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States with Most Vendors

States with Most Vendors shows which federal contractors rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

CA leads this ranking at 166.11K. The top 10 account for 44.59% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
CA
166.11K
Rows Returned
96
Top 10 Share
44.59%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

CA leads this ranking at 166.11K. The top 10 account for 44.59% 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

  • CA holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 44.59% of the value in this result set.
  • VA 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 Vendors
SELECT
    content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode AS state_code,
    uniq(content__award__vendor__contractorName) AS vendor_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(uniq(content__award__vendor__contractorName)) AS vendor_count_readable,
    count() AS award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(count()) AS 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 != ''
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode
ORDER BY vendor_count DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

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

# State Code Vendor Count Vendor Count Readable Award Count Award Count Readable Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable
1 CA 166,112.00
166.11 thousand
 166.11 thousand 3407815 3.41 million 948299722429.35 948.30 billion
2 VA 121,408.00
121.41 thousand
 121.41 thousand 3903918 3.90 million 826034635534.15 826.03 billion
3 MD 107,006.00
107.01 thousand
 107.01 thousand 2613632 2.61 million 430330748893.17 430.33 billion
4 TX 104,085.00
104.08 thousand
 104.08 thousand 1995402 2.00 million 597604057911.92 597.60 billion
5 DC 103,183.00
103.18 thousand
 103.18 thousand 1521906 1.52 million 328323043119.36 328.32 billion
6 FL 82,590.00
82.59 thousand
 82.59 thousand 1470126 1.47 million 271050192498.53 271.05 billion
7 NY 76,995.00
77.00 thousand
 77.00 thousand 1807585 1.81 million 226907674162.95 226.91 billion
8 PA 72,426.00
72.43 thousand
 72.43 thousand 2028580 2.03 million 233799917496.97 233.80 billion
9 GA 63,096.00
63.10 thousand
 63.10 thousand 1278634 1.28 million 166371732352.3 166.37 billion
10 WA 58,397.00
58.40 thousand
 58.40 thousand 832777 832.78 thousand 212751927272.6 212.75 billion
11 IL 57,265.00
57.27 thousand
 57.27 thousand 1201381 1.20 million 168424492779.55 168.42 billion
12 OH 51,889.00
51.89 thousand
 51.89 thousand 1300253 1.30 million 157679816005.39 157.68 billion
13 CO 51,461.00
51.46 thousand
 51.46 thousand 682677 682.68 thousand 174684887847.87 174.68 billion
14 NC 50,051.00
50.05 thousand
 50.05 thousand 954265 954.26 thousand 81521777746.68 81.52 billion
15 MA 48,345.00
48.34 thousand
 48.34 thousand 1326134 1.33 million 233736902064.4 233.74 billion
16 AZ 46,946.00
46.95 thousand
 46.95 thousand 646891 646.89 thousand 180527607986.68 180.53 billion
17 MO 43,409.00
43.41 thousand
 43.41 thousand 1907085 1.91 million 223912571145.95 223.91 billion
18 NJ 41,280.00
41.28 thousand
 41.28 thousand 951179 951.18 thousand 146941977972.96 146.94 billion
19 OR 41,254.00
41.25 thousand
 41.25 thousand 415381 415.38 thousand 25897253164.74 25.90 billion
20 MI 37,126.00
37.13 thousand
 37.13 thousand 1166902 1.17 million 89045451960.96 89.05 billion
21 AL 34,967.00
34.97 thousand
 34.97 thousand 580285 580.28 thousand 172364087574.84 172.36 billion
22 TN 34,453.00
34.45 thousand
 34.45 thousand 475198 475.20 thousand 171828541051.82 171.83 billion
23 LA 33,135.00
33.13 thousand
 33.13 thousand 403990 403.99 thousand 98351395185.33 98.35 billion
24 NM 32,129.00
32.13 thousand
 32.13 thousand 326319 326.32 thousand 192396897056.93 192.40 billion
25 SC 32,090.00
32.09 thousand
 32.09 thousand 495174 495.17 thousand 137539480693.73 137.54 billion
26 WI 31,723.00
31.72 thousand
 31.72 thousand 829056 829.06 thousand 74724369604.1 74.72 billion
27 KY 29,218.00
29.22 thousand
 29.22 thousand 397720 397.72 thousand 97564317735.59 97.56 billion
28 MN 28,809.00
28.81 thousand
 28.81 thousand 504730 504.73 thousand 56517558027.48 56.52 billion
29 OK 28,689.00
28.69 thousand
 28.69 thousand 361393 361.39 thousand 49869287909.61 49.87 billion
30 MS 26,459.00
26.46 thousand
 26.46 thousand 311915 311.92 thousand 88124082114.46 88.12 billion
31 UT 25,662.00
25.66 thousand
 25.66 thousand 246715 246.72 thousand 58543659886.31 58.54 billion
32 IN 25,091.00
25.09 thousand
 25.09 thousand 425093 425.09 thousand 85328942901.75 85.33 billion
33 MT 24,721.00
24.72 thousand
 24.72 thousand 188098 188.10 thousand 12466367448.83 12.47 billion
34 AK 24,020.00
24.02 thousand
 24.02 thousand 233252 233.25 thousand 42262087526.83 42.26 billion
35 WV 24,015.00
24.02 thousand
 24.02 thousand 246962 246.96 thousand 21309140509.91 21.31 billion
36 KS 23,551.00
23.55 thousand
 23.55 thousand 334877 334.88 thousand 46813081329.94 46.81 billion
37 AR 22,544.00
22.54 thousand
 22.54 thousand 245257 245.26 thousand 19407447229.86 19.41 billion
38 CT 22,144.00
22.14 thousand
 22.14 thousand 491727 491.73 thousand 181862305829.58 181.86 billion
39 ID 21,571.00
21.57 thousand
 21.57 thousand 158739 158.74 thousand 53079740475.48 53.08 billion
40 HI 21,539.00
21.54 thousand
 21.54 thousand 303156 303.16 thousand 40053023357.37 40.05 billion
41 NV 17,910.00
17.91 thousand
 17.91 thousand 149313 149.31 thousand 40700837023.05 40.70 billion
42 SD 16,620.00
16.62 thousand
 16.62 thousand 145087 145.09 thousand 10313119248.99 10.31 billion
43 NE 16,145.00
16.14 thousand
 16.14 thousand 222889 222.89 thousand 19469728971.45 19.47 billion
44 RI 14,647.00
14.65 thousand
 14.65 thousand 178596 178.60 thousand 20796091980.49 20.80 billion
45 IA 13,925.00
13.93 thousand
 13.93 thousand 161526 161.53 thousand 33030231405.56 33.03 billion
46 WY 13,405.00
13.40 thousand
 13.40 thousand 76321 76.32 thousand 7459208855.84 7.46 billion
47 ND 11,881.00
11.88 thousand
 11.88 thousand 99334 99.33 thousand 8305799452.73 8.31 billion
48 NH 11,664.00
11.66 thousand
 11.66 thousand 128272 128.27 thousand 21840003270.12 21.84 billion
49 PR 11,239.00
11.24 thousand
 11.24 thousand 89815 89.81 thousand 12385679384.96 12.39 billion
50 ME 11,029.00
11.03 thousand
 11.03 thousand 100967 100.97 thousand 31597211357.89 31.60 billion
51 VT 8,573.00
8.57 thousand
 8.57 thousand 79123 79.12 thousand 10294962173.4 10.29 billion
52 DE 8,343.00
8.34 thousand
 8.34 thousand 69056 69.06 thousand 8977864907.24 8.98 billion
53 GU 7,582.00
7.58 thousand
 7.58 thousand 91703 91.70 thousand 19357136050.72 19.36 billion
54 MP 1,981.00
1.98 thousand
 1.98 thousand 16034 16.03 thousand 2025434337.08 2.03 billion
55 MH 1,583.00
1.58 thousand
 1.58 thousand 21317 21.32 thousand 9900873979 9.90 billion
56 VI 1,441.00
1.44 thousand
 1.44 thousand 9097 9.10 thousand 1208691143.49 1.21 billion
57 PW 1,091.00
1.09 thousand
 1.09 thousand 6597 6.60 thousand 1779008491.72 1.78 billion
58 AS 929.00
929.00
 929.00 10037 10.04 thousand 6012261198.24 6.01 billion
59 FM 648.00
648.00
 648.00 3360 3.36 thousand 987336838.26 987.34 million
60 UM 321.00
321.00
 321.00 2163 2.16 thousand 1734988089.03 1.73 billion
61 98 299.00
299.00
 299.00 17815 17.82 thousand 22373146097 22.37 billion
62 US 94.00
94.00
 94.00 160 160.00 4567448.64 4.57 million
63 AE 43.00
43.00
 43.00 172 172.00 8319106.51 8.32 million
64 49 33.00
33.00
 33.00 55 55.00 380130.73 380.13 thousand
65 oh 23.00
23.00
 23.00 119 119.00 12085789.82 12.09 million
66 51 10.00
10.00
 10.00 19 19.00 749326.27 749.33 thousand
67 ST 10.00
10.00
 10.00 20 20.00 360342.39 360.34 thousand
68 JA 9.00
9.00
 9.00 9 9.00 45826.79 45.83 thousand
69 pa 8.00
8.00
 8.00 33 33.00 225698.93 225.70 thousand
70 va 6.00
6.00
 6.00 25 25.00 323464.61 323.46 thousand
71 GM 5.00
5.00
 5.00 12 12.00 185425.72 185.43 thousand
72 UK 4.00
4.00
 4.00 4 4.00 266965 266.96 thousand
73 AP 4.00
4.00
 4.00 5 5.00 610151.84 610.15 thousand
74 mi 3.00
3.00
 3.00 6 6.00 412319.16 412.32 thousand
75 TS 3.00
3.00
 3.00 28 28.00 268796.14 268.80 thousand
76 NS 2.00
2.00
 2.00 2 2.00 68203.5 68.20 thousand
77 ny 2.00
2.00
 2.00 5 5.00 152651.3 152.65 thousand
78 ON 2.00
2.00
 2.00 20 20.00 89188.88 89.19 thousand
79 PK 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 2236.82 2.24 thousand
80 ca 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 66625.84 66.63 thousand
81 TW 1.00
1.00
 1.00 2 2.00 17357.41 17.36 thousand
82 56 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 4125 4.13 thousand
83 45 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 11359.52 11.36 thousand
84 GT 1.00
1.00
 1.00 4 4.00 11330 11.33 thousand
85 40 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 3000 3.00 thousand
86 BC 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 -298 -298.00
87 01 1.00
1.00
 1.00 2 2.00 1752408.02 1.75 million
88 0K 1.00
1.00
 1.00 6 6.00 1096 1.10 thousand
89 1.00
1.00
 1.00 7 7.00 8957942.62 8.96 million
90 OL 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 15000 15.00 thousand
91 BL 1.00
1.00
 1.00 2 2.00 23925 23.93 thousand
92 GB 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 59840 59.84 thousand
93 QC 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 6120 6.12 thousand
94 08 1.00
1.00
 1.00 1 1.00 9955.54 9.96 thousand
95 SE 1.00
1.00
 1.00 2 2.00 18391.04 18.39 thousand
96 / 1.00
1.00
 1.00 2 2.00 24942.95 24.94 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "States with Most Vendors" 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 vendor or contractor.
  • vendor_count — Defines the main ranking metric: Primary Metric.
  • 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
18.42%
Top 5 Share
28.09%
Mean
22,316.55
Median
11,451.50
Max
166,112.00
Min
1.00
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 CA 166.11K
2 VA 121.41K
3 MD 107.01K
4 TX 104.09K
5 DC 103.18K
6 FL 82.59K
7 NY 77K
8 PA 72.43K
9 GA 63.1K
10 WA 58.4K

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