Rankings
Top federal contractors: FY2021
FY2021 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-12
≈ computed · contract dollars
Lockheed Martin Corporation was the largest holder of U.S. federal contracts in FY2021, with $40.8B in contract-coded obligations. Ranked by contract-coded (NAICS) obligations, so entitlement grants routed through state agencies do not crowd out the primes. Combined corporate families count once. Computed
Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2020 is each name's change in position from FY2020; a dash means the name was not in FY2020's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 46% of the $344.1B combined total of all 100 contractors listed.
- Mckesson Specialty Distribution LLC rose the most, from #290 in FY2020 to #54 in FY2021.
- United Launch Services, LLC fell the most among those listed, from #54 in FY2020 to #90 in FY2021.
- The Department of Defense is the largest funding agency for 55 of the 100 contractors listed.
| Rank | Name | FY2021 | FY2020 | Change | Rank vs FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lockheed Martin Corporation55 industries | $40.8B | $75.4B | −46% | same |
| 02 | The Boeing Company42 industries | $22.8B | $22.1B | +3% | ▲ 2 |
| 03 | General Dynamics Corporation69 industries | $18.6B | $23.5B | −21% | same |
| 04 | RTX Corporation52 industries | $18.5B | $25.5B | −28% | ▼ 2 |
| 05 | Pfizer Inc3 industries | $14.1B | $1.2B | — | ▲ 54 |
| 06 | Mckesson Corporation7 industries | $10.6B | $9.6B | +11% | same |
| 07 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation53 industries | $10.6B | $9.7B | +9% | ▼ 2 |
| 08 | UnitedHealth Group12 industries | $9.7B | $2.3B | +326% | ▲ 27 |
| 09 | Mckesson Corporation6 industries | $7.7B | $6.7B | +14% | ▲ 2 |
| 10 | Leidos, Inc.36 industries | $7.4B | $7B | +6% | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Modernatx, Inc.3 industries | $7.4B | $2.2B | +237% | ▲ 29 |
| 12 | Humana Government Business Inc3 industries | $7.1B | $6.9B | +3% | ▼ 2 |
| 13 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.22 industries | $6.9B | $8.6B | −19% | ▼ 5 |
| 14 | Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp4 industries | $6.7B | $9B | −25% | ▼ 7 |
| 15 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc3 industries | $5.6B | $638.4M | +772% | ▲ 88 |
| 16 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc10 industries | $5.5B | $5.4B | +2% | ▼ 3 |
| 17 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc.33 industries | $5.3B | $5.2B | +2% | ▼ 3 |
| 18 | BAE Systems, Inc.36 industries | $4.6B | $6.3B | −28% | ▼ 6 |
| 19 | National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC1 industry | $4.3B | $3.8B | +11% | ▼ 3 |
| 20 | Triad National Security, LLC2 industries | $4B | $3.1B | +29% | ▲ 2 |
| 21 | Science Applications International Corporation15 industries | $3.8B | $3.2B | +17% | ▼ 3 |
| 22 | Science Applications International Corporation10 industries | $3.4B | $2.9B | +16% | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Health Net Federal Services, LLC2 industries | $3.2B | $3.1B | +4% | ▼ 2 |
| 24 | KBR, Inc.22 industries | $3.2B | $2.5B | +27% | ▲ 6 |
| 25 | Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC1 industry | $3.1B | $3.2B | −3% | ▼ 6 |
| 26 | Battelle Memorial Institute13 industries | $3B | $3.3B | −7% | ▼ 9 |
| 27 | General Electric Company25 industries | $2.9B | $4.2B | −30% | ▼ 12 |
| 28 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC4 industries | $2.8B | $1.9B | +50% | ▲ 17 |
| 29 | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.10 industries | $2.8B | $3.1B | −8% | ▼ 9 |
| 30 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC2 industries | $2.8B | $2.4B | +16% | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | CACI International Inc24 industries | $2.8B | $2.6B | +6% | ▼ 6 |
| 32 | Deloitte LLP15 industries | $2.7B | $2.5B | +8% | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC1 industry | $2.6B | $2.9B | −9% | ▼ 9 |
| 34 | Accenture Federal Services LLC10 industries | $2.5B | $2.1B | +17% | ▲ 7 |
| 35 | Bell Boeing Joint Project Office10 industries | $2.5B | $2.1B | +20% | ▲ 7 |
| 36 | V2X, Inc.16 industries | $2.4B | $2.3B | +2% | ▼ 3 |
| 37 | Bechtel Corporation2 industries | $2.3B | $1.7B | +37% | ▲ 11 |
| 38 | Peraton Corp.15 industries | $2.3B | $2.6B | −10% | ▼ 11 |
| 39 | California Institute of Technology4 industries | $2.3B | $2.6B | −11% | ▼ 13 |
| 40 | UT-Battelle LLC2 industries | $2.3B | $2.3B | +1% | ▼ 4 |
| 41 | General Atomics18 industries | $2.2B | $2.3B | −4% | ▼ 7 |
| 42 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp.7 industries | $2.2B | $1.2B | +84% | ▲ 15 |
| 43 | Honeywell International Inc.11 industries | $2.2B | $2.2B | −3% | ▼ 6 |
| 44 | Oshkosh Defense LLC10 industries | $2.1B | $2.4B | −10% | ▼ 12 |
| 45 | Dell Technologies Inc.13 industries | $2.1B | $2B | +7% | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Amentum Technology, Inc.12 industries | $2.1B | $1.9B | +14% | same |
| 47 | Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp4 industries | $2.1B | $2.2B | −5% | ▼ 8 |
| 48 | Eli Lilly and Company1 industry | $1.9B | — | — | — |
| 49 | The Mitre Corporation10 industries | $1.9B | $1.8B | +7% | ▼ 2 |
| 50 | Abbott Rapid DX North America LLC7 industries | $1.9B | $280.7M | +560% | ▲ 188 |
| 51 | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC1 industry | $1.7B | $1.6B | +3% | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Chemonics International, Inc.10 industries | $1.7B | $2.2B | −25% | ▼ 14 |
| 53 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC10 industries | $1.5B | $1.5B | +1% | ▼ 3 |
| 54 | Mckesson Specialty Distribution LLC2 industries | $1.5B | $228.4M | +555% | ▲ 236 |
| 55 | Dyncorp International LLC10 industries | $1.4B | $2B | −30% | ▼ 12 |
| 56 | V2X Systems LLC9 industries | $1.4B | $1.3B | +6% | ▼ 4 |
| 57 | Maximus Federal Services, Inc.10 industries | $1.4B | $1.1B | +30% | ▲ 12 |
| 58 | Amentum Services, Inc.10 industries | $1.3B | $1.3B | +1% | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Rapid Deployment Inc4 industries | $1.3B | — | — | — |
| 60 | Carahsoft Technology Corp10 industries | $1.2B | $1.2B | +1% | same |
| 61 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 industries | $1.2B | $1.1B | +6% | ▲ 4 |
| 62 | Coins 'N Things, Inc.2 industries | $1.2B | $629M | +84% | ▲ 46 |
| 63 | The Aerospace Corporation5 industries | $1.2B | $1.1B | +2% | ▼ 1 |
| 64 | The Regents of the University of California9 industries | $1.1B | $1.1B | +2% | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Parsons Government Services Inc.10 industries | $1.1B | $882.8M | +28% | ▲ 11 |
| 66 | FedEx Corporation7 industries | $1.1B | $1.1B | +4% | ▲ 2 |
| 67 | Stonex Financial LTD1 industry | $1.1B | $276.2M | +306% | ▲ 175 |
| 68 | Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting, L.l.c..10 industries | $1.1B | — | — | — |
| 69 | Department of Energy1 industry | $1.1B | — | — | — |
| 70 | Glaxosmithkline, LLC9 industries | $1.1B | $1.3B | −18% | ▼ 17 |
| 71 | QTC Medical Services Inc4 industries | $1B | $898M | +16% | ▲ 4 |
| 72 | Cgi Federal Inc.10 industries | $1B | $1B | +1% | same |
| 73 | Rolls-Royce Corporation10 industries | $1B | $1B | −1% | ▼ 2 |
| 74 | Orbital Sciences LLC8 industries | $998.1M | $1.2B | −15% | ▼ 16 |
| 75 | Uchicago Argonne, LLC1 industry | $992.8M | $1.1B | −8% | ▼ 8 |
| 76 | Oracle Health Government Services, Inc.5 industries | $970.6M | $1B | −6% | ▼ 6 |
| 77 | V2X Aerospace LLC9 industries | $957.6M | $833.5M | +15% | ▲ 4 |
| 78 | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc.10 industries | $908.1M | $863.5M | +5% | ▼ 1 |
| 79 | Walgreen Co.3 industries | $899.6M | — | — | — |
| 80 | Mission Support & Test Services LLC2 industries | $854.7M | $650.2M | +31% | ▲ 20 |
| 81 | Walsh - Turner JV II1 industry | $840.1M | — | — | — |
| 82 | M1 Support Services, L.p.4 industries | $831.3M | $941.1M | −12% | ▼ 8 |
| 83 | Express Scripts Inc4 industries | $743.9M | $679.5M | +9% | ▲ 12 |
| 84 | Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.5 industries | $741.2M | $974.8M | −24% | ▼ 11 |
| 85 | Cardinal Health 200, LLC10 industries | $738.6M | $635.8M | +16% | ▲ 19 |
| 86 | The Geo Group, Inc.7 industries | $733M | $591.6M | +24% | ▲ 26 |
| 87 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, the5 industries | $730.4M | $707.7M | +3% | ▲ 5 |
| 88 | Core Tech-Hdcc-Kajima LLC2 industries | $730.4M | — | — | — |
| 89 | Tote Services, LLC3 industries | $726.1M | $845.4M | −14% | ▼ 10 |
| 90 | United Launch Services, LLC2 industries | $718.6M | $1.3B | −44% | ▼ 36 |
| 91 | Csra LLC10 industries | $717.5M | $642.9M | +12% | ▲ 11 |
| 92 | Serco Inc10 industries | $709.5M | $782.8M | −9% | ▼ 6 |
| 93 | Washington River Protection Solutions LLC1 industry | $704.7M | $856.7M | −18% | ▼ 15 |
| 94 | Savannah River Remediation LLC1 industry | $680.8M | $633.1M | +8% | ▲ 11 |
| 95 | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC19 industries | $668.8M | $823.8M | −19% | ▼ 13 |
| 96 | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC2 industries | $667.6M | $699.9M | −5% | ▼ 3 |
| 97 | Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC1 industry | $649.3M | $574.7M | +13% | ▲ 19 |
| 98 | Four Points Technology, L.l.c.10 industries | $641.8M | $499.2M | +29% | ▲ 42 |
| 99 | Hensel Phelps Construction Co.1 industry | $637.7M | $723.5M | −12% | ▼ 9 |
| 100 | Paragon Systems Inc2 industries | $634.3M | $563.7M | +13% | ▲ 18 |
A description of the money, computed by us from USASpending records, never a judgment about any contractor. Each row opens that contractor's page: its funding agencies, where the work lands, and any PAC on record.
Questions
- Who is the largest federal contractor in FY2021?
- Lockheed Martin Corporation, with $40.8B in contract-coded obligations in FY2021, ahead of The Boeing Company at $22.8B.
- Why are big grant recipients missing from this list?
- This ranks CONTRACT dollars only. Universities, states and health systems receive enormous federal ASSISTANCE, which is ranked separately at /rankings/top-grant-recipients so neither list crowds out the other.
- 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 recipient's contract-coded obligations for FY2021. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many contractors are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2021. Each row opens that contractor'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 FY2021, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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