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Top Contractors in California

Top Contractors in California shows which federal contractors rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF leads this ranking at 57.86B. The top 10 account for 47.46% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time California

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF
57.86B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
47.46%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF leads this ranking at 57.86B. The top 10 account for 47.46% 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

  • CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 47.46% 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 Contractors in California
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__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode = 'CA'
    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 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 57,861,957,886.79
57.86 billion
 57.86 billion 1519 1.52 thousand 38092138.17 38.09 million
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 45,296,390,417.31
45.30 billion
 45.30 billion 9709 9.71 thousand 4665402.24 4.67 million
3 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 40,613,251,292.31
40.61 billion
 40.61 billion 918 918.00 44241014.47 44.24 million
4 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 27,923,040,710.12
27.92 billion
 27.92 billion 3121 3.12 thousand 8946824.96 8.95 million
5 HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, I 19,781,314,959.72
19.78 billion
 19.78 billion 1321 1.32 thousand 14974500.34 14.97 million
6 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 19,077,970,520.64
19.08 billion
 19.08 billion 1325 1.32 thousand 14398468.31 14.40 million
7 THE BOEING COMPANY 18,882,225,385.68
18.88 billion
 18.88 billion 4699 4.70 thousand 4018349.73 4.02 million
8 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 18,073,177,218.18
18.07 billion
 18.07 billion 9031 9.03 thousand 2001237.65 2.00 million
9 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 16,902,131,046.93
16.90 billion
 16.90 billion 1606 1.61 thousand 10524365.53 10.52 million
10 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 16,168,257,541.61
16.17 billion
 16.17 billion 791 791.00 20440275.02 20.44 million
11 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 16,022,440,820.60
16.02 billion
 16.02 billion 6299 6.30 thousand 2543648.32 2.54 million
12 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 14,866,521,939.65
14.87 billion
 14.87 billion 15155 15.15 thousand 980964.82 980.96 thousand
13 TRW INC 14,329,234,157.57
14.33 billion
 14.33 billion 8286 8.29 thousand 1729330.69 1.73 million
14 RAYTHEON COMPANY 11,005,903,177.31
11.01 billion
 11.01 billion 9634 9.63 thousand 1142402.23 1.14 million
15 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATI 9,977,242,389.72
9.98 billion
 9.98 billion 30508 30.51 thousand 327036.92 327.04 thousand
16 LOCKHEED MISSILES&SPACE COMP 9,203,911,554.11
9.20 billion
 9.20 billion 859 859.00 10714681.66 10.71 million
17 HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 8,989,316,834.70
8.99 billion
 8.99 billion 7023 7.02 thousand 1279982.46 1.28 million
18 THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION 8,315,149,251.03
8.32 billion
 8.32 billion 875 875.00 9503027.71 9.50 million
19 NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBUILDING 7,507,040,180.88
7.51 billion
 7.51 billion 5518 5.52 thousand 1360463.96 1.36 million
20 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, 7,297,102,233.35
7.30 billion
 7.30 billion 1128 1.13 thousand 6469062.26 6.47 million
21 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO 7,280,850,840.20
7.28 billion
 7.28 billion 1677 1.68 thousand 4341592.62 4.34 million
22 MC DONNELL DOUGLAS FIN CORP 7,264,929,444.00
7.26 billion
 7.26 billion 748 748.00 9712472.51 9.71 million
23 NORTHROP CORPORATION 6,657,286,055.00
6.66 billion
 6.66 billion 1881 1.88 thousand 3539227.03 3.54 million
24 MCKESSON CORPORATION 6,459,057,031.64
6.46 billion
 6.46 billion 79976 79.98 thousand 80762.44 80.76 thousand
25 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP 6,128,480,109.25
6.13 billion
 6.13 billion 1246 1.25 thousand 4918523.36 4.92 million
26 LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY 5,657,063,453.93
5.66 billion
 5.66 billion 206 206.00 27461473.07 27.46 million
27 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSI 5,618,405,404.34
5.62 billion
 5.62 billion 3633 3.63 thousand 1546491.99 1.55 million
28 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5,204,979,170.64
5.20 billion
 5.20 billion 12834 12.83 thousand 405561.72 405.56 thousand
29 BOEING COMPANY, THE (INC) 5,159,199,056.27
5.16 billion
 5.16 billion 1405 1.41 thousand 3672027.79 3.67 million
30 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE AND MISSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5,063,585,055.49
5.06 billion
 5.06 billion 778 778.00 6508464.08 6.51 million
31 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPO 4,819,568,293.31
4.82 billion
 4.82 billion 5561 5.56 thousand 866672.95 866.67 thousand
32 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (3632) 4,519,017,096.99
4.52 billion
 4.52 billion 866 866.00 5218264.54 5.22 million
33 GENERAL ATOMICS 4,274,719,410.61
4.27 billion
 4.27 billion 2527 2.53 thousand 1691618.28 1.69 million
34 HEALTH NET, INC. 4,259,218,654.46
4.26 billion
 4.26 billion 459 459.00 9279343.47 9.28 million
35 PRECIOUS A-MARK METALS INC 4,242,461,357.52
4.24 billion
 4.24 billion 998 998.00 4250963.28 4.25 million
36 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 4,217,494,148.00
4.22 billion
 4.22 billion 1921 1.92 thousand 2195468.06 2.20 million
37 GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL S 4,022,510,106.26
4.02 billion
 4.02 billion 1371 1.37 thousand 2933997.15 2.93 million
38 PRATT AND WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE INCORPORATED 3,774,530,933.16
3.77 billion
 3.77 billion 184 184.00 20513755.07 20.51 million
39 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3,411,478,337.95
3.41 billion
 3.41 billion 3138 3.14 thousand 1087150.52 1.09 million
40 BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC. 3,114,462,857.54
3.11 billion
 3.11 billion 545 545.00 5714610.74 5.71 million
41 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE&MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 3,096,456,479.34
3.10 billion
 3.10 billion 1902 1.90 thousand 1628000.25 1.63 million
42 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MILITARY TRA 2,932,885,873.68
2.93 billion
 2.93 billion 347 347.00 8452120.67 8.45 million
43 LITTON SYSTEMS INC 2,873,046,113.05
2.87 billion
 2.87 billion 4623 4.62 thousand 621467.9 621.47 thousand
44 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL CORP 2,719,048,085.60
2.72 billion
 2.72 billion 7620 7.62 thousand 356830.45 356.83 thousand
45 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS FIN CORP 2,653,598,000.00
2.65 billion
 2.65 billion 31 31.00 85599935.48 85.60 million
46 BOEING NORTH AMERICAN, INC 2,613,507,711.08
2.61 billion
 2.61 billion 1309 1.31 thousand 1996568.15 2.00 million
47 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 2,555,566,093.48
2.56 billion
 2.56 billion 7931 7.93 thousand 322224.95 322.22 thousand
48 AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION 2,354,841,818.95
2.35 billion
 2.35 billion 1680 1.68 thousand 1401691.55 1.40 million
49 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC 2,353,833,650.85
2.35 billion
 2.35 billion 3893 3.89 thousand 604632.32 604.63 thousand
50 FOUNDATION HEALTH CORPORATION 2,351,164,000.00
2.35 billion
 2.35 billion 102 102.00 23050627.45 23.05 million
51 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 2,327,639,451.62
2.33 billion
 2.33 billion 1353 1.35 thousand 1720354.36 1.72 million
52 AEROSPACE CORPORATION 2,239,945,000.00
2.24 billion
 2.24 billion 43 43.00 52091744.18 52.09 million
53 RAYTHEON COMPANY (INC) 2,202,011,379.80
2.20 billion
 2.20 billion 1810 1.81 thousand 1216580.87 1.22 million
54 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 2,120,814,000.00
2.12 billion
 2.12 billion 32 32.00 66275437.5 66.28 million
55 MC DONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 2,084,986,000.00
2.08 billion
 2.08 billion 522 522.00 3994226.05 3.99 million
56 PRATT&WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE 2,057,069,643.92
2.06 billion
 2.06 billion 192 192.00 10713904.39 10.71 million
57 BOEING REALTY CORP 2,050,432,012.00
2.05 billion
 2.05 billion 198 198.00 10355717.23 10.36 million
58 SRI INTERNATIONAL 1,965,472,300.88
1.97 billion
 1.97 billion 4747 4.75 thousand 414045.14 414.05 thousand
59 NATIONAL STEEL&SHIPBUILDING CO. 1,965,375,702.10
1.97 billion
 1.97 billion 315 315.00 6239287.94 6.24 million
60 SOUTHWEST MARINE INC 1,898,923,861.00
1.90 billion
 1.90 billion 7504 7.50 thousand 253054.88 253.05 thousand
61 THALES RAYTHEON SYSTEMS COMPAN 1,834,317,795.50
1.83 billion
 1.83 billion 948 948.00 1934934.38 1.93 million
62 THE BOEING COMPANY (4708) 1,833,921,082.14
1.83 billion
 1.83 billion 259 259.00 7080776.37 7.08 million
63 THE BOEING COMPANY (5694) 1,810,955,382.53
1.81 billion
 1.81 billion 196 196.00 9239568.27 9.24 million
64 AEROSPACE CORPORATION, THE 1,809,392,178.00
1.81 billion
 1.81 billion 43 43.00 42078887.86 42.08 million
65 RAYTHEON CORPORATE 1,792,428,075.63
1.79 billion
 1.79 billion 1540 1.54 thousand 1163914.33 1.16 million
66 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC 1,702,296,848.04
1.70 billion
 1.70 billion 359 359.00 4741773.94 4.74 million
67 BOEING LAUNCH SERVICES INCORPORATED 1,688,473,151.16
1.69 billion
 1.69 billion 77 77.00 21928222.74 21.93 million
68 DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY 1,636,309,000.00
1.64 billion
 1.64 billion 48 48.00 34089770.83 34.09 million
69 BOEING CAPITAL CORPORATION 1,634,784,906.00
1.63 billion
 1.63 billion 16 16.00 102174056.62 102.17 million
70 RAND CORPORATION 1,613,841,096.89
1.61 billion
 1.61 billion 1029 1.03 thousand 1568358.69 1.57 million
71 MENLO WORLDWIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC 1,608,779,970.17
1.61 billion
 1.61 billion 171 171.00 9408070 9.41 million
72 GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1,604,664,706.88
1.60 billion
 1.60 billion 1060 1.06 thousand 1513834.62 1.51 million
73 EDO COMMUNICATIONS&COUNTERMEASURES SYS 1,574,716,140.71
1.57 billion
 1.57 billion 68 68.00 23157590.3 23.16 million
74 PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION 1,557,012,027.16
1.56 billion
 1.56 billion 17798 17.80 thousand 87482.41 87.48 thousand
75 TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORPORATION 1,513,494,773.13
1.51 billion
 1.51 billion 101 101.00 14985096.76 14.99 million
76 BECHTEL PETROLEUM OPER INC 1,482,731,819.92
1.48 billion
 1.48 billion 62 62.00 23915029.35 23.92 million
77 MCKESSON HBOC INCORPORATED 1,470,288,057.71
1.47 billion
 1.47 billion 10956 10.96 thousand 134199.34 134.20 thousand
78 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE COMP 1,454,206,099.50
1.45 billion
 1.45 billion 220 220.00 6610027.72 6.61 million
79 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. 1,448,010,116.70
1.45 billion
 1.45 billion 300 300.00 4826700.38 4.83 million
80 HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO 1,417,488,095.01
1.42 billion
 1.42 billion 523 523.00 2710302.28 2.71 million
81 NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBLDG CO 1,406,571,000.00
1.41 billion
 1.41 billion 107 107.00 13145523.36 13.15 million
82 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1,374,683,729.10
1.37 billion
 1.37 billion 1085 1.08 thousand 1266989.61 1.27 million
83 CERADYNE INC 1,278,314,425.17
1.28 billion
 1.28 billion 504 504.00 2536338.14 2.54 million
84 BAE SYSTEMS LAND&ARMAMENTS INC 1,262,900,131.53
1.26 billion
 1.26 billion 257 257.00 4914008.29 4.91 million
85 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA 1,195,158,335.93
1.20 billion
 1.20 billion 316 316.00 3782146.63 3.78 million
86 LOCKHEED CORPORATION 1,176,454,303.00
1.18 billion
 1.18 billion 655 655.00 1796113.43 1.80 million
87 FMC CORPORATION 1,158,256,000.00
1.16 billion
 1.16 billion 678 678.00 1708342.18 1.71 million
88 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC 1,139,798,798.60
1.14 billion
 1.14 billion 165 165.00 6907871.5 6.91 million
89 NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBUILDING CO. 1,119,709,261.89
1.12 billion
 1.12 billion 2411 2.41 thousand 464416.94 464.42 thousand
90 EXXON CORPORATION 1,063,748,535.00
1.06 billion
 1.06 billion 26 26.00 40913405.19 40.91 million
91 BERGEN BRUNSWIG DRUG COMPANY 1,050,485,386.95
1.05 billion
 1.05 billion 31304 31.30 thousand 33557.54 33.56 thousand
92 SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL INCORPORATED 1,040,315,147.17
1.04 billion
 1.04 billion 6 6.00 173385857.86 173.39 million
93 NOVARTIS VACCINES DIAGNOSTICS, 1,030,247,245.52
1.03 billion
 1.03 billion 42 42.00 24529696.32 24.53 million
94 MHN GOVERNMENT SERVICES INCORPORATED 999,489,534.38
999.49 million
 999.49 million 40 40.00 24987238.35 24.99 million
95 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 969,412,904.45
969.41 million
 969.41 million 1755 1.75 thousand 552372.02 552.37 thousand
96 BOEING NORTH AMERICAN INC 966,372,566.52
966.37 million
 966.37 million 38 38.00 25430857.01 25.43 million
97 CHEVRON U.S.A. INC 964,482,869.00
964.48 million
 964.48 million 28 28.00 34445816.75 34.45 million
98 AEROJET ELECTRO SYSTEMS 961,245,630.21
961.25 million
 961.25 million 219 219.00 4389249.45 4.39 million
99 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP 960,885,035.00
960.89 million
 960.89 million 791 791.00 1214772.48 1.21 million
100 FOUNDATION HEALTH FEDERAL SERV 949,585,940.00
949.59 million
 949.59 million 141 141.00 6734652.05 6.73 million

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Contractors in California" 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
24.32%
Top 5 Share
32.39%
Mean
5,912,157,216.14
Median
2,339,401,725.81
Max
57,861,957,886.79
Min
949,585,940.00
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 57.86B
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 45.3B
3 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 40.61B
4 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 27.92B
5 HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, I 19.78B
6 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 19.08B
7 THE BOEING COMPANY 18.88B
8 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 18.07B
9 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 16.9B
10 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 16.17B

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