5.0M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Sep 21, 2023 | Carahsoft Technology | HHSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention | IT and Telecom - Platform Support Services: Database, Mainframe, Middleware (Labor) | $5.0M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Jun 14, 2024 | Deloitte Consulting | HHSFood and Drug Administration | Lease or Rental of Equipment- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment | $4.3M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began May 1, 2024 | Human Technologies | GSAPublic Buildings Service | Housekeeping- Custodial Janitorial | $3.2M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began May 13, 2026 | Guidehouse | TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | IT and Telecom - Security and Compliance Support Services (Labor) | $3.2M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Apr 3, 2023 | Priority One Services | HHSFood and Drug Administration | Support- Professional: Veterinary/Animal Care | $2.1M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Sep 9, 2025 | Crewfacilitiescom | Homeland SecurityU.S. Coast Guard | Transportation/Travel/Relocation- Travel/Lodging/Recruitment: Lodging, Hotel/Motel | $1.9M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Apr 27, 2023 | Brillient | HHSFood and Drug Administration | Support- Professional: Other | $1.6M |
| Jul 25, 2026work began Apr 18, 2024 | Akima Data Management | HHSFood and Drug Administration | IT and Telecom - IT Management Support Services (Labor) | $1.5M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), contracts only. Records held span 1977-06-01 to 2026-09-06 by work start date. Time windows select contracts whose period of performance began inside them, which is not the same as contracts awarded inside them. Award value is each contract's cumulative lifetime value, so a figure for a window is the total value of that cohort of contracts, not spending during the period. Records are still being ingested and coverage varies by agency, so values are shown as rankings rather than exact totals, and award counts and average award size are not shown at all. A further 5,467 contracts ($58.1B) carry no work start date and are excluded from every window above. Awards restate as they are amended, so totals move.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the government spend on federal contracts?
USAspending.gov records $112.7B in cumulative federal contract value across 65 agencies and 31,535 recipients whose work began in the last 6 months. That figure is the contracts' lifetime obligation, not annual spending, and grants and other financial assistance are excluded.
Which companies get the most government contracts?
Ranked by recorded award value in this window, the largest government contractor is Optum Public Sector Solutions, at $6.8B. The top 10 ranked recipients — the biggest government contractors by award value — are below, with legal-suffix variants of the same company (e.g. "Corp" vs "Corporation") merged into one row.
What are the most recent federal contract awards?
The most recently recorded actions on federal contracts, newest first, are at /us/government-contracts/awards, and a preview is shown above in "Recent contract activity", currently through Jul 25, 2026. The date shown is when the action was last recorded against the award, not necessarily when the contract was originally awarded.
How much did a federal agency spend on contracts?
Department of Defense committed the most of any single agency in this window, at $40.3B. Agency totals for the selected window are summarized in the "Where the money goes" chart above, with agencies under 2% of the total grouped into "Other agencies".