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States with Most Small Business Spending

States with Most Small Business Spending shows which states rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

VA leads this ranking at 478.16B. The top 10 account for 59.93% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top States State Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
VA
478.16B
Rows Returned
97
Top 10 Share
59.93%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top States

Analysis

VA leads this ranking at 478.16B. The top 10 account for 59.93% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Why it matters: Use this page to identify leaders, compare major participants, and understand how activity is distributed across this segment of the federal market.

Methodology: The query groups FPDS records by the ranked entity, calculates the main metric, and orders results from highest to lowest. Supporting columns add context to the leaderboard.

Key Findings

  • VA holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 59.93% of the value in this result set.
  • CA appears in the second position.

Limitations

  • Interpretation depends on the SQL scope and selected filters.
  • This page reflects only the returned query result set.

Query Used

-- States with Most Small Business Spending
SELECT
    content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode AS state_code,
    sumIf(
        content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount,
        content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination = 'S'
    ) AS total_small_business_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(
        sumIf(
            content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount,
            content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination = 'S'
        )
    ) AS total_small_business_obligated_readable,
    countIf(
        content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination = 'S'
    ) AS small_business_award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(
        countIf(content__award__vendor__contractingOfficerBusinessSizeDetermination = 'S')
    ) AS small_business_award_count_readable,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount)) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
    contract_type = 1
    AND content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode != ''
GROUP BY content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode
ORDER BY total_small_business_obligated DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

This table ranks results by Primary Metric from highest to lowest.

# State Code Total Small Business Obligated Total Small Business Obligated Readable Small Business Award Count Small Business Award Count Readable Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable
1 VA 478,162,746,398.87
478.16 billion
 478.16 billion 3974370 3.97 million 1729430707524.1 1.73 trillion
2 CA 285,085,550,032.16
285.09 billion
 285.09 billion 4660826 4.66 million 1678488363920.5 1.68 trillion
3 MD 270,847,729,537.66
270.85 billion
 270.85 billion 2047564 2.05 million 880106772099.77 880.11 billion
4 DC 205,612,701,712.70
205.61 billion
 205.61 billion 1277041 1.28 million 620902550301.26 620.90 billion
5 TX 176,931,913,155.67
176.93 billion
 176.93 billion 2876477 2.88 million 1384443642668.7 1.38 trillion
6 FL 148,828,796,608.59
148.83 billion
 148.83 billion 2516630 2.52 million 594783652203.78 594.78 billion
7 AL 100,543,766,660.96
100.54 billion
 100.54 billion 1047568 1.05 million 333613887252.61 333.61 billion
8 NY 89,108,017,139.37
89.11 billion
 89.11 billion 2894591 2.89 million 485925394310.37 485.93 billion
9 MA 87,568,232,902.25
87.57 billion
 87.57 billion 1928402 1.93 million 494547550188.1 494.55 billion
10 GA 80,934,070,669.20
80.93 billion
 80.93 billion 1963957 1.96 million 312425734093.09 312.43 billion
11 PA 77,104,515,241.72
77.10 billion
 77.10 billion 1819508 1.82 million 505915778865.28 505.92 billion
12 OH 75,942,417,843.50
75.94 billion
 75.94 billion 1412761 1.41 million 287787646387.56 287.79 billion
13 CO 68,438,245,444.16
68.44 billion
 68.44 billion 876574 876.57 thousand 317921361454.02 317.92 billion
14 IL 64,864,270,672.56
64.86 billion
 64.86 billion 2339796 2.34 million 305375037154.66 305.38 billion
15 NJ 64,854,991,173.44
64.85 billion
 64.85 billion 2942619 2.94 million 268451553155.42 268.45 billion
16 NC 60,751,117,945.04
60.75 billion
 60.75 billion 1114894 1.11 million 172484394499.69 172.48 billion
17 WA 54,923,465,523.43
54.92 billion
 54.92 billion 1171678 1.17 million 376589850548.27 376.59 billion
18 LA 46,196,647,748.41
46.20 billion
 46.20 billion 611533 611.53 thousand 166997637261.02 167.00 billion
19 AZ 44,259,503,862.59
44.26 billion
 44.26 billion 743539 743.54 thousand 409927591139.85 409.93 billion
20 SC 42,764,195,646.58
42.76 billion
 42.76 billion 713092 713.09 thousand 201863485106.38 201.86 billion
21 AK 42,735,428,614.62
42.74 billion
 42.74 billion 290290 290.29 thousand 78970881505.09 78.97 billion
22 OK 40,541,199,758.41
40.54 billion
 40.54 billion 479623 479.62 thousand 109264772950.13 109.26 billion
23 MO 37,460,402,878.37
37.46 billion
 37.46 billion 916665 916.66 thousand 439233511418.39 439.23 billion
24 MI 37,072,135,682.86
37.07 billion
 37.07 billion 1586011 1.59 million 196629942579.89 196.63 billion
25 TN 36,912,874,032.36
36.91 billion
 36.91 billion 469224 469.22 thousand 274583798478.7 274.58 billion
26 NM 35,636,410,636.50
35.64 billion
 35.64 billion 346743 346.74 thousand 315880590715.62 315.88 billion
27 HI 35,000,706,472.55
35.00 billion
 35.00 billion 511545 511.55 thousand 87089872830.52 87.09 billion
28 KY 31,303,681,595.55
31.30 billion
 31.30 billion 430088 430.09 thousand 219610187872.86 219.61 billion
29 WI 27,179,617,633.03
27.18 billion
 27.18 billion 720950 720.95 thousand 139589110179.15 139.59 billion
30 UT 25,322,092,243.18
25.32 billion
 25.32 billion 286155 286.15 thousand 109948969501.09 109.95 billion
31 MS 25,021,641,887.21
25.02 billion
 25.02 billion 648656 648.66 thousand 178727835452.56 178.73 billion
32 IN 24,798,695,860.11
24.80 billion
 24.80 billion 447075 447.07 thousand 167835550028.16 167.84 billion
33 OR 23,987,704,917.38
23.99 billion
 23.99 billion 562038 562.04 thousand 51760047807.51 51.76 billion
34 CT 20,987,487,666.35
20.99 billion
 20.99 billion 531278 531.28 thousand 455306744656.62 455.31 billion
35 ID 20,195,294,522.24
20.20 billion
 20.20 billion 251497 251.50 thousand 77369168039.06 77.37 billion
36 NV 18,694,340,940.14
18.69 billion
 18.69 billion 240696 240.70 thousand 82982795276.31 82.98 billion
37 WV 18,217,866,195.67
18.22 billion
 18.22 billion 252235 252.24 thousand 41350795465.29 41.35 billion
38 KS 17,772,538,029.47
17.77 billion
 17.77 billion 373910 373.91 thousand 90813525882.67 90.81 billion
39 MN 16,255,465,464.88
16.26 billion
 16.26 billion 457903 457.90 thousand 115831332189.73 115.83 billion
40 GU 14,485,810,046.33
14.49 billion
 14.49 billion 136663 136.66 thousand 39813719407.2 39.81 billion
41 PR 14,434,858,184.49
14.43 billion
 14.43 billion 102470 102.47 thousand 31639569268.12 31.64 billion
42 MT 13,702,728,899.54
13.70 billion
 13.70 billion 296373 296.37 thousand 23609431143.49 23.61 billion
43 NE 13,243,952,239.10
13.24 billion
 13.24 billion 257468 257.47 thousand 35162204747.91 35.16 billion
44 AR 13,035,624,803.96
13.04 billion
 13.04 billion 361976 361.98 thousand 42800539473.83 42.80 billion
45 RI 12,078,066,067.09
12.08 billion
 12.08 billion 170447 170.45 thousand 42906286509.2 42.91 billion
46 NH 10,775,599,646.44
10.78 billion
 10.78 billion 137543 137.54 thousand 53285625175.17 53.29 billion
47 SD 9,891,153,375.75
9.89 billion
 9.89 billion 152652 152.65 thousand 22225111789.93 22.23 billion
48 ND 9,491,589,414.07
9.49 billion
 9.49 billion 126208 126.21 thousand 19638726830.19 19.64 billion
49 IA 8,177,534,969.43
8.18 billion
 8.18 billion 231280 231.28 thousand 68371513744.35 68.37 billion
50 ME 8,123,678,052.92
8.12 billion
 8.12 billion 141076 141.08 thousand 72198811438 72.20 billion
51 WY 6,789,472,217.76
6.79 billion
 6.79 billion 97553 97.55 thousand 14600287853.6 14.60 billion
52 DE 5,595,276,905.38
5.60 billion
 5.60 billion 93878 93.88 thousand 17034247235.61 17.03 billion
53 VT 4,110,975,069.55
4.11 billion
 4.11 billion 90925 90.92 thousand 18478804805.15 18.48 billion
54 98 2,628,123,967.00
2.63 billion
 2.63 billion 8204 8.20 thousand 26240511097 26.24 billion
55 MP 1,280,590,924.50
1.28 billion
 1.28 billion 8746 8.75 thousand 3299513313.17 3.30 billion
56 VI 987,614,856.07
987.61 million
 987.61 million 10312 10.31 thousand 3805770883.3 3.81 billion
57 MH 679,122,872.20
679.12 million
 679.12 million 6183 6.18 thousand 10968981463.2 10.97 billion
58 AS 577,857,082.07
577.86 million
 577.86 million 3519 3.52 thousand 6354842803.86 6.35 billion
59 PW 338,922,857.77
338.92 million
 338.92 million 3061 3.06 thousand 1810445991.21 1.81 billion
60 FM 277,985,781.50
277.99 million
 277.99 million 3468 3.47 thousand 2769185248.33 2.77 billion
61 UM 170,349,268.03
170.35 million
 170.35 million 973 973.00 1739477089.03 1.74 billion
62 AP 7,529,588.14
7.53 million
 7.53 million 37 37.00 15854785.44 15.85 million
63 AE 7,294,815.61
7.29 million
 7.29 million 69 69.00 32173059.06 32.17 million
64 oh 4,563,799.22
4.56 million
 4.56 million 48 48.00 12085789.82 12.09 million
65 US 2,415,863.57
2.42 million
 2.42 million 85 85.00 4567448.64 4.57 million
66 01 1,752,408.02
1.75 million
 1.75 million 2 2.00 1752408.02 1.75 million
67 ST 357,592.39
357.59 thousand
 357.59 thousand 19 19.00 360342.39 360.34 thousand
68 mi 223,379.16
223.38 thousand
 223.38 thousand 1 1.00 412319.16 412.32 thousand
69 49 199,616.66
199.62 thousand
 199.62 thousand 30 30.00 380130.73 380.13 thousand
70 ny 152,651.30
152.65 thousand
 152.65 thousand 5 5.00 152651.3 152.65 thousand
71 51 131,197.60
131.20 thousand
 131.20 thousand 6 6.00 749326.27 749.33 thousand
72 pa 99,302.64
99.30 thousand
 99.30 thousand 10 10.00 225698.93 225.70 thousand
73 va 99,058.56
99.06 thousand
 99.06 thousand 5 5.00 323464.61 323.46 thousand
74 ca 66,625.84
66.63 thousand
 66.63 thousand 1 1.00 66625.84 66.63 thousand
75 ON 58,168.88
58.17 thousand
 58.17 thousand 19 19.00 89188.88 89.19 thousand
76 JA 43,241.00
43.24 thousand
 43.24 thousand 4 4.00 45826.79 45.83 thousand
77 / 24,942.95
24.94 thousand
 24.94 thousand 2 2.00 24942.95 24.94 thousand
78 UK 20,909.00
20.91 thousand
 20.91 thousand 1 1.00 266965 266.96 thousand
79 SE 18,391.04
18.39 thousand
 18.39 thousand 2 2.00 18391.04 18.39 thousand
80 TW 17,357.41
17.36 thousand
 17.36 thousand 2 2.00 17357.41 17.36 thousand
81 45 11,359.52
11.36 thousand
 11.36 thousand 1 1.00 11359.52 11.36 thousand
82 08 9,955.54
9.96 thousand
 9.96 thousand 1 1.00 9955.54 9.96 thousand
83 GM 7,447.20
7.45 thousand
 7.45 thousand 1 1.00 185425.72 185.43 thousand
84 56 4,125.00
4.13 thousand
 4.13 thousand 1 1.00 4125 4.13 thousand
85 PK 2,236.82
2.24 thousand
 2.24 thousand 1 1.00 2236.82 2.24 thousand
86 BC -298.00
-298.00
 -298.00 1 1.00 -298 -298.00
87 40 — — 0 0.00 3000 3.00 thousand
88 0K — — 0 0.00 1096 1.10 thousand
89 TS — — 0 0.00 268796.14 268.80 thousand
90 NS — — 0 0.00 68203.5 68.20 thousand
91 BL — — 0 0.00 23925 23.93 thousand
92 GT — — 0 0.00 11330 11.33 thousand
93 QC — — 0 0.00 6120 6.12 thousand
94 — — 0 0.00 8957942.62 8.96 million
95 OL — — 0 0.00 15000 15.00 thousand
96 GB — — 0 0.00 59840 59.84 thousand
97 AA — — 0 0.00 713061.35 713.06 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "States with Most Small Business Spending" using aggregated procurement data.

Query structure

  • Results are sorted from highest to lowest by the main ranking metric.
  • Grouping is used to combine FPDS records into comparable entity-level results.

Included fields

  • state_code — Defines the ranked state or geography.
  • total_small_business_obligated — Defines the main ranking metric: Primary Metric.
  • small_business_award_count — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.
  • total_obligated — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.

How to use this ranking

  • Supports fast market review.
  • Helps compare leaders and close competitors.
  • Adds context beyond a raw transaction list.

Computed Metrics

Top 3 Share
32.22%
Top 5 Share
44.14%
Mean
37,322,331,071.93
Median
13,139,788,521.53
Max
478,162,746,398.87
Min
-298.00
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 VA 478.16B
2 CA 285.09B
3 MD 270.85B
4 DC 205.61B
5 TX 176.93B
6 FL 148.83B
7 AL 100.54B
8 NY 89.11B
9 MA 87.57B
10 GA 80.93B

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