Leaderboards
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†
† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.
Computed rankings of federal spending for FY2026 (data still posting). Each figure is aggregated by us from USASpending source records Computed and every row opens its own page in the graph. Combined corporate families count once; USASpending privacy-aggregation buckets are set aside.
Fastest-growing recipients
≈ computed · year over yearBiggest jump in obligations from FY2024 to FY2025, among recipients with at least $50M in both years (so a small base can't manufacture a runaway percentage).
- 1Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs$146.3M → $1.7B▲ 1076%
- 2Bccg a Joint Venture$287M → $3.1B▲ 989%
- 3Wright National Flood Insurance Company$323.5M → $2.9B▲ 810%
- 4West Virginia Dept of Human Services$156M → $907.6M▲ 482%
- 5Ohio Department of Children and Youth$157.1M → $845.3M▲ 438%
- 6American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida$170.6M → $851.7M▲ 399%
- 7Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency$289.3M → $1.3B▲ 361%
- 8Ohio Department of Development$326.2M → $1.5B▲ 351%
- 9Aevex Aerospace, LLC$152.3M → $676.9M▲ 344%
- 10Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity$500.4M → $2.1B▲ 321%
Most single-agency-dependent recipients
≈ computed · concentrationRecipients (above $100M) that draw all or nearly all of their federal dollars from a single funding agency, largest first. A high share describes the relationship, not a judgment about it.
- 1California Department of Health Care Services$117.3B from Health and Human Services100%
- 2Ohio Department of Medicaid$29B from Health and Human Services100%
- 3Florida Agency for Health Care Administration$27.9B from Health and Human Services100%
- 4Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services$25.5B from Health and Human Services100%
- 5Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System$18.9B from Health and Human Services100%
- 6VA Department of Medical Assistance Service$16.8B from Health and Human Services100%
- 7Georgia Department of Community Health$14.9B from Health and Human Services100%
- 8Lousiana Department of Health$14.6B from Health and Human Services100%
- 9Fisher Sand & Gravel CO$13.4B from Homeland Security100%
- 10Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar$12.2B from Health and Human Services100%
Most non-competed contractors (no-bid)
≈ computed · non-competed shareThe largest share of contract dollars awarded WITHOUT competition, among recipients with at least $500M in federal contracts. From FPDS extent-competed codes; a high share often reflects sole-source or specialized work, not wrongdoing.
- 1Davie Defense Inc.$3.5B of $3.5B in contracts100%
- 2Oracle Health Government Services, Inc.$2.1B of $2.1B in contracts100%
- 3Massachusetts Institute of Technology$1.4B of $1.4B in contracts100%
- 4Rauma Marine Constructions Oy$1.1B of $1.1B in contracts100%
- 5The Aerospace Corporation$1.1B of $1.1B in contracts100%
- 6Bell Boeing Joint Project Office$1.4B of $1.4B in contracts100%
- 7The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.$614.5M of $623.6M in contracts99%
- 8The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC$2.1B of $2.2B in contracts98%
- 9The Leland Stanford Junior University$745.9M of $760.1M in contracts98%
- 10Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.$677.7M of $696.4M in contracts97%
Top federal contractors
≈ computed · contract dollarsThe biggest holders of federal contracts this year, ranked by contract-coded obligations (so entitlement grants to state agencies don't crowd out the primes).
- 1Lockheed Martin Corporation48 industries$54.5B
- 2RTX Corporation42 industries$32.7B
- 3The Boeing Company37 industries$27.8B
- 4General Dynamics Corporation59 industries$27.5B
- 5UnitedHealth Group8 industries$24.9B
- 6Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp3 industries$16.6B
- 7Mckesson Corporation8 industries$14.9B
- 8Northrop Grumman Systems Corp53 industries$14B
- 9Fisher Sand & Gravel CO1 industry$13.4B
- 10Leidos, Inc.35 industries$9.1B
Biggest contracts
≈ computed · total contract valueThe largest individual contracts and contract vehicles by total value over their life (base plus all options): a multi-year vehicle can dwarf any one fiscal year's obligations.
- 1Contract HT940216C0001Humana Government Business Inc$51.3B
- 2Contract DEAC0494AL85000Lockheed Martin Corp$48.1B
- 3National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Ntess)…National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC$43.5B
- 4$43B
- 5Management and Operation of the Lawrence Livermore National…Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC$42.2B
- 6Competition for Management and Operation of Los Alamos National…Triad National Security, LLC$36.3B
- 7SSN 802 and 803 Long Lead Time MaterialElectric Boat Corporation$35.7B
- 8M&o of Lanl BR of U of CAThe Regents of the University of California$35.3B
- 9Management and Operating Contract for Y-12 National Security…Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC$35.2B
- 10LRIP Lot 12 Advance Acquisition ContractLockheed Martin Corporation$35.1B
Where the money concentrates
≈ computed · by stateStates ranked by the total value of federal work performed there. Place of performance is reliably reported at the state level; congressional-district figures are inferred and live on their own pages.
- 1$496.3B
- 2$347.9B
- 3$336.9B
- 4$293.3B
- 5$270.2B
- 6$245.5B
- 7$207B
- 8$206.8B
- 9$202B
- 10$151.9B
Contractors giving the most through their PAC
≈ computed · PAC money to CongressFederal contractors ranked by how much their political action committee gave to members of Congress, from FEC records. A contribution is a public, disclosed fact placed beside the contracts: context, not a claim of influence.
- 1Honeywell International Inc.to 398 members of Congress$6.1M
- 2Lockheed Martin Corporationto 414 members of Congress$4.9M
- 3United Parcel Service Co.to 391 members of Congress$4.8M
- 4The Boeing Companyto 375 members of Congress$4.8M
- 5Raytheon Companyto 338 members of Congress$4.3M
- 6General Dynamics Corporationto 342 members of Congress$4.1M
- 7General Motors LLCto 328 members of Congress$3M
- 8UnitedHealth Groupto 268 members of Congress$2.7M
- 9L3Harris Technologies, Inc.to 228 members of Congress$2.6M
- 10Space Exploration Technologies Corp.to 258 members of Congress$2.6M
Largest single awards of FY2026
✓ from source · one award eachThe biggest INDIVIDUAL contracts and grants whose latest action falls in FY2026, by obligated value. One award per row, not a company's yearly total.
- 1Medicaid Entitlement for 7 - Fy 2026 - T19California Department of Health Care Services$110.4B
- 2Medicaid Entitlement for 42 - Fy 2026 - T19NYS Department of Health$61.3B
- 3Medicaid Entitlement for 54 - Fy 2026 - T19Health & Human SVC Commn TX$36.9B
- 4Medicaid Entitlement for 46 - Fy 2026 - T19PA Department of Human Services$31.8B
- 5Medicaid Entitlement for 43 - Fy 2026 - T19Ohio Department of Medicaid$28.2B
- 6Medicaid Entitlement for 14 - Fy 2026 - T19Florida Agency for Health Care Administration$27.1B
- 7Medicaid Entitlement for 35 - Fy 2026 - T19North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services$25.9B
- 8Medicaid Entitlement for 20 - Fy 2026 - T19Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services$23.2B
- 9Medicaid Entitlement for 30 - Fy 2026 - T19Michigan Department of Health and Human Services$21.7B
- 10Medicaid Entitlement for 59 - Fy 2026 - T19Department of Social & Health Services$19.7B
Most geographically concentrated agencies
≈ computed · share in one stateThe share of an agency's award dollars on record here that land in a single state. Computed from the individual award records we hold, pairing each award's awarding agency with its own reported place of performance.
- 1Department of Veterans Affairs$33.2B of $58.3B in VA57%
- 2Department of Homeland Security$26.1B of $46.5B in TX56%
- 3National Aeronautics and Space Administration$723.5M of $1.4B in AL52%
- 4Department of Energy$1.8B of $4.1B in MD43%
- 5Department of Housing and Urban Development$905.6M of $3.1B in NY29%
- 6General Services Administration$556.8M of $2B in VA27%
- 7Department of Defense$16.6B of $79.6B in TX21%
- 8Department of Transportation$5.4B of $32.2B in CA17%
- 9Department of the Interior$312.9M of $1.9B in NM17%
- 10Department of Health and Human Services$130.9B of $839.6B in CA16%
Agencies by grant vs contract mix
≈ computed · assistance shareHow lopsided each agency is between buying things and funding them: assistance dollars against contract dollars, most grant-heavy first.
- 1Social Security Administration$1.7T assistance vs $1.8B contracts100% grants
- 2Railroad Retirement Board$14.7B assistance vs $44.4M contracts100% grants
- 3Department of Health and Human Services$2.1T assistance vs $22.3B contracts99% grants
- 4Department of Housing and Urban Development$73.7B assistance vs $1B contracts99% grants
- 5Federal Communications Commission$10.3B assistance vs $163.3M contracts98% grants
- 6Department of Education$84.2B assistance vs $2.7B contracts97% grants
- 7Department of Agriculture$147B assistance vs $6B contracts96% grants
- 8Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$4.2B assistance vs $222.4M contracts95% grants
- 9Environmental Protection Agency$16.3B assistance vs $1.1B contracts94% grants
- 10National Science Foundation$5.9B assistance vs $599.4M contracts91% grants
Committees overseeing the most federal spending
≈ inferred · jurisdictionCongressional committees ranked by the obligations of the agencies within their jurisdiction. Oversight is a formal responsibility, not control of any particular award.
- 1House Committee on Appropriations10 agencies in jurisdiction$3.5T
- 2Senate Committee on Appropriations10 agencies in jurisdiction$3.5T
- 3House Committee on Energy and Commerce2 agencies in jurisdiction$2.3T
- 4House Committee on Ways and Means1 agency in jurisdiction$2.2T
- 5Senate Committee on Finance1 agency in jurisdiction$2.2T
- 6Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions1 agency in jurisdiction$2.2T
- 7House Committee on Armed Services1 agency in jurisdiction$416.4B
- 8Senate Committee on Armed Services1 agency in jurisdiction$416.4B
- 9House Committee on Veterans' Affairs1 agency in jurisdiction$319.2B
- 10Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs1 agency in jurisdiction$319.2B