Over the last 10 years, federal awards under NAICS 423850 totaled 30.55 billion across 639,062 actions, with an average action value of 47,805.48. Defense Logistics Agency accounted for most obligated dollars, while Federal Acquisition Service recorded the largest action count.
NAICS Industry
NAICS 423850 Federal Contract Obligations (Last 10 Years)
FPDS analysis for NAICS 423850 covers service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesaler obligations, awards, agencies, vendors, and annual trends over the last 10 years.
Annual trend figures shown here are limited to the provided top years, with obligations peaking at 4.31 billion in 2025 and remaining above 2.22 billion from 2022 through 2025.
NAICS Code
423850
Industry
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS
Total Obligated
30.55 billion
30,550,667,395.49
Award Actions
639,062
Average Action Value
47,805.48
About NAICS 423850 federal contract activity
NAICS 423850, Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, represents $30.55 billion in FPDS obligations across 639,062 awards over the last 10 years, with an average award value of $47,805.48. The volume of actions is high relative to total spend, indicating a market characterized by frequent, comparatively small procurement transactions alongside larger supply buys.
Agency demand and leading federal buyers
The Defense Logistics Agency dominates this NAICS with $30.29 billion in obligations and 46,471 awards, accounting for the vast majority of spend in the category. The Federal Acquisition Service is a distant second at $209.09 million across 589,298 awards, while the Department of State, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Agency for Global Media each represent much smaller shares of total obligated dollars.
Vendor concentration and leading contractors
Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. is the clear leading vendor, with $20.90 billion obligated across 30,513 awards, making it the central supplier in this category. W. S. Darley & Co. and Federal Resources Supply Company follow at $3.47 billion and $2.34 billion respectively, while Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC and H Squared, Inc. also show substantial award activity.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
Annual obligations have generally trended upward in the recent period shown, rising from $1.93 billion in 2021 to $2.23 billion in 2022, $3.12 billion in 2023, $3.77 billion in 2024, and $4.31 billion in 2025. Award counts stayed elevated from 2022 through 2025, with 2024 and 2023 both above 153,000 awards, indicating sustained procurement activity even as annual obligated value increased.
How to interpret this page
This page summarizes FPDS obligations mapped to NAICS 423850 over the last 10 years and is based on reported award-level data aggregated by agency, vendor, and fiscal year. Dollar values reflect total obligated amounts in FPDS, award counts reflect the number of reported awards, and annual trend figures are limited to the years provided in the source dataset.
Top Agencies
SELECT
agency_id,
agency_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID AS agency_id,
anyHeavy(content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name) AS agency_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode = '423850'
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY agency_id
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Agency ID | Agency Name | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97AS | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | 30,290,794,661.84 | 30.29 billion | 46,471 |
| 4732 | FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE | 209,092,010.67 | 209.09 million | 589,298 |
| 1900 | STATE, DEPARTMENT OF | 22,906,083.44 | 22.91 million | 1,530 |
| 3300 | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | 4,524,010.01 | 4.52 million | 362 |
| 9568 | UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA, BBG | 4,323,135.49 | 4.32 million | 295 |
| 12C2 | FOREST SERVICE | 2,507,618.88 | 2.51 million | 71 |
| 5700 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | 1,775,196.70 | 1.78 million | 70 |
| 7022 | FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY | 1,755,497.90 | 1.76 million | 37 |
| 7008 | U.S. COAST GUARD | 1,489,597.26 | 1.49 million | 132 |
| 1540 | FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM / BUREAU OF PRISONS | 1,389,597.92 | 1.39 million | 62 |
Insight
Obligations under NAICS 423850 are highly concentrated in the Defense Logistics Agency, which accounts for $30.29 billion of the $30.55 billion obligated over the last 10 years, with 46,471 awards. The Federal Acquisition Service is a distant second at $209.09 million but has 589,298 awards, indicating a much more fragmented, lower-dollar transaction pattern. All remaining agencies individually obligated less than $23 million each, showing that this market is overwhelmingly driven by DLA with limited secondary activity across other civilian and defense agencies.
Top Vendors
SELECT
vendor_name,
cage_code,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName AS vendor_name,
anyHeavy(content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode) AS cage_code,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode = '423850'
AND content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY vendor_name
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Vendor | CAGE Code | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. | 1CAY9 | 20,899,764,200.83 | 20.90 billion | 30,513 |
| W. S. DARLEY & CO. | 15852 | 3,470,799,837.35 | 3.47 billion | 5,049 |
| FEDERAL RESOURCES SUPPLY COMPANY | 1Q3Z9 | 2,344,459,714.07 | 2.34 billion | 3,043 |
| NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC | 1HEN9 | 1,210,534,297.11 | 1.21 billion | 996 |
| H SQUARED, INC. | 3E4Q7 | 666,006,070.80 | 666.01 million | 1,955 |
| QUANTICO TACTICAL INCORPORATED | 80MP4 | 577,762,593.67 | 577.76 million | 2,061 |
| SUPPLYCORE INC. | 4V314 | 566,810,312.71 | 566.81 million | 443 |
| TACTICAL & SURVIVAL SPECIALTIES, INC. | 0UWS0 | 212,410,152.73 | 212.41 million | 1,324 |
| NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND | 5M888 | 208,913,416.88 | 208.91 million | 589,087 |
| BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | 79986 | 163,351,034.83 | 163.35 million | 19 |
Insight
Over the last 10 years, NAICS 423850 obligations total $30.55 billion across 639,062 awards, with a low average award value of $47,805.48, indicating a high-volume, low-dollar procurement pattern. Vendor obligations are highly concentrated: ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. accounts for $20.90 billion, or roughly 68% of total obligated dollars in this NAICS, far exceeding the next largest vendors. The remaining top vendors are substantially smaller, with W. S. DARLEY & CO. at $3.47 billion and FEDERAL RESOURCES SUPPLY COMPANY at $2.34 billion, while NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND has the highest award volume among the listed vendors at 589,087 awards but only $208.91 million obligated.
Annual Trend
SELECT
year,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
toYear(parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate)) AS year,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode = '423850'
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY year
)
ORDER BY year DESC| Year | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,309,643,007.79 | 4.31 billion | 137,511 |
| 2024 | 3,771,513,353.49 | 3.77 billion | 153,311 |
| 2023 | 3,124,226,826.83 | 3.12 billion | 153,217 |
| 2022 | 2,229,554,975.73 | 2.23 billion | 136,881 |
| 2021 | 1,926,175,650.22 | 1.93 billion | 18,140 |
| 2020 | 5,311,818,372.00 | 5.31 billion | 9,492 |
| 2019 | 3,335,975,337.89 | 3.34 billion | 7,700 |
| 2018 | 3,151,653,147.36 | 3.15 billion | 7,655 |
| 2017 | 2,166,108,982.96 | 2.17 billion | 7,396 |
| 2016 | 1,223,997,741.22 | 1.22 billion | 7,759 |
Insight
Over the last 10 years, NAICS 423850 obligated $30.55 billion across 639,062 awards, with an average award value of $47.8K, indicating a high-volume, relatively low-dollar procurement pattern. Obligations generally increased over the period, rising from $1.22 billion in 2016 to a peak of $5.31 billion in 2020, then remaining elevated at $2.23 billion to $4.31 billion from 2022 through 2025. Award counts were concentrated in 2021 through 2025, when annual volumes ranged from 18,140 to 153,311, compared with fewer than 10,000 awards per year from 2016 through 2020.
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