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Top Federal Contractors by Obligations

Top Federal Contractors by Obligations shows which federal contractors rank highest by Total Obligations in FPDS-based procurement data.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 331.27B. The top 10 account for 39.05% of the value in this result set, indicating a low concentration pattern.

Total Obligations Top Contractors Vendor Obligations All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
331.27B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
39.05%
Low concentration
Ranking Metric
Total Obligations
Top Contractors

Analysis

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 331.27B. The top 10 account for 39.05% 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

  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 39.05% of the value in this result set.
  • MCDONNELL DOUGLAS 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 Federal Contractors by Obligations
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__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 Total Obligations from highest to lowest.

# Vendor Name Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable Award Count Award Count Readable Avg Award Size Avg Award Size Readable
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 331,265,903,686.90
331.27 billion
 331.27 billion 139203 139.20 thousand 2379732.5 2.38 million
2 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 136,924,995,313.88
136.92 billion
 136.92 billion 46138 46.14 thousand 2967727.15 2.97 million
3 RAYTHEON COMPANY 127,140,246,105.55
127.14 billion
 127.14 billion 83228 83.23 thousand 1527613.85 1.53 million
4 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 108,542,942,255.79
108.54 billion
 108.54 billion 2573 2.57 thousand 42185364.26 42.19 million
5 THE BOEING COMPANY 89,317,125,318.13
89.32 billion
 89.32 billion 61111 61.11 thousand 1461555.61 1.46 million
6 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 50,012,319,906.70
50.01 billion
 50.01 billion 60239 60.24 thousand 830231.57 830.23 thousand
7 SANDIA CORP 49,602,496,524.21
49.60 billion
 49.60 billion 583 583.00 85081469.16 85.08 million
8 ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION 48,067,344,875.32
48.07 billion
 48.07 billion 17117 17.12 thousand 2808164.09 2.81 million
9 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 43,250,238,683.44
43.25 billion
 43.25 billion 35016 35.02 thousand 1235156.46 1.24 million
10 UT-BATTELLE LLC 40,676,096,747.27
40.68 billion
 40.68 billion 1364 1.36 thousand 29821185.29 29.82 million
11 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
12 KELLOGG BROWN AND ROOT SERVICES INCORPORATED (1250) 38,629,972,035.22
38.63 billion
 38.63 billion 4190 4.19 thousand 9219563.73 9.22 million
13 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 38,389,120,320.38
38.39 billion
 38.39 billion 59117 59.12 thousand 649375.31 649.38 thousand
14 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 37,630,279,571.55
37.63 billion
 37.63 billion 83448 83.45 thousand 450942.85 450.94 thousand
15 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 34,312,369,465.38
34.31 billion
 34.31 billion 21647 21.65 thousand 1585086.59 1.59 million
16 SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 33,682,884,536.56
33.68 billion
 33.68 billion 50204 50.20 thousand 670920.33 670.92 thousand
17 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 32,984,699,076.23
32.98 billion
 32.98 billion 17639 17.64 thousand 1869986.9 1.87 million
18 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATI 32,859,843,626.84
32.86 billion
 32.86 billion 109876 109.88 thousand 299062.97 299.06 thousand
19 BOEING COMPANY, THE 32,041,243,973.42
32.04 billion
 32.04 billion 22641 22.64 thousand 1415186.78 1.42 million
20 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP 31,115,363,042.39
31.12 billion
 31.12 billion 11878 11.88 thousand 2619579.3 2.62 million
21 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 30,046,040,645.26
30.05 billion
 30.05 billion 19949 19.95 thousand 1506142.69 1.51 million
22 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 27,422,768,630.96
27.42 billion
 27.42 billion 450 450.00 60939485.84 60.94 million
23 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP 27,132,106,066.66
27.13 billion
 27.13 billion 11383 11.38 thousand 2383563.74 2.38 million
24 SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC 26,293,776,535.73
26.29 billion
 26.29 billion 1141 1.14 thousand 23044501.78 23.04 million
25 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPO 26,239,453,487.89
26.24 billion
 26.24 billion 22677 22.68 thousand 1157095.44 1.16 million
26 TRW INC 25,512,708,817.61
25.51 billion
 25.51 billion 18510 18.51 thousand 1378320.3 1.38 million
27 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25,310,666,704.62
25.31 billion
 25.31 billion 640 640.00 39547916.72 39.55 million
28 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 25,198,212,770.89
25.20 billion
 25.20 billion 16035 16.04 thousand 1571450.74 1.57 million
29 BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25,129,260,002.01
25.13 billion
 25.13 billion 629 629.00 39951128.77 39.95 million
30 HUMANA MILITARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INCORPORATED 23,346,540,951.79
23.35 billion
 23.35 billion 2187 2.19 thousand 10675144.46 10.68 million
31 LOCKHEED MARTIN SERVICES, INC 22,960,202,569.37
22.96 billion
 22.96 billion 3905 3.90 thousand 5879693.35 5.88 million
32 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
33 TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORPORATION 21,813,003,595.63
21.81 billion
 21.81 billion 1449 1.45 thousand 15053832.7 15.05 million
34 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 21,746,586,368.91
21.75 billion
 21.75 billion 7782 7.78 thousand 2794472.67 2.79 million
35 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (3632) 21,438,881,118.30
21.44 billion
 21.44 billion 6180 6.18 thousand 3469074.61 3.47 million
36 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 21,200,303,860.30
21.20 billion
 21.20 billion 23018 23.02 thousand 921031.53 921.03 thousand
37 OSHKOSH CORPORATION 21,002,022,284.12
21.00 billion
 21.00 billion 8200 8.20 thousand 2561222.22 2.56 million
38 MCKESSON CORPORATION 20,766,559,101.89
20.77 billion
 20.77 billion 117274 117.27 thousand 177077.26 177.08 thousand
39 BECHTEL MARINE PROPULSION CORPORATION 20,585,445,922.57
20.59 billion
 20.59 billion 382 382.00 53888601.89 53.89 million
40 UNISYS CORPORATION 20,119,099,193.32
20.12 billion
 20.12 billion 41041 41.04 thousand 490219.51 490.22 thousand
41 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 19,858,993,730.74
19.86 billion
 19.86 billion 40999 41.00 thousand 484377.51 484.38 thousand
42 CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF 19,848,884,848.68
19.85 billion
 19.85 billion 578 578.00 34340631.22 34.34 million
43 HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, I 19,810,954,716.37
19.81 billion
 19.81 billion 1419 1.42 thousand 13961208.39 13.96 million
44 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 19,078,120,520.64
19.08 billion
 19.08 billion 1326 1.33 thousand 14387722.86 14.39 million
45 GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 19,017,104,427.02
19.02 billion
 19.02 billion 11168 11.17 thousand 1702820.95 1.70 million
46 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. 18,847,991,533.21
18.85 billion
 18.85 billion 37561 37.56 thousand 501796.85 501.80 thousand
47 BECHTEL NATIONAL INC 18,669,791,729.55
18.67 billion
 18.67 billion 1486 1.49 thousand 12563789.85 12.56 million
48 HARRIS CORPORATION 17,367,323,884.64
17.37 billion
 17.37 billion 20289 20.29 thousand 855997.03 856.00 thousand
49 BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION 17,103,626,763.73
17.10 billion
 17.10 billion 11138 11.14 thousand 1535610.23 1.54 million
50 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 17,090,438,881.85
17.09 billion
 17.09 billion 1866 1.87 thousand 9158863.28 9.16 million
51 HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 17,087,056,750.70
17.09 billion
 17.09 billion 12666 12.67 thousand 1349049.16 1.35 million
52 WASHINGTON SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY LLC 16,948,897,637.60
16.95 billion
 16.95 billion 217 217.00 78105519.06 78.11 million
53 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 16,198,678,341.61
16.20 billion
 16.20 billion 794 794.00 20401358.11 20.40 million
54 MCKESSON HBOC INCORPORATED 16,003,184,299.03
16.00 billion
 16.00 billion 43038 43.04 thousand 371838.47 371.84 thousand
55 BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE 15,560,454,633.36
15.56 billion
 15.56 billion 9878 9.88 thousand 1575263.68 1.58 million
56 AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORA 15,252,073,735.15
15.25 billion
 15.25 billion 701423 701.42 thousand 21744.47 21.74 thousand
57 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 14,866,721,939.65
14.87 billion
 14.87 billion 15157 15.16 thousand 980848.58 980.85 thousand
58 DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) 14,753,289,398.68
14.75 billion
 14.75 billion 11042 11.04 thousand 1336106.62 1.34 million
59 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPOR 14,580,980,777.02
14.58 billion
 14.58 billion 40594 40.59 thousand 359190.53 359.19 thousand
60 UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC 14,359,112,357.96
14.36 billion
 14.36 billion 849 849.00 16912970.97 16.91 million
61 ITT CORPORATION 14,279,812,872.87
14.28 billion
 14.28 billion 12483 12.48 thousand 1143940.78 1.14 million
62 FLUOR INTERCONTINENTAL INCORPORATED 14,069,901,829.56
14.07 billion
 14.07 billion 738 738.00 19064907.62 19.06 million
63 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE AND MISSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 13,642,085,612.51
13.64 billion
 13.64 billion 6120 6.12 thousand 2229098.95 2.23 million
64 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS 13,519,152,109.55
13.52 billion
 13.52 billion 6990 6.99 thousand 1934070.4 1.93 million
65 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC 13,413,560,197.92
13.41 billion
 13.41 billion 25193 25.19 thousand 532432.03 532.43 thousand
66 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC 12,159,670,665.86
12.16 billion
 12.16 billion 30547 30.55 thousand 398064.31 398.06 thousand
67 LOCKHEED CORPORATION 12,118,177,076.00
12.12 billion
 12.12 billion 10226 10.23 thousand 1185035.89 1.19 million
68 ENERGY, UNITED STATES DEPT OF 12,115,951,012.81
12.12 billion
 12.12 billion 291 291.00 41635570.49 41.64 million
69 COINS 'N THINGS INC. 11,876,614,896.49
11.88 billion
 11.88 billion 2354 2.35 thousand 5045290.95 5.05 million
70 AT & T CORP 11,414,792,419.80
11.41 billion
 11.41 billion 108 108.00 105692522.4 105.69 million
71 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO 11,240,881,473.82
11.24 billion
 11.24 billion 2584 2.58 thousand 4350186.32 4.35 million
72 NORTHROP CORPORATION 11,169,435,741.00
11.17 billion
 11.17 billion 5846 5.85 thousand 1910611.65 1.91 million
73 DYNCORP 11,001,211,696.98
11.00 billion
 11.00 billion 18956 18.96 thousand 580355.12 580.36 thousand
74 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE 10,953,201,038.39
10.95 billion
 10.95 billion 19848 19.85 thousand 551854.14 551.85 thousand
75 AM GENERAL, LLC 10,948,014,779.35
10.95 billion
 10.95 billion 11823 11.82 thousand 925992.96 925.99 thousand
76 UNDISCLOSED DOMESTIC CONTRACTO 10,899,400,936.00
10.90 billion
 10.90 billion 4379 4.38 thousand 2489015.97 2.49 million
77 MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION 10,854,334,599.52
10.85 billion
 10.85 billion 4886 4.89 thousand 2221517.51 2.22 million
78 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DR 10,721,873,910.75
10.72 billion
 10.72 billion 3399 3.40 thousand 3154420.09 3.15 million
79 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC 10,710,244,776.09
10.71 billion
 10.71 billion 6707 6.71 thousand 1596875.61 1.60 million
80 WASHINGTON RIVER PROTECTION SOLUTIONS LLC 10,570,404,771.54
10.57 billion
 10.57 billion 745 745.00 14188462.78 14.19 million
81 ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC 10,522,919,366.84
10.52 billion
 10.52 billion 1504 1.50 thousand 6996621.91 7.00 million
82 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 10,454,426,117.90
10.45 billion
 10.45 billion 26347 26.35 thousand 396797.59 396.80 thousand
83 LITTON SYSTEMS INC 10,331,669,738.28
10.33 billion
 10.33 billion 13241 13.24 thousand 780278.66 780.28 thousand
84 DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (7126) 10,288,185,666.93
10.29 billion
 10.29 billion 1311 1.31 thousand 7847586.32 7.85 million
85 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 10,130,422,341.88
10.13 billion
 10.13 billion 1250 1.25 thousand 8104337.87 8.10 million
86 NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION T 9,959,482,208.71
9.96 billion
 9.96 billion 21541 21.54 thousand 462350.03 462.35 thousand
87 GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9,939,000,005.61
9.94 billion
 9.94 billion 28308 28.31 thousand 351102.16 351.10 thousand
88 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9,561,735,503.02
9.56 billion
 9.56 billion 19942 19.94 thousand 479477.25 479.48 thousand
89 THE MITRE CORPORATION 9,542,425,168.42
9.54 billion
 9.54 billion 9323 9.32 thousand 1023535.89 1.02 million
90 GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, INC. 9,434,856,626.76
9.43 billion
 9.43 billion 6265 6.26 thousand 1505962.74 1.51 million
91 FLUOR DANIEL HANFORD INC 9,378,201,205.26
9.38 billion
 9.38 billion 313 313.00 29962304.17 29.96 million
92 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 9,324,458,748.00
9.32 billion
 9.32 billion 5433 5.43 thousand 1716263.34 1.72 million
93 SUPREME FOODSERVICE AG 9,239,819,074.66
9.24 billion
 9.24 billion 106184 106.18 thousand 87017.05 87.02 thousand
94 LOCKHEED MISSILES&SPACE COMP 9,203,911,554.11
9.20 billion
 9.20 billion 859 859.00 10714681.66 10.71 million
95 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSI 9,183,699,929.90
9.18 billion
 9.18 billion 10548 10.55 thousand 870657.93 870.66 thousand
96 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY & GOVERNMENT LLC 9,158,237,412.83
9.16 billion
 9.16 billion 742 742.00 12342638.02 12.34 million
97 NEWPORT NEWS SHPBLDING DRYDOCK 9,106,585,000.00
9.11 billion
 9.11 billion 2743 2.74 thousand 3319936.2 3.32 million
98 GM GDLS DEFENSE GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 9,010,378,354.66
9.01 billion
 9.01 billion 1977 1.98 thousand 4557601.59 4.56 million
99 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 8,963,812,863.84
8.96 billion
 8.96 billion 9633 9.63 thousand 930531.8 930.53 thousand
100 UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSN 8,806,497,973.60
8.81 billion
 8.81 billion 362 362.00 24327342.46 24.33 million

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Federal Contractors by Obligations" 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.
  • SUM logic is used because obligated dollars accumulate across records.

Included fields

  • vendor_name — Defines the ranked vendor or contractor.
  • total_obligated — Defines the main ranking metric: Total Obligations.
  • 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
22.69%
Top 5 Share
30.23%
Mean
26,242,540,761.57
Median
17,088,747,816.28
Max
331,265,903,686.90
Min
8,806,497,973.60
Concentration
Low
Fragmentation
High

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 331.27B
2 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 136.92B
3 RAYTHEON COMPANY 127.14B
4 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 108.54B
5 THE BOEING COMPANY 89.32B
6 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 50.01B
7 SANDIA CORP 49.6B
8 ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION 48.07B
9 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 43.25B
10 UT-BATTELLE LLC 40.68B

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