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Top Contractors in Manufacturing

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

The top 10 account for 67.82% of the value in this result set, indicating a high concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
575.63B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
67.82%
High concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

The top 10 account for 67.82% of the value in this result set, indicating a high 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

  • holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 67.82% 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 Manufacturing
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__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode LIKE '31%'
        OR content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode LIKE '32%'
        OR content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode LIKE '33%'
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName != ''
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 — 575,630,660,905.70
575.63 billion
 575.63 billion 17561703 17.56 million 32777.61 32.78 thousand
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 187,370,177,963.62
187.37 billion
 187.37 billion 50136 50.14 thousand 3737238.27 3.74 million
3 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 81,509,656,377.26
81.51 billion
 81.51 billion 26425 26.43 thousand 3084565.99 3.08 million
4 THE BOEING COMPANY 66,637,942,956.28
66.64 billion
 66.64 billion 47019 47.02 thousand 1417255.64 1.42 million
5 RAYTHEON COMPANY 57,189,574,210.83
57.19 billion
 57.19 billion 32915 32.91 thousand 1737492.76 1.74 million
6 ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION 28,716,471,864.96
28.72 billion
 28.72 billion 11354 11.35 thousand 2529194.28 2.53 million
7 SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 27,111,462,502.18
27.11 billion
 27.11 billion 34770 34.77 thousand 779737.2 779.74 thousand
8 BOEING AEROSPACE OPERATIONS INCORPORATED (0674) 22,408,572,986.94
22.41 billion
 22.41 billion 1619 1.62 thousand 13840996.28 13.84 million
9 OSHKOSH CORPORATION 20,922,296,037.40
20.92 billion
 20.92 billion 7309 7.31 thousand 2862538.79 2.86 million
10 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 18,291,764,133.10
18.29 billion
 18.29 billion 31467 31.47 thousand 581299.9 581.30 thousand
11 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPO 16,529,763,769.16
16.53 billion
 16.53 billion 13675 13.68 thousand 1208757.86 1.21 million
12 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 16,308,723,466.03
16.31 billion
 16.31 billion 8265 8.27 thousand 1973227.27 1.97 million
13 BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE 14,562,659,531.87
14.56 billion
 14.56 billion 8999 9.00 thousand 1618253.08 1.62 million
14 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 14,439,442,732.45
14.44 billion
 14.44 billion 10892 10.89 thousand 1325692.5 1.33 million
15 COINS 'N THINGS INC. 11,876,614,896.49
11.88 billion
 11.88 billion 2354 2.35 thousand 5045290.95 5.05 million
16 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 11,704,112,417.47
11.70 billion
 11.70 billion 25531 25.53 thousand 458427.49 458.43 thousand
17 ENERGY, UNITED STATES DEPT OF 11,468,299,289.81
11.47 billion
 11.47 billion 69 69.00 166207236.08 166.21 million
18 AM GENERAL, LLC 10,671,447,495.42
10.67 billion
 10.67 billion 10797 10.80 thousand 988371.53 988.37 thousand
19 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (3632) 10,479,066,583.43
10.48 billion
 10.48 billion 3746 3.75 thousand 2797401.65 2.80 million
20 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 10,127,334,872.48
10.13 billion
 10.13 billion 1227 1.23 thousand 8253736.65 8.25 million
21 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 9,657,696,769.00
9.66 billion
 9.66 billion 6483 6.48 thousand 1489695.62 1.49 million
22 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY & GOVERNMENT LLC 9,130,627,727.49
9.13 billion
 9.13 billion 694 694.00 13156524.1 13.16 million
23 GM GDLS DEFENSE GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 9,010,378,354.66
9.01 billion
 9.01 billion 1976 1.98 thousand 4559908.07 4.56 million
24 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DR 8,900,088,621.13
8.90 billion
 8.90 billion 1868 1.87 thousand 4764501.4 4.76 million
25 HARRIS CORPORATION 8,782,154,779.39
8.78 billion
 8.78 billion 10541 10.54 thousand 833142.47 833.14 thousand
26 DELL MARKETING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 8,563,727,878.62
8.56 billion
 8.56 billion 109688 109.69 thousand 78073.51 78.07 thousand
27 BAE SYSTEMS LAND&ARMAMENTS INC. 8,409,543,098.87
8.41 billion
 8.41 billion 1921 1.92 thousand 4377690.31 4.38 million
28 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC 7,691,313,724.87
7.69 billion
 7.69 billion 25652 25.65 thousand 299832.9 299.83 thousand
29 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, 7,626,324,005.70
7.63 billion
 7.63 billion 1292 1.29 thousand 5902727.55 5.90 million
30 GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, INC. 7,430,056,321.10
7.43 billion
 7.43 billion 4487 4.49 thousand 1655907.35 1.66 million
31 BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION 7,318,999,371.10
7.32 billion
 7.32 billion 6260 6.26 thousand 1169169.22 1.17 million
32 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING, INC. 7,267,707,659.63
7.27 billion
 7.27 billion 6791 6.79 thousand 1070196.97 1.07 million
33 BOEING COMPANY, THE 7,229,510,762.01
7.23 billion
 7.23 billion 14293 14.29 thousand 505807.79 505.81 thousand
34 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 7,041,643,201.00
7.04 billion
 7.04 billion 622 622.00 11320969.77 11.32 million
35 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING 6,915,850,376.41
6.92 billion
 6.92 billion 3704 3.70 thousand 1867130.23 1.87 million
36 NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBUILDING 6,541,596,325.88
6.54 billion
 6.54 billion 4484 4.48 thousand 1458875.18 1.46 million
37 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS 6,539,010,879.60
6.54 billion
 6.54 billion 3417 3.42 thousand 1913670.14 1.91 million
38 OSHKOSH TRUCK CORP 6,451,415,298.64
6.45 billion
 6.45 billion 3518 3.52 thousand 1833830.38 1.83 million
39 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS, 5,972,675,333.30
5.97 billion
 5.97 billion 2010 2.01 thousand 2971480.26 2.97 million
40 STEWART AND STEVENSON TACTICAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 5,891,704,537.92
5.89 billion
 5.89 billion 133 133.00 44298530.36 44.30 million
41 LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY 5,817,859,453.93
5.82 billion
 5.82 billion 208 208.00 27970478.14 27.97 million
42 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER COMPANY 5,807,304,187.42
5.81 billion
 5.81 billion 1437 1.44 thousand 4041269.44 4.04 million
43 TRW INC 5,783,997,040.57
5.78 billion
 5.78 billion 1341 1.34 thousand 4313196.89 4.31 million
44 GM GDLS DEFENSE GROUP, L.L.C. 5,757,649,807.00
5.76 billion
 5.76 billion 1484 1.48 thousand 3879817.92 3.88 million
45 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 5,595,777,682.41
5.60 billion
 5.60 billion 8368 8.37 thousand 668711.48 668.71 thousand
46 BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFI 5,488,719,350.64
5.49 billion
 5.49 billion 1345 1.34 thousand 4080832.23 4.08 million
47 KELLY AVIATION CENTER, L.P 5,353,351,011.80
5.35 billion
 5.35 billion 1491 1.49 thousand 3590443.33 3.59 million
48 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 5,216,931,399.06
5.22 billion
 5.22 billion 348 348.00 14991182.18 14.99 million
49 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 4,978,675,416.55
4.98 billion
 4.98 billion 1878 1.88 thousand 2651051.87 2.65 million
50 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIO 4,972,292,588.27
4.97 billion
 4.97 billion 6794 6.79 thousand 731865.26 731.87 thousand
51 BOEING COMPANY, THE (INC) 4,969,905,207.17
4.97 billion
 4.97 billion 506 506.00 9821947.04 9.82 million
52 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE AND MISSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4,914,317,818.49
4.91 billion
 4.91 billion 552 552.00 8902749.67 8.90 million
53 AM GENERAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 4,904,781,773.31
4.90 billion
 4.90 billion 342 342.00 14341467.17 14.34 million
54 INTEGRATED COAST GUARD SYSTEMS 4,850,730,625.20
4.85 billion
 4.85 billion 1120 1.12 thousand 4331009.48 4.33 million
55 CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORPORATION 4,786,460,585.99
4.79 billion
 4.79 billion 4569 4.57 thousand 1047594.78 1.05 million
56 L 3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 4,650,608,717.79
4.65 billion
 4.65 billion 2385 2.38 thousand 1949940.76 1.95 million
57 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING, INC 4,499,210,344.83
4.50 billion
 4.50 billion 910 910.00 4944187.19 4.94 million
58 ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION 4,431,482,908.58
4.43 billion
 4.43 billion 5428 5.43 thousand 816411.73 816.41 thousand
59 ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS 4,419,230,982.00
4.42 billion
 4.42 billion 425 425.00 10398190.54 10.40 million
60 STEWART&STEVENSON TACTICAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LP 4,401,389,313.62
4.40 billion
 4.40 billion 154 154.00 28580450.08 28.58 million
61 BECHTEL BETTIS, INC 4,284,667,504.80
4.28 billion
 4.28 billion 133 133.00 32215545.14 32.22 million
62 LEAR SIEGLER SERVICES, INC. 4,114,984,821.99
4.11 billion
 4.11 billion 6362 6.36 thousand 646806.79 646.81 thousand
63 LOCKHEED MARTIN FEDERAL SYSTEMS 4,114,459,192.21
4.11 billion
 4.11 billion 232 232.00 17734737.89 17.73 million
64 ATK THIOKOL INCORPORATED 4,091,578,203.10
4.09 billion
 4.09 billion 133 133.00 30763745.88 30.76 million
65 BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC 4,047,764,035.00
4.05 billion
 4.05 billion 955 955.00 4238496.37 4.24 million
66 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROSPACE LLC 3,898,631,339.80
3.90 billion
 3.90 billion 3966 3.97 thousand 983013.44 983.01 thousand
67 ITT CORPORATION 3,824,487,176.42
3.82 billion
 3.82 billion 3330 3.33 thousand 1148494.64 1.15 million
68 THIOKOL CORP 3,814,396,415.00
3.81 billion
 3.81 billion 3 3.00 1271465471.66 1.27 billion
69 GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL S 3,700,604,236.50
3.70 billion
 3.70 billion 1207 1.21 thousand 3065952.14 3.07 million
70 MERCK & CO., INC. 3,661,291,898.62
3.66 billion
 3.66 billion 115 115.00 31837320.85 31.84 million
71 PRECIOUS A-MARK METALS INC 3,640,253,211.90
3.64 billion
 3.64 billion 724 724.00 5027974.04 5.03 million
72 UNITED DEFENSE, L P 3,512,241,970.37
3.51 billion
 3.51 billion 1488 1.49 thousand 2360377.66 2.36 million
73 FORCE PROTECTION INDUSTRIES, INC 3,481,151,192.70
3.48 billion
 3.48 billion 1203 1.20 thousand 2893725.01 2.89 million
74 SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION 3,443,720,706.14
3.44 billion
 3.44 billion 2720 2.72 thousand 1266073.78 1.27 million
75 ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC 3,441,370,834.54
3.44 billion
 3.44 billion 4398 4.40 thousand 782485.41 782.49 thousand
76 VSE CORPORATION 3,378,976,899.79
3.38 billion
 3.38 billion 4516 4.52 thousand 748223.4 748.22 thousand
77 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY INC 3,368,843,090.72
3.37 billion
 3.37 billion 2314 2.31 thousand 1455852.67 1.46 million
78 EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC 3,353,355,144.61
3.35 billion
 3.35 billion 21 21.00 159683578.31 159.68 million
79 BATH IRON WORKS 3,331,060,747.63
3.33 billion
 3.33 billion 668 668.00 4986617.88 4.99 million
80 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSI 3,328,510,813.56
3.33 billion
 3.33 billion 1393 1.39 thousand 2389454.99 2.39 million
81 VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY COMPANY 3,326,000,288.82
3.33 billion
 3.33 billion 46 46.00 72304354.1 72.30 million
82 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3,292,329,755.37
3.29 billion
 3.29 billion 28064 28.06 thousand 117315.05 117.32 thousand
83 HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION 3,289,108,957.87
3.29 billion
 3.29 billion 826 826.00 3981972.1 3.98 million
84 PRATT & WHITNEY 3,258,509,928.94
3.26 billion
 3.26 billion 974 974.00 3345492.74 3.35 million
85 EADS NORTH AMERICA DEFENSE CO 3,253,866,882.30
3.25 billion
 3.25 billion 1081 1.08 thousand 3010052.62 3.01 million
86 DYNCORP 3,242,644,056.30
3.24 billion
 3.24 billion 5177 5.18 thousand 626355.81 626.36 thousand
87 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND 3,198,376,887.68
3.20 billion
 3.20 billion 3441 3.44 thousand 929490.52 929.49 thousand
88 WYETH 3,116,806,619.94
3.12 billion
 3.12 billion 302 302.00 10320551.72 10.32 million
89 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 2,994,359,353.26
2.99 billion
 2.99 billion 1869 1.87 thousand 1602118.43 1.60 million
90 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MILITARY TRA 2,929,944,206.00
2.93 billion
 2.93 billion 308 308.00 9512805.86 9.51 million
91 BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND EL 2,920,058,928.50
2.92 billion
 2.92 billion 3627 3.63 thousand 805089.31 805.09 thousand
92 STEWART & STEVENSON TACTICAL VEHICLE SYS 2,885,421,846.02
2.89 billion
 2.89 billion 379 379.00 7613250.25 7.61 million
93 BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS, L.P. 2,848,153,741.15
2.85 billion
 2.85 billion 859 859.00 3315662.09 3.32 million
94 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 2,818,424,106.52
2.82 billion
 2.82 billion 79540 79.54 thousand 35434.04 35.43 thousand
95 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS, INC 2,682,550,092.54
2.68 billion
 2.68 billion 565 565.00 4747876.26 4.75 million
96 TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2,646,074,072.99
2.65 billion
 2.65 billion 585 585.00 4523203.54 4.52 million
97 THE BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY B.S.C. (CLOSED) 2,624,887,778.50
2.62 billion
 2.62 billion 21 21.00 124994656.11 124.99 million
98 ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2,623,734,602.33
2.62 billion
 2.62 billion 4750 4.75 thousand 552365.17 552.37 thousand
99 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED 2,622,062,092.22
2.62 billion
 2.62 billion 2014 2.01 thousand 1301917.62 1.30 million
100 ITT INDUSTRIES, INC 2,601,104,387.73
2.60 billion
 2.60 billion 1160 1.16 thousand 2242331.36 2.24 million

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Contractors in Manufacturing" 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
52.75%
Top 5 Share
60.49%
Mean
16,009,355,142.54
Median
4,971,098,897.72
Max
575,630,660,905.70
Min
2,601,104,387.73
Concentration
High
Fragmentation
Low

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 575.63B
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 187.37B
3 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 81.51B
4 THE BOEING COMPANY 66.64B
5 RAYTHEON COMPANY 57.19B
6 ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION 28.72B
7 SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 27.11B
8 BOEING AEROSPACE OPERATIONS INCORPORATED (0674) 22.41B
9 OSHKOSH CORPORATION 20.92B
10 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 18.29B

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