Every dollar has a trail.
Federal spending drawn as a flow: from the agency that pays, to the contractor that receives, to the district where it lands, and on to the members and PACs on the public record around it.
On the ledger · FY2025
$501.6BDepartment of Defense, the government's biggest buyer of goods and services
$75.0BLockheed Martin, the year's largest contract holder
$485.7Bfederal work performed in California, the most of any state
≈ computed · obligations by fiscal year · source: USASpending.gov
Political layer
Who oversees it
ColeHouse Approps · Chair
DeLauroHouse Approps · Ranking
CollinsSenate Approps · Chair
MurraySenate Approps · Ranking
RogersHouse Armed Svcs · Chair
SmithHouse Armed Svcs · Ranking
WickerSenate Armed Svcs · Chair
ReedSenate Armed Svcs · Ranking≈ inferredChairs and ranking members of the Appropriations and Armed Services committees, from public rosters.
All members & committees →Places
Where it lands
≈ computedWork performed by state, from place of performance.
States & districts →Leaderboards
Computed rankings
Top contract holdersLockheed Martin· $75.0BNo-bid contractsLockheed Martin· $67.5BTop PAC contributorsHoneywell International· $6.1M
Ranked by public-record totals, not wrongdoing.
All leaderboards →Top contractors
The biggest holders of federal contracts this year. Every name opens its own page in the graph.
● RECIPIENTLockheed Martin Corporation$75.0B● RECIPIENTGeneral Dynamics Corporation$34.7B● RECIPIENTRTX Corporation$30.5B● RECIPIENTUnitedHealth Group$25.3B● RECIPIENTThe Boeing Company$21.9B● RECIPIENTTriwest Healthcare Alliance Corp$13.4B
See the full ranking of top federal contractors →The flow
Top agencies → who they pay
AGENCIES
TOP RECIPIENTS
Defense
$155.4B
Veterans Affairs
$25.2B
Lockheed Martin
$73.5B
General Dynamics
$31.4B
RTX
$30.2B
UnitedHealth Group
$25.2B
The Boeing
$20.3B
Band width = FY2025 obligations, drawn to scale · source: USASpending.gov. Every band opens the award flow behind it.
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