Federal spending rankings
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†
† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.
19 rankings of U.S. federal spending, each with its own page for every loaded fiscal year: 127 pages in all, FY2020 to FY2026. Every figure is computed by us from USASpending records, and every row opens the page behind it.
Who gets the money
- Top federal contractors →
The biggest holders of federal contracts, ranked by contract-coded obligations.
- Top recipients of federal money →
Every kind of federal dollar, combined: the unfiltered picture.
- Top federal grant recipients →
Grants, direct payments and loans: the money procurement rankings never show.
- Most no-bid contract dollars →
Contract dollars awarded without competition, biggest first.
- Top contractors of the Department of Defense →
Who the Department of Defense pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of the Department of Veterans Affairs →
Who the Department of Veterans Affairs pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of the Department of Energy →
Who the Department of Energy pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of the Department of Health and Human Services →
Who the Department of Health and Human Services pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of the Department of Homeland Security →
Who the Department of Homeland Security pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of NASA →
Who NASA pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of the General Services Administration →
Who the General Services Administration pays, largest first.
- Top contractors of the Department of State →
Who the Department of State pays, largest first.
Who hands it out
Where it lands
What it buys
- Top industries by federal contract dollars →
What the government buys, by industry classification.
- Top product and service codes by federal dollars →
What was actually purchased, by product and service code.
- Top federal assistance programs →
The named grant and benefit programs, ranked by dollars.
Leaderboards
11 boards that measure something other than a plain total: growth, concentration, competition, the mix of grants and contracts. Those are snapshots of the current year rather than per-year archives, so they live on their own hub.