Contractors / Caterpillar Inc

Caterpillar Inc

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI C9C6HPQLL4A8 ✓ from source

$420.7M

obligated · FY2025

funding agencies

97%

from Defense

11%

single-source

states

95%

in Texas

industries

≈ computedSingle-source: 11% of this recipient’s $420.7M in federal contracts was awarded without competition (FPDS extent-competed codes); the rest was competed or unclassified. A high share often reflects sole-source or specialized work, not wrongdoing.

Obligations by year

≈ computed

$132.2M

FY23

$377.7M

FY24

$420.7M

FY25

▲ 218%

since FY23

Where this money comes from

✓ from source

FUNDING AGENCIES

CATERPILLAR INC

Defense

$0.4B

8 other agencies

$0B

Caterpillar Inc

$0.4B

FY2025 obligated

band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

Contract SPE8EC25F0653

awarded 2025$97.1M

Contract SPE8EC25F0559

awarded 2025$83.4M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Construction Machinery Manufacturing$398M

Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing$20M

Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation$949.2K

All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction$730.9K

Motor and Generator Manufacturing$254K

All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing$246.4K

Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services$171K

Broadwoven Fabric Mills$129.5K

Where the work lands

Texas✓ from source$398.8M

Georgia✓ from source$4.3M

Florida✓ from source$3.9M

Wisconsin✓ from source$3.2M

New Mexico✓ from source$2.9M

South Dakota✓ from source$1.4M

New Jersey✓ from source$1.2M

Washington✓ from source$804.8K

Competitors

Canadian Commercial Corporation≈ computed$33.2M

computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.

Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

Political contributions

Caterpillar Inc. Political Action Committee (Catpac)gave$857Kto members of Congress, 2024 cycle✓ from source

Jake Ellzey (Republican)$10K

Tom Emmer (Republican)$10K

Ron Estes (Republican)$10K

Adrian Smith (Republican)$10K

Virginia Foxx (Republican)$10K

Tracey Mann (Republican)$10K

Deb Fischer (Republican)$10K

Terri A. Sewell (Democrat)$10K

Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat)$10K

Vince Fong (Republican)$10K

linked through public filings, not a claim of coordination. contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.

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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are ✓ from source; anything we compute or infer (corporate parents, districts, competitors) is ≈ inferred and worded carefully, never asserted as fact.