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Top 8(a) Contractors

Top 8(a) Contractors shows which federal contractors rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION leads this ranking at 4.1B. The top 10 account for 30.16% of the value in this result set, indicating a low concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION
4.1B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
30.16%
Low concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION leads this ranking at 4.1B. The top 10 account for 30.16% of the value in this result set, indicating a low 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

  • MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 30.16% of the value in this result set.
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 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

-- Top 8(a) Contractors
SELECT
    content__award__vendor__contractorName AS vendor_name,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount)) AS total_obligated_readable,
    count() AS award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(count()) AS award_count_readable,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count() AS avg_award_size,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count()) AS avg_award_size_readable
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
    contract_type = 1
    AND (
        content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertified8AProgramParticipant = 1
        OR content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertified8AJointVenture = 1
    )
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName IS NOT NULL
    AND length(trim(content__award__vendor__contractorName)) > 3
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName NOT IN ('NULL', 'N/A', 'UNKNOWN', 'Not Available', 'DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED)')
    AND NOT match(content__award__vendor__contractorName, '^[\\s\\p{Z}]*$')
GROUP BY content__award__vendor__contractorName
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

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

# Vendor Name Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable Award Count Award Count Readable Avg Award Size Avg Award Size Readable
1 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 4,100,551,645.00
4.10 billion
 4.10 billion 1094 1.09 thousand 3748219.05 3.75 million
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3,420,470,141.44
3.42 billion
 3.42 billion 1802 1.80 thousand 1898152.13 1.90 million
3 MC DONNELL DOUGLAS FIN CORP 2,582,676,000.00
2.58 billion
 2.58 billion 130 130.00 19866738.46 19.87 million
4 JVYS 1,825,659,286.98
1.83 billion
 1.83 billion 1391 1.39 thousand 1312479.71 1.31 million
5 ACEPEX MGMT CORP 1,458,537,245.00
1.46 billion
 1.46 billion 5 5.00 291707449 291.71 million
6 INGALLS SHIPBUILDING INC 1,410,322,000.00
1.41 billion
 1.41 billion 408 408.00 3456671.56 3.46 million
7 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1,366,513,000.00
1.37 billion
 1.37 billion 1483 1.48 thousand 921451.78 921.45 thousand
8 INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1,270,668,315.53
1.27 billion
 1.27 billion 2120 2.12 thousand 599371.84 599.37 thousand
9 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO 1,229,254,000.00
1.23 billion
 1.23 billion 109 109.00 11277559.63 11.28 million
10 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 1,180,239,000.00
1.18 billion
 1.18 billion 1086 1.09 thousand 1086776.24 1.09 million
11 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1,155,965,581.97
1.16 billion
 1.16 billion 425 425.00 2719919.01 2.72 million
12 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP 1,131,333,000.00
1.13 billion
 1.13 billion 547 547.00 2068250.45 2.07 million
13 RAYTHEON COMPANY 1,064,084,000.00
1.06 billion
 1.06 billion 812 812.00 1310448.27 1.31 million
14 MICROTECH LLC 987,694,917.50
987.69 million
 987.69 million 588 588.00 1679753.26 1.68 million
15 HUGHES MISSILE SYSTEMS CO 961,210,000.00
961.21 million
 961.21 million 453 453.00 2121876.37 2.12 million
16 QUALITY SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC 930,410,225.10
930.41 million
 930.41 million 356 356.00 2613511.86 2.61 million
17 BUCCANEER COMPUTER SYSTEMS & S 888,968,131.16
888.97 million
 888.97 million 267 267.00 3329468.65 3.33 million
18 UNITED DEFENSE, LP 855,436,000.00
855.44 million
 855.44 million 267 267.00 3203880.14 3.20 million
19 ITS SERVICES INC 836,972,623.47
836.97 million
 836.97 million 1903 1.90 thousand 439817.45 439.82 thousand
20 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC 806,493,000.00
806.49 million
 806.49 million 269 269.00 2998115.24 3.00 million
21 ASRC MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 791,997,233.35
792.00 million
 792.00 million 2651 2.65 thousand 298754.14 298.75 thousand
22 EYAK TECHNOLOGY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 774,169,861.54
774.17 million
 774.17 million 3304 3.30 thousand 234312.91 234.31 thousand
23 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 768,487,962.00
768.49 million
 768.49 million 1306 1.31 thousand 588428.76 588.43 thousand
24 HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 744,842,000.00
744.84 million
 744.84 million 1063 1.06 thousand 700698.02 700.70 thousand
25 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 729,572,241.00
729.57 million
 729.57 million 974 974.00 749047.47 749.05 thousand
26 LOCKHEED AERONAUTICAL SY 721,265,000.00
721.26 million
 721.26 million 56 56.00 12879732.14 12.88 million
27 BOEING COMPANY, THE 715,772,326.09
715.77 million
 715.77 million 855 855.00 837160.61 837.16 thousand
28 TRW INC 715,252,000.00
715.25 million
 715.25 million 602 602.00 1188126.24 1.19 million
29 GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 703,326,000.00
703.33 million
 703.33 million 553 553.00 1271837.25 1.27 million
30 CHUGACH INDUSTRIES INC 701,948,539.90
701.95 million
 701.95 million 3974 3.97 thousand 176635.26 176.64 thousand
31 INTUITIVE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY CORP 682,317,173.51
682.32 million
 682.32 million 1159 1.16 thousand 588711.97 588.71 thousand
32 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL CORP 649,404,939.00
649.40 million
 649.40 million 2144 2.14 thousand 302894.09 302.89 thousand
33 BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION 646,985,000.00
646.99 million
 646.99 million 315 315.00 2053920.63 2.05 million
34 EYAK TECHNOLOGY, LLC 623,149,847.37
623.15 million
 623.15 million 2743 2.74 thousand 227178.21 227.18 thousand
35 ALUTIIQ INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 601,504,928.98
601.50 million
 601.50 million 655 655.00 918328.13 918.33 thousand
36 CCI GROUP, LLC 598,997,313.24
599.00 million
 599.00 million 4839 4.84 thousand 123785.35 123.79 thousand
37 MERLIN INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 594,516,608.39
594.52 million
 594.52 million 1739 1.74 thousand 341872.69 341.87 thousand
38 AT&T CORP 573,035,000.00
573.03 million
 573.03 million 2853 2.85 thousand 200853.48 200.85 thousand
39 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS 531,253,630.25
531.25 million
 531.25 million 168 168.00 3162223.98 3.16 million
40 SOURCE ONE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 519,722,999.01
519.72 million
 519.72 million 3956 3.96 thousand 131375.88 131.38 thousand
41 BLUE TECH INCORPORATED 517,363,331.32
517.36 million
 517.36 million 7894 7.89 thousand 65538.8 65.54 thousand
42 MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVICES CO 507,671,132.99
507.67 million
 507.67 million 2207 2.21 thousand 230027.69 230.03 thousand
43 BROWN & ROOT SERVICES CORP 506,697,000.00
506.70 million
 506.70 million 786 786.00 644652.67 644.65 thousand
44 BOEING COMPANY THE 499,605,000.00
499.61 million
 499.61 million 355 355.00 1407338.02 1.41 million
45 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 491,335,000.00
491.33 million
 491.33 million 479 479.00 1025751.56 1.03 million
46 CHUGACH MANAGEMENT SERVICES, J 480,709,117.05
480.71 million
 480.71 million 2037 2.04 thousand 235988.76 235.99 thousand
47 SGT INCORPORATED 478,117,938.07
478.12 million
 478.12 million 210 210.00 2276752.08 2.28 million
48 MANU KAI, LLC 468,378,799.76
468.38 million
 468.38 million 2232 2.23 thousand 209847.13 209.85 thousand
49 GTE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS CORP 461,648,000.00
461.65 million
 461.65 million 885 885.00 521636.15 521.64 thousand
50 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBLDG & DRYDOC 457,239,000.00
457.24 million
 457.24 million 113 113.00 4046362.83 4.05 million
51 HAYNES INC 447,804,193.04
447.80 million
 447.80 million 3964 3.96 thousand 112967.75 112.97 thousand
52 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC 446,282,893.00
446.28 million
 446.28 million 373 373.00 1196468.88 1.20 million
53 ActioNet Inc 445,530,537.25
445.53 million
 445.53 million 1323 1.32 thousand 336757.77 336.76 thousand
54 AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO INC 444,593,000.00
444.59 million
 444.59 million 16 16.00 27787062.5 27.79 million
55 AHTNA TECHNICAL SERVICES INC 443,019,432.25
443.02 million
 443.02 million 1416 1.42 thousand 312866.83 312.87 thousand
56 CHENEGA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CORPORATION 428,258,276.10
428.26 million
 428.26 million 70 70.00 6117975.37 6.12 million
57 ITT INDUSTRIES, INC 418,159,000.00
418.16 million
 418.16 million 400 400.00 1045397.5 1.05 million
58 CHUGACH WORLD SERVICES, INC. 408,075,975.28
408.08 million
 408.08 million 1587 1.59 thousand 257136.72 257.14 thousand
59 DECO, INC. 407,495,892.20
407.50 million
 407.50 million 2290 2.29 thousand 177945.8 177.95 thousand
60 BOWHEAD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LLC 404,566,592.16
404.57 million
 404.57 million 2316 2.32 thousand 174683.32 174.68 thousand
61 TELTARA INC. 386,529,284.00
386.53 million
 386.53 million 14 14.00 27609234.57 27.61 million
62 SEVATEC INC. 386,026,438.06
386.03 million
 386.03 million 313 313.00 1233311.3 1.23 million
63 CHUGACH MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN 377,841,113.45
377.84 million
 377.84 million 1104 1.10 thousand 342247.38 342.25 thousand
64 TRIBALCO, LLC 375,717,775.60
375.72 million
 375.72 million 1499 1.50 thousand 250645.61 250.65 thousand
65 MITRE CORPORATION 374,996,000.00
375.00 million
 375.00 million 107 107.00 3504635.51 3.50 million
66 CHENEGA FEDERAL SYSTEMS LLC 372,268,360.24
372.27 million
 372.27 million 309 309.00 1204751.97 1.20 million
67 CHUGACH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. 368,880,590.17
368.88 million
 368.88 million 1294 1.29 thousand 285070 285.07 thousand
68 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICPTR CO 366,232,000.00
366.23 million
 366.23 million 136 136.00 2692882.35 2.69 million
69 HAL HAYS CONSTRUCTION, INC. 364,323,623.55
364.32 million
 364.32 million 934 934.00 390068.11 390.07 thousand
70 LOCKHEED CORPORATION 363,719,735.00
363.72 million
 363.72 million 379 379.00 959682.67 959.68 thousand
71 SNC TELECOMMUNICATION, LLC 363,308,209.06
363.31 million
 363.31 million 118 118.00 3078883.12 3.08 million
72 MARTIN MARIETTA TECHNOLOGIES, 360,391,000.00
360.39 million
 360.39 million 301 301.00 1197312.29 1.20 million
73 ASRC AEROSPACE CORP 350,253,270.67
350.25 million
 350.25 million 9681 9.68 thousand 36179.45 36.18 thousand
74 GLACIER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 350,250,714.51
350.25 million
 350.25 million 1198 1.20 thousand 292362.86 292.36 thousand
75 TKC INTEGRATION SERVICES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 347,946,553.13
347.95 million
 347.95 million 1898 1.90 thousand 183322.73 183.32 thousand
76 CATAPULT TECHNOLOGY LTD 347,630,100.11
347.63 million
 347.63 million 312 312.00 1114199.03 1.11 million
77 CONCEPT SOLUTIONS INC 346,845,417.98
346.85 million
 346.85 million 600 600.00 578075.69 578.08 thousand
78 EXXON CORPORATION 346,061,000.00
346.06 million
 346.06 million 4 4.00 86515250 86.52 million
79 TEPA EC, LLC 345,049,791.55
345.05 million
 345.05 million 1434 1.43 thousand 240620.49 240.62 thousand
80 ALUTIIQ GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 344,412,436.58
344.41 million
 344.41 million 560 560.00 615022.2 615.02 thousand
81 DYNCORP 341,353,090.00
341.35 million
 341.35 million 476 476.00 717128.34 717.13 thousand
82 WASTREN ADVANTAGE, INC. 340,946,055.55
340.95 million
 340.95 million 123 123.00 2771919.15 2.77 million
83 RANDOLPH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INCORPORATED 339,945,014.31
339.95 million
 339.95 million 503 503.00 675835.01 675.84 thousand
84 AVONDALE INDUSTRIES INC 339,504,000.00
339.50 million
 339.50 million 135 135.00 2514844.44 2.51 million
85 SPECPRO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC 338,407,360.75
338.41 million
 338.41 million 687 687.00 492587.13 492.59 thousand
86 LORAL VOUGHT SYSTEMS CORP 337,651,000.00
337.65 million
 337.65 million 101 101.00 3343079.2 3.34 million
87 ACE INFO SOLUTIONS, INC. 336,745,690.62
336.75 million
 336.75 million 1148 1.15 thousand 293332.48 293.33 thousand
88 TATITLEK SUPPORT SERVICES, INC 335,625,361.80
335.63 million
 335.63 million 83 83.00 4043679.05 4.04 million
89 THE BOEING COMPANY 324,189,570.19
324.19 million
 324.19 million 316 316.00 1025916.36 1.03 million
90 ASRC RESEARCH&TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION 323,631,657.47
323.63 million
 323.63 million 217 217.00 1491390.12 1.49 million
91 J2 ENGINEERING INC 323,381,475.60
323.38 million
 323.38 million 1279 1.28 thousand 252839.3 252.84 thousand
92 BRISTOL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC 323,202,886.27
323.20 million
 323.20 million 384 384.00 841674.18 841.67 thousand
93 MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH 321,868,000.00
321.87 million
 321.87 million 79 79.00 4074278.48 4.07 million
94 PRC INC. 321,562,692.00
321.56 million
 321.56 million 1160 1.16 thousand 277209.21 277.21 thousand
95 CREATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLGY 320,857,425.74
320.86 million
 320.86 million 502 502.00 639158.21 639.16 thousand
96 LS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 320,168,518.32
320.17 million
 320.17 million 441 441.00 726005.71 726.01 thousand
97 CHOCTAW ARCHIVING ENTERPRISE 319,511,980.21
319.51 million
 319.51 million 3116 3.12 thousand 102539.14 102.54 thousand
98 MARICOM SYSTEMS, INC 315,410,456.55
315.41 million
 315.41 million 235 235.00 1342172.15 1.34 million
99 ALUTIIQ BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC 312,632,761.19
312.63 million
 312.63 million 588 588.00 531688.36 531.69 thousand
100 ALUTIIQ INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 312,347,509.32
312.35 million
 312.35 million 1213 1.21 thousand 257500 257.50 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top 8(a) Contractors" 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

  • vendor_name — Defines the ranked vendor or contractor.
  • total_obligated — Defines the main ranking metric: Primary Metric.
  • award_count — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.
  • avg_award_size — 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
15.35%
Top 5 Share
20.35%
Mean
658,011,547.47
Median
452,521,596.52
Max
4,100,551,645.00
Min
312,347,509.32
Concentration
Low
Fragmentation
High

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 4.1B
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3.42B
3 MC DONNELL DOUGLAS FIN CORP 2.58B
4 JVYS 1.83B
5 ACEPEX MGMT CORP 1.46B
6 INGALLS SHIPBUILDING INC 1.41B
7 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1.37B
8 INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1.27B
9 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO 1.23B
10 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.18B

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