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Top Contractors in Scientific Services

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

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY leads this ranking at 37.38B. The top 10 account for 74.57% 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
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
37.38B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
74.57%
High concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY leads this ranking at 37.38B. The top 10 account for 74.57% 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

  • LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 74.57% of the value in this result set.
  • THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 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 Scientific Services
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 '5417%'
        OR content__award__productOrServiceInformation__productOrServiceCode IN ('AJ11', 'AJ12', 'AJ13', 'AJ14', 'AJ15')
    )
    AND (
        positionCaseInsensitive(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__productOrServiceCode__description, 'research') > 0
        OR positionCaseInsensitive(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__productOrServiceCode__description, 'scientific') > 0
        OR positionCaseInsensitive(content__award__contractData__descriptionOfContractRequirement, 'research') > 0
        OR positionCaseInsensitive(content__award__contractData__descriptionOfContractRequirement, 'scientific') > 0
    )
    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 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 37,382,187,562.18
37.38 billion
 37.38 billion 778 778.00 48049084.27 48.05 million
2 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 7,601,712,199.46
7.60 billion
 7.60 billion 833 833.00 9125704.92 9.13 million
3 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5,791,360,290.82
5.79 billion
 5.79 billion 2543 2.54 thousand 2277373.29 2.28 million
4 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 2,749,730,590.04
2.75 billion
 2.75 billion 2927 2.93 thousand 939436.48 939.44 thousand
5 BOEING CORPORATION 2,731,291,270.46
2.73 billion
 2.73 billion 95 95.00 28750434.42 28.75 million
6 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV 2,626,356,448.97
2.63 billion
 2.63 billion 1820 1.82 thousand 1443052.99 1.44 million
7 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC 2,281,355,346.35
2.28 billion
 2.28 billion 5092 5.09 thousand 448027.36 448.03 thousand
8 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. 1,320,334,553.94
1.32 billion
 1.32 billion 221 221.00 5974364.49 5.97 million
9 WYLE LABORATORIES, INC 1,295,260,190.36
1.30 billion
 1.30 billion 2849 2.85 thousand 454636.78 454.64 thousand
10 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 883,221,622.46
883.22 million
 883.22 million 340 340.00 2597710.65 2.60 million
11 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 882,978,516.00
882.98 million
 882.98 million 129 129.00 6844794.69 6.84 million
12 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 880,784,409.40
880.78 million
 880.78 million 3878 3.88 thousand 227123.36 227.12 thousand
13 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY THE 783,248,077.49
783.25 million
 783.25 million 1474 1.47 thousand 531375.9 531.38 thousand
14 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV APPLIED PHYS LAB 703,520,020.76
703.52 million
 703.52 million 1430 1.43 thousand 491972.04 491.97 thousand
15 GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH 628,104,744.94
628.10 million
 628.10 million 1211 1.21 thousand 518666.18 518.67 thousand
16 JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC. 614,488,796.10
614.49 million
 614.49 million 749 749.00 820412.27 820.41 thousand
17 ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY C 586,740,384.71
586.74 million
 586.74 million 722 722.00 812659.81 812.66 thousand
18 UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH 584,484,625.62
584.48 million
 584.48 million 288 288.00 2029460.5 2.03 million
19 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATI 526,063,822.23
526.06 million
 526.06 million 1197 1.20 thousand 439485.23 439.49 thousand
20 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 523,175,528.59
523.18 million
 523.18 million 1866 1.87 thousand 280372.73 280.37 thousand
21 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 508,739,871.00
508.74 million
 508.74 million 1155 1.16 thousand 440467.42 440.47 thousand
22 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 508,703,888.37
508.70 million
 508.70 million 6050 6.05 thousand 84083.28 84.08 thousand
23 RAND CORPORATION 471,937,101.83
471.94 million
 471.94 million 226 226.00 2088217.26 2.09 million
24 URS ENERGY&CONSTRUCTION, INC. 463,710,295.52
463.71 million
 463.71 million 281 281.00 1650214.57 1.65 million
25 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF C 391,728,516.20
391.73 million
 391.73 million 91 91.00 4304708.96 4.30 million
26 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 387,042,423.22
387.04 million
 387.04 million 402 402.00 962792.09 962.79 thousand
27 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 364,524,416.55
364.52 million
 364.52 million 334 334.00 1091390.46 1.09 million
28 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE, LLC 360,007,347.59
360.01 million
 360.01 million 98 98.00 3673544.36 3.67 million
29 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. 355,628,247.90
355.63 million
 355.63 million 1090 1.09 thousand 326264.44 326.26 thousand
30 THE BOEING COMPANY 346,032,022.51
346.03 million
 346.03 million 869 869.00 398195.65 398.20 thousand
31 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 342,715,536.41
342.72 million
 342.72 million 616 616.00 556356.39 556.36 thousand
32 LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPS 324,957,507.27
324.96 million
 324.96 million 260 260.00 1249836.56 1.25 million
33 UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ 302,477,661.26
302.48 million
 302.48 million 282 282.00 1072615.82 1.07 million
34 WESTAT, INC 299,427,887.47
299.43 million
 299.43 million 121 121.00 2474610.64 2.47 million
35 ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 285,348,138.56
285.35 million
 285.35 million 582 582.00 490288.89 490.29 thousand
36 ADNET SYSTEMS INC 273,420,996.12
273.42 million
 273.42 million 180 180.00 1519005.53 1.52 million
37 GENERAL ATOMICS 268,732,810.36
268.73 million
 268.73 million 276 276.00 973669.6 973.67 thousand
38 APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. 253,903,309.88
253.90 million
 253.90 million 914 914.00 277793.55 277.79 thousand
39 SGT INC 251,582,931.75
251.58 million
 251.58 million 331 331.00 760069.28 760.07 thousand
40 IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE 249,022,172.20
249.02 million
 249.02 million 494 494.00 504093.46 504.09 thousand
41 WESTAT INCORPORATED 247,792,847.64
247.79 million
 247.79 million 32 32.00 7743526.48 7.74 million
42 ASRC AEROSPACE CORP 246,466,367.68
246.47 million
 246.47 million 8679 8.68 thousand 28398.01 28.40 thousand
43 NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION T 244,649,546.02
244.65 million
 244.65 million 503 503.00 486380.8 486.38 thousand
44 SCIENCE SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS 229,024,728.24
229.02 million
 229.02 million 284 284.00 806425.09 806.43 thousand
45 SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 226,513,036.82
226.51 million
 226.51 million 387 387.00 585305 585.30 thousand
46 SPACEHAB GOVERNMENT SERVICES INCORPORATED 221,917,831.43
221.92 million
 221.92 million 10 10.00 22191783.14 22.19 million
47 RAYTHEON COMPANY 218,566,610.51
218.57 million
 218.57 million 466 466.00 469027.06 469.03 thousand
48 ARCATA ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED 214,450,310.43
214.45 million
 214.45 million 241 241.00 889835.31 889.84 thousand
49 SRI INTERNATIONAL 203,519,337.77
203.52 million
 203.52 million 458 458.00 444365.36 444.37 thousand
50 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 202,440,089.21
202.44 million
 202.44 million 574 574.00 352683.08 352.68 thousand
51 GALAXY SCIENTIFIC CORP 185,401,222.00
185.40 million
 185.40 million 278 278.00 666910.87 666.91 thousand
52 WESTAT 180,835,346.44
180.84 million
 180.84 million 19 19.00 9517649.81 9.52 million
53 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV 173,771,442.00
173.77 million
 173.77 million 13 13.00 13367034 13.37 million
54 CACI TECHNOLOGIES, INC 173,461,953.90
173.46 million
 173.46 million 867 867.00 200071.45 200.07 thousand
55 GEO-CENTERS, INC 172,531,087.58
172.53 million
 172.53 million 707 707.00 244032.65 244.03 thousand
56 TECHNICAL RESOURCES INC:1107821 169,543,145.73
169.54 million
 169.54 million 32 32.00 5298223.3 5.30 million
57 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA 164,764,703.14
164.76 million
 164.76 million 583 583.00 282615.27 282.62 thousand
58 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (0555) 13747 152,927,936.21
152.93 million
 152.93 million 145 145.00 1054675.42 1.05 million
59 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS 151,042,278.79
151.04 million
 151.04 million 328 328.00 460494.75 460.49 thousand
60 TYBRIN CORP 145,257,060.31
145.26 million
 145.26 million 1129 1.13 thousand 128659.92 128.66 thousand
61 ADVANCED ENGINEERING & SCIENCE 144,588,741.86
144.59 million
 144.59 million 445 445.00 324918.52 324.92 thousand
62 ITT CORPORATION 142,563,033.77
142.56 million
 142.56 million 642 642.00 222060.8 222.06 thousand
63 SIGMA SPACE CORP 141,708,527.50
141.71 million
 141.71 million 132 132.00 1073549.45 1.07 million
64 WYLE LABORATORIES, INC. 137,095,526.12
137.10 million
 137.10 million 351 351.00 390585.54 390.59 thousand
65 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORP 135,600,448.00
135.60 million
 135.60 million 363 363.00 373554.95 373.55 thousand
66 BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S 132,381,942.42
132.38 million
 132.38 million 29 29.00 4564894.56 4.56 million
67 INFOPRO CORPORATION 131,793,975.15
131.79 million
 131.79 million 77 77.00 1711610.06 1.71 million
68 ANALYTIC SERVICES INC 129,120,982.51
129.12 million
 129.12 million 667 667.00 193584.68 193.58 thousand
69 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EQUITIES CORPORATION 126,200,586.56
126.20 million
 126.20 million 60 60.00 2103343.1 2.10 million
70 ACHAOGEN, INC. 1361331 124,427,027.08
124.43 million
 124.43 million 30 30.00 4147567.56 4.15 million
71 ZIN TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 121,405,111.00
121.41 million
 121.41 million 103 103.00 1178690.39 1.18 million
72 AVECIA LIMITED 117,807,492.00
117.81 million
 117.81 million 13 13.00 9062114.76 9.06 million
73 HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 117,359,167.42
117.36 million
 117.36 million 175 175.00 670623.81 670.62 thousand
74 REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF COLORADO 117,283,142.33
117.28 million
 117.28 million 94 94.00 1247693 1.25 million
75 BIOPORT CORPORATION 330303 113,168,403.98
113.17 million
 113.17 million 27 27.00 4191422.36 4.19 million
76 ENGINEERING RESEARCH&CONSULT 110,523,271.66
110.52 million
 110.52 million 153 153.00 722374.32 722.37 thousand
77 INSTITUTE FOR GENOMIC RESEARCH 110,438,263.41
110.44 million
 110.44 million 43 43.00 2568331.7 2.57 million
78 KE`AKI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 109,807,962.45
109.81 million
 109.81 million 641 641.00 171307.27 171.31 thousand
79 MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION 109,220,708.17
109.22 million
 109.22 million 393 393.00 277915.28 277.92 thousand
80 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 108,997,156.10
109.00 million
 109.00 million 617 617.00 176656.65 176.66 thousand
81 CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION 108,673,399.00
108.67 million
 108.67 million 18 18.00 6037411.05 6.04 million
82 UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 106,849,435.94
106.85 million
 106.85 million 763 763.00 140038.57 140.04 thousand
83 COLSA CORPORATION 104,341,754.60
104.34 million
 104.34 million 190 190.00 549167.12 549.17 thousand
84 BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION I 99,846,515.68
99.85 million
 99.85 million 112 112.00 891486.74 891.49 thousand
85 BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., THE:1157729 98,795,950.51
98.80 million
 98.80 million 22 22.00 4490725.02 4.49 million
86 PPD DEVELOPMENT, LP 96,961,690.05
96.96 million
 96.96 million 22 22.00 4407349.54 4.41 million
87 CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 96,792,145.27
96.79 million
 96.79 million 217 217.00 446046.75 446.05 thousand
88 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 96,439,114.12
96.44 million
 96.44 million 177 177.00 544853.75 544.85 thousand
89 GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFO 95,951,665.31
95.95 million
 95.95 million 104 104.00 922612.16 922.61 thousand
90 PPD DEVELOPMENT LP:1106692 95,837,694.35
95.84 million
 95.84 million 17 17.00 5637511.43 5.64 million
91 THE MITRE CORPORATION 95,363,770.75
95.36 million
 95.36 million 115 115.00 829250.18 829.25 thousand
92 CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP 93,032,463.49
93.03 million
 93.03 million 113 113.00 823296.13 823.30 thousand
93 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPO 93,024,128.34
93.02 million
 93.02 million 282 282.00 329872.79 329.87 thousand
94 EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GAITHERSBURG INC. 136 92,988,270.06
92.99 million
 92.99 million 27 27.00 3444010 3.44 million
95 MORGAN RESEARCH CORPORATION 92,707,395.02
92.71 million
 92.71 million 398 398.00 232933.15 232.93 thousand
96 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 91,690,925.75
91.69 million
 91.69 million 460 460.00 199328.09 199.33 thousand
97 UES INC 90,783,165.65
90.78 million
 90.78 million 496 496.00 183030.57 183.03 thousand
98 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVELOP 90,750,314.00
90.75 million
 90.75 million 18 18.00 5041684.11 5.04 million
99 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON 90,402,540.82
90.40 million
 90.40 million 816 816.00 110787.42 110.79 thousand
100 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 89,786,847.42
89.79 million
 89.79 million 195 195.00 460445.37 460.45 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Contractors in Scientific Services" 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
58.56%
Top 5 Share
64.88%
Mean
867,134,296.20
Median
193,920,655.61
Max
37,382,187,562.18
Min
89,786,847.42
Concentration
High
Fragmentation
Low

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 37.38B
2 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 7.6B
3 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5.79B
4 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 2.75B
5 BOEING CORPORATION 2.73B
6 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV 2.63B
7 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC 2.28B
8 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. 1.32B
9 WYLE LABORATORIES, INC 1.3B
10 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 883.22M

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