Top product and service codes by federal dollars: FY2020
≈ computed · PSCAircraft, Fixed Wing accounted for more federal purchasing than any other product or service code in FY2020: $49.6B. Product and Service Codes describe WHAT was bought — a specific aircraft, a category of research, a kind of professional service — where NAICS describes the industry that supplies it. ≈ computed
Ranked from USASpending records, data current as of 2026-07-12. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1Aircraft, Fixed WingPSC 1510$49.6B
- 2$28.1B
- 3Combat Ships and Landing VesselsPSC 1905$25B
- 4Support- Professional: OtherPSC R499$20.9B
- 5Drugs and BiologicalsPSC 6505$20B
- 6Guided MissilesPSC 1410$17.9B
- 7Medical- Managed HealthcarePSC Q201$15.3B
- 8$15B
- 9$12.2B
- 10$12B
- 11Medical- OtherPSC Q999$11.3B
- 12$11.2B
- 13Oper of Govt R&D Goco FacilitiesPSC M181$9.3B
- 14$8.8B
- 15$8.2B
- 16Information Technology SoftwarePSC 7030$7.3B
- 17$7.1B
- 18$6.6B
- 19$6.3B
- 20$5.6B
- 21Radar Equipment, Except AirbornePSC 5840$5.5B
- 22Aircraft, Rotary WingPSC 1520$5.1B
- 23$4.8B
- 24Fruits and VegetablesPSC 8915$4.7B
- 25$4.6B
- 26Housekeeping- GuardPSC S206$4.2B
- 27Support- Management: OtherPSC R799$4.2B
- 28$3.8B
- 29$3.8B
- 30$3.5B
- 31Meat, Poultry, and FishPSC 8905$3.3B
- 32$3.3B
- 33$3.3B
- 34Nuclear ReactorsPSC 4470$3.1B
- 35$3.1B
- 36$3B
- 37Other Environmental ServicesPSC F999$2.9B
- 38Airframe Structural ComponentsPSC 1560$2.9B
- 39$2.9B
- 40$2.9B
- 41$2.9B
- 42$2.8B
- 43$2.7B
- 44$2.7B
- 45$2.7B
- 46$2.7B
- 47$2.7B
- 48$2.6B
- 49Support- Management: FinancialPSC R710$2.6B
- 50$2.6B
- 51$2.5B
- 52Guided Missile Systems, CompletePSC 1425$2.4B
- 53National Defense R&D Services; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; R&D Administrative ExpensesPSC AC24$2.4B
- 54Support- Administrative: OtherPSC R699$2.3B
- 55$2.3B
- 56$2.3B
- 57$2.3B
- 58$2.3B
- 59Precious Metals Primary FormsPSC 9660$2.3B
- 60$2.2B
- 61$2.2B
- 62Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (West)PSC J999$2.1B
- 63$2.1B
- 64$2.1B
- 65Medical- Evaluation/ScreeningPSC Q403$2B
- 66Hardware, Weapon SystemPSC 5342$1.9B
- 67$1.9B
- 68Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (East)PSC J998$1.9B
- 69Construction of Office BuildingsPSC Y1AA$1.9B
- 70Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment- Communication, Detection, and Coherent Radiation EquipmentPSC J058$1.8B
- 71IT and Telecom- ProgrammingPSC D308$1.8B
- 72National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; R&D Administrative ExpensesPSC AC14$1.8B
- 73$1.7B
- 74$1.7B
- 75Guided Missile ComponentsPSC 1420$1.7B
- 76$1.7B
- 77$1.7B
- 78$1.7B
- 79$1.7B
- 80$1.7B
- 81$1.6B
- 82$1.6B
- 83$1.6B
- 84$1.6B
- 85Utilities- ElectricPSC S112$1.6B
- 86Support- Management: AdvertisingPSC R701$1.6B
- 87$1.5B
- 88$1.5B
- 89Unmanned AircraftPSC 1550$1.5B
- 90Passenger Motor VehiclesPSC 2310$1.5B
- 91$1.5B
- 92BombsPSC 1325$1.5B
- 93$1.5B
- 94$1.5B
- 95Reference Laboratory TestingPSC Q301$1.5B
- 96$1.5B
- 97$1.4B
- 98$1.4B
- 99$1.4B
- 100$1.4B
PSC pages currently show their awards but not a recipient breakdown; the loader's per-recipient pass fetches NAICS and assistance codes only. That is a gap in this site, not in the source.
Questions
- Which product or service code accounts for the most federal spending in FY2020?
- Aircraft, Fixed Wing, with $49.6B in FY2020.
- How is a PSC different from a NAICS code?
- PSC says what the government bought; NAICS says what industry sold it. A single purchase carries both, and they answer different questions.
- 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 FY2020 dollars coded to that product or service code. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many codes are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2020. Each row opens that code'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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