Top contractors of the Department of Energy: FY2020
≈ computed · agency obligationsNational Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC received more money from the Department of Energy than any other recipient in FY2020: $3.8B in obligations. Ranked by what the Department of Energy obligated to each recipient in FY2020, so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. ≈ computed
Ranked from USASpending records, data current as of 2026-07-12. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1$3.8B
- 2Triad National Security, LLC0 awards$3.1B
- 3$2.9B
- 4Battelle Memorial Institute0 awards$2.7B
- 5$2.4B
- 6UT-Battelle LLC0 awards$2.3B
- 7$1.6B
- 8Honeywell International Inc.0 awards$1.5B
- 9Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC0 awards$1.5B
- 10$1.1B
- 11Uchicago Argonne, LLC0 awards$1.1B
- 12$856.7M
- 13$699.9M
- 14Bechtel Corporation0 awards$668.9M
- 15$650.2M
- 16Savannah River Remediation LLC0 awards$633.1M
- 17Fermi Research Alliance, LLC0 awards$630.8M
- 18$574.7M
- 19Ucor LLC0 awards$539.9M
- 20$511.9M
- 21$470.3M
- 22Fluor Idaho LLC0 awards$423.7M
- 23Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth LLC0 awards$390.2M
- 24Mission Support Alliance, LLC0 awards$374.2M
- 25Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC0 awards$349.4M
- 26$280.6M
- 27Accenture Federal Services LLC0 awards$246.9M
- 28$193.2M
- 29$173.4M
- 30$161.9M
- 31$160.8M
- 32$160.1M
- 33General Atomics0 awards$116.7M
- 34Centerra Group, LLC0 awards$114.2M
- 35Leidos, Inc.0 awards$107M
- 36University of Rochester0 awards$90.2M
- 37Michigan State University0 awards$88.2M
- 38University of Illinois0 awards$85.2M
- 39University of Wisconsin System0 awards$76.4M
- 40University of Wisconsin System0 awards$76.4M
- 41$68.7M
- 42$64.9M
- 43University of Utah0 awards$57.1M
- 44Soc LLC0 awards$47.5M
- 45Oregon State University0 awards$31.9M
- 46University of Washington0 awards$31.4M
- 47$28.5M
- 48$27.3M
- 49Southwest Research Institute0 awards$26.7M
- 50$26.6M
- 51$25.7M
- 52Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards$24.9M
- 53$24.3M
- 54Carahsoft Technology Corp0 awards$23M
- 55Northwestern University0 awards$22.2M
- 56Arizona State University0 awards$21.9M
- 57$21.3M
- 58Colorado State University0 awards$21.1M
- 59$21.1M
- 60$20M
- 61Ohio Department of Development0 awards$19.9M
- 62University of Florida0 awards$19.4M
- 63$19.2M
- 64$18.9M
- 65University of Delaware0 awards$18.6M
- 66University of California Irvine0 awards$18.1M
- 67$17.4M
- 68Duke University0 awards$17.1M
- 69$17.1M
- 70Purdue University0 awards$17M
- 71Cornell University0 awards$16.1M
- 72$15.4M
- 73North Carolina State University0 awards$15M
- 74Washington State University0 awards$14.9M
- 75$14.6M
- 76Icf Incorporated, L.l.c.0 awards$14.5M
- 77The Aerospace Corporation0 awards$14.3M
- 78Ohio State University, the0 awards$13.7M
- 79Department of Commerce Minnesota0 awards$13.3M
- 80$13.2M
- 81Kpmg LLP0 awards$11.8M
- 82Alvarez LLC0 awards$11.4M
- 83$11.3M
- 84State of Wisconsin Dept of Admin0 awards$11.2M
- 85Washington University, the0 awards$11.1M
- 86The Johns Hopkins University0 awards$10.9M
- 87$10.7M
- 88University of California, Davis0 awards$10.7M
- 89Florida International University0 awards$10.5M
- 90Vanderbilt University0 awards$9.8M
- 91Yale Univ0 awards$9.8M
- 92$9.7M
- 93$9.5M
- 94National Academy of Sciences0 awards$9.2M
- 95$9.1M
- 96The Mitre Corporation0 awards$9M
- 97$9M
- 98$8.9M
- 99$8.5M
- 100General Motors LLC0 awards$8.5M
Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.
Questions
- Who is the Department of Energy's biggest contractor in FY2020?
- National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, with $3.8B obligated in FY2020. Second is Triad National Security, LLC at $3.1B.
- Where does this ranking come from?
- It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Energy obligated to that recipient in FY2020. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2020. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
- Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
- No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2020, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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