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Top Subcontracting-Heavy Contractors

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

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 312.61B. The top 10 account for 41.99% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
312.61B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
41.99%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 312.61B. The top 10 account for 41.99% 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

  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 41.99% 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 Subcontracting-Heavy 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__preferencePrograms__subcontractPlan IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__preferencePrograms__subcontractPlan != ''
    AND content__award__preferencePrograms__subcontractPlan != 'X'
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName IS NOT NULL
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 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 312,609,957,960.00
312.61 billion
 312.61 billion 110676 110.68 thousand 2824550.56 2.82 million
2 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 121,602,613,010.23
121.60 billion
 121.60 billion 35372 35.37 thousand 3437821.24 3.44 million
3 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 108,476,620,448.79
108.48 billion
 108.48 billion 1901 1.90 thousand 57062925.01 57.06 million
4 RAYTHEON COMPANY 102,592,581,285.93
102.59 billion
 102.59 billion 55501 55.50 thousand 1848481.67 1.85 million
5 THE BOEING COMPANY 81,987,716,361.50
81.99 billion
 81.99 billion 35362 35.36 thousand 2318525.99 2.32 million
6 SANDIA CORP 49,602,496,524.21
49.60 billion
 49.60 billion 581 581.00 85374348.57 85.37 million
7 ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION 47,999,958,977.64
48.00 billion
 48.00 billion 15312 15.31 thousand 3134793.55 3.13 million
8 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 41,153,157,967.84
41.15 billion
 41.15 billion 26509 26.51 thousand 1552422.11 1.55 million
9 UT-BATTELLE LLC 40,676,046,295.67
40.68 billion
 40.68 billion 1357 1.36 thousand 29974978.84 29.97 million
10 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
11 KELLOGG BROWN AND ROOT SERVICES INCORPORATED (1250) 38,329,160,399.93
38.33 billion
 38.33 billion 3984 3.98 thousand 9620773.19 9.62 million
12 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 34,616,209,632.56
34.62 billion
 34.62 billion 31862 31.86 thousand 1086441.83 1.09 million
13 SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 30,785,239,445.58
30.79 billion
 30.79 billion 26947 26.95 thousand 1142436.61 1.14 million
14 BOEING COMPANY, THE 28,259,463,588.78
28.26 billion
 28.26 billion 11612 11.61 thousand 2433643.09 2.43 million
15 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
16 SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC 26,293,775,062.30
26.29 billion
 26.29 billion 1140 1.14 thousand 23064714.96 23.06 million
17 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25,310,599,055.62
25.31 billion
 25.31 billion 637 637.00 39734064.45 39.73 million
18 BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25,129,238,763.71
25.13 billion
 25.13 billion 624 624.00 40271215.96 40.27 million
19 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATI 24,767,453,230.85
24.77 billion
 24.77 billion 74645 74.64 thousand 331803.24 331.80 thousand
20 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPO 24,567,954,068.94
24.57 billion
 24.57 billion 18166 18.17 thousand 1352414.07 1.35 million
21 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 24,191,708,405.21
24.19 billion
 24.19 billion 38587 38.59 thousand 626939.34 626.94 thousand
22 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP 24,065,866,042.39
24.07 billion
 24.07 billion 6244 6.24 thousand 3854238.63 3.85 million
23 HUMANA MILITARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INCORPORATED 23,330,118,032.04
23.33 billion
 23.33 billion 2028 2.03 thousand 11504002.97 11.50 million
24 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
25 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 22,310,304,849.02
22.31 billion
 22.31 billion 13165 13.16 thousand 1694668.04 1.69 million
26 TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORPORATION 21,804,043,891.88
21.80 billion
 21.80 billion 1433 1.43 thousand 15215662.17 15.22 million
27 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 21,326,862,030.73
21.33 billion
 21.33 billion 9874 9.87 thousand 2159900.95 2.16 million
28 TRW INC 21,292,212,799.35
21.29 billion
 21.29 billion 13721 13.72 thousand 1551797.44 1.55 million
29 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 21,195,962,061.36
21.20 billion
 21.20 billion 45871 45.87 thousand 462077.61 462.08 thousand
30 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (3632) 20,842,516,730.88
20.84 billion
 20.84 billion 5788 5.79 thousand 3600987.68 3.60 million
31 BECHTEL MARINE PROPULSION CORPORATION 20,585,445,922.57
20.59 billion
 20.59 billion 382 382.00 53888601.89 53.89 million
32 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 20,541,586,015.49
20.54 billion
 20.54 billion 13265 13.27 thousand 1548555.29 1.55 million
33 CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF 19,848,884,848.68
19.85 billion
 19.85 billion 578 578.00 34340631.22 34.34 million
34 HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, I 19,805,653,988.40
19.81 billion
 19.81 billion 1358 1.36 thousand 14584428.56 14.58 million
35 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 19,501,601,314.99
19.50 billion
 19.50 billion 5702 5.70 thousand 3420133.51 3.42 million
36 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
37 BECHTEL NATIONAL INC 18,626,391,845.55
18.63 billion
 18.63 billion 1408 1.41 thousand 13228971.48 13.23 million
38 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 18,502,902,660.31
18.50 billion
 18.50 billion 23606 23.61 thousand 783822.02 783.82 thousand
39 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 17,957,530,627.95
17.96 billion
 17.96 billion 16417 16.42 thousand 1093837.52 1.09 million
40 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 17,020,132,797.44
17.02 billion
 17.02 billion 1580 1.58 thousand 10772235.94 10.77 million
41 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 17,000,787,647.23
17.00 billion
 17.00 billion 6416 6.42 thousand 2649748.69 2.65 million
42 WASHINGTON SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY LLC 16,948,897,637.60
16.95 billion
 16.95 billion 217 217.00 78105519.06 78.11 million
43 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 16,146,577,357.18
16.15 billion
 16.15 billion 363 363.00 44480929.35 44.48 million
44 BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION 15,158,047,864.11
15.16 billion
 15.16 billion 9573 9.57 thousand 1583416.67 1.58 million
45 OSHKOSH CORPORATION 15,147,887,736.16
15.15 billion
 15.15 billion 3120 3.12 thousand 4855092.22 4.86 million
46 UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC 14,359,112,357.96
14.36 billion
 14.36 billion 847 847.00 16952907.15 16.95 million
47 FLUOR INTERCONTINENTAL INCORPORATED 14,035,335,563.94
14.04 billion
 14.04 billion 702 702.00 19993355.5 19.99 million
48 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP 13,221,596,113.86
13.22 billion
 13.22 billion 4185 4.18 thousand 3159282.22 3.16 million
49 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE AND MISSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 12,999,114,711.98
13.00 billion
 13.00 billion 4896 4.90 thousand 2655047.93 2.66 million
50 HARRIS CORPORATION 12,663,454,445.68
12.66 billion
 12.66 billion 12524 12.52 thousand 1011134.97 1.01 million
51 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS 12,534,622,343.00
12.53 billion
 12.53 billion 4818 4.82 thousand 2601623.56 2.60 million
52 BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE 12,347,999,913.58
12.35 billion
 12.35 billion 1608 1.61 thousand 7679104.42 7.68 million
53 GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 12,210,935,202.02
12.21 billion
 12.21 billion 6273 6.27 thousand 1946586.19 1.95 million
54 ITT CORPORATION 12,040,320,039.19
12.04 billion
 12.04 billion 7844 7.84 thousand 1534971.95 1.53 million
55 ENERGY, UNITED STATES DEPT OF 11,956,554,270.00
11.96 billion
 11.96 billion 113 113.00 105810214.77 105.81 million
56 COINS 'N THINGS INC. 11,876,614,896.49
11.88 billion
 11.88 billion 2354 2.35 thousand 5045290.95 5.05 million
57 UNISYS CORPORATION 11,754,205,949.69
11.75 billion
 11.75 billion 27046 27.05 thousand 434600.53 434.60 thousand
58 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC 11,512,243,630.58
11.51 billion
 11.51 billion 20679 20.68 thousand 556711.81 556.71 thousand
59 AT & T CORP 11,414,680,019.80
11.41 billion
 11.41 billion 104 104.00 109756538.65 109.76 million
60 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO 10,913,054,473.82
10.91 billion
 10.91 billion 2362 2.36 thousand 4620260.14 4.62 million
61 UNDISCLOSED DOMESTIC CONTRACTO 10,897,275,752.00
10.90 billion
 10.90 billion 4361 4.36 thousand 2498802.05 2.50 million
62 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DR 10,664,160,326.77
10.66 billion
 10.66 billion 2962 2.96 thousand 3600324.21 3.60 million
63 AM GENERAL, LLC 10,661,300,721.94
10.66 billion
 10.66 billion 7142 7.14 thousand 1492761.23 1.49 million
64 WASHINGTON RIVER PROTECTION SOLUTIONS LLC 10,570,404,771.54
10.57 billion
 10.57 billion 745 745.00 14188462.78 14.19 million
65 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
66 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC 10,441,878,716.24
10.44 billion
 10.44 billion 5856 5.86 thousand 1783107.7 1.78 million
67 DYNCORP 10,407,460,371.04
10.41 billion
 10.41 billion 17822 17.82 thousand 583967.02 583.97 thousand
68 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 10,129,005,232.96
10.13 billion
 10.13 billion 1232 1.23 thousand 8221595.15 8.22 million
69 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. 9,754,634,771.99
9.75 billion
 9.75 billion 14773 14.77 thousand 660301.54 660.30 thousand
70 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPOR 9,642,484,622.79
9.64 billion
 9.64 billion 22595 22.59 thousand 426753.02 426.75 thousand
71 FLUOR DANIEL HANFORD INC 9,378,201,205.26
9.38 billion
 9.38 billion 313 313.00 29962304.17 29.96 million
72 HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 9,239,058,373.70
9.24 billion
 9.24 billion 7338 7.34 thousand 1259070.36 1.26 million
73 LOCKHEED MISSILES&SPACE COMP 8,959,919,538.11
8.96 billion
 8.96 billion 785 785.00 11413910.23 11.41 million
74 THE MITRE CORPORATION 8,797,520,416.79
8.80 billion
 8.80 billion 7814 7.81 thousand 1125866.44 1.13 million
75 UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSN 8,701,230,973.60
8.70 billion
 8.70 billion 356 356.00 24441660.03 24.44 million
76 BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC 8,677,380,930.11
8.68 billion
 8.68 billion 546 546.00 15892639.06 15.89 million
77 DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (7126) 8,660,112,308.06
8.66 billion
 8.66 billion 870 870.00 9954152.07 9.95 million
78 AVONDALE INDUSTRIES INC 8,651,360,196.87
8.65 billion
 8.65 billion 1699 1.70 thousand 5092030.72 5.09 million
79 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 8,636,375,644.21
8.64 billion
 8.64 billion 20141 20.14 thousand 428795.77 428.80 thousand
80 BAE SYSTEMS LAND&ARMAMENTS INC. 8,479,258,005.24
8.48 billion
 8.48 billion 1447 1.45 thousand 5859888.04 5.86 million
81 THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION 8,371,498,862.32
8.37 billion
 8.37 billion 320 320.00 26160933.94 26.16 million
82 FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 8,292,579,520.86
8.29 billion
 8.29 billion 385 385.00 21539167.58 21.54 million
83 GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, INC. 8,205,921,004.23
8.21 billion
 8.21 billion 4038 4.04 thousand 2032174.59 2.03 million
84 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSI 8,174,231,398.27
8.17 billion
 8.17 billion 9072 9.07 thousand 901039.61 901.04 thousand
85 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIO 7,998,696,046.05
8.00 billion
 8.00 billion 7260 7.26 thousand 1101748.76 1.10 million
86 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER COMPANY 7,943,043,178.49
7.94 billion
 7.94 billion 1860 1.86 thousand 4270453.32 4.27 million
87 INGALLS SHIPBUILDING INC 7,860,663,859.00
7.86 billion
 7.86 billion 2112 2.11 thousand 3721905.23 3.72 million
88 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, 7,731,992,709.73
7.73 billion
 7.73 billion 1558 1.56 thousand 4962768.1 4.96 million
89 NORTHROP CORPORATION 7,645,787,741.00
7.65 billion
 7.65 billion 2045 2.04 thousand 3738771.51 3.74 million
90 NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBUILDING 7,504,894,541.88
7.50 billion
 7.50 billion 5520 5.52 thousand 1359582.34 1.36 million
91 BOEING CORPORATION 7,459,457,298.35
7.46 billion
 7.46 billion 275 275.00 27125299.26 27.13 million
92 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING, INC. 7,311,106,015.61
7.31 billion
 7.31 billion 6871 6.87 thousand 1064052.68 1.06 million
93 MC DONNELL DOUGLAS FIN CORP 7,265,279,444.00
7.27 billion
 7.27 billion 754 754.00 9635649.12 9.64 million
94 BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC. 7,218,283,491.46
7.22 billion
 7.22 billion 1000 1.00 thousand 7218283.49 7.22 million
95 WESTINGHOUSE HANFORD CO 7,118,969,000.00
7.12 billion
 7.12 billion 104 104.00 68451625 68.45 million
96 CH2M HILL PLATEAU REMEDIATION COMPANY 7,065,250,859.58
7.07 billion
 7.07 billion 776 776.00 9104704.71 9.10 million
97 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY & GOVERNMENT LLC 7,043,607,030.06
7.04 billion
 7.04 billion 585 585.00 12040353.89 12.04 million
98 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING 6,958,980,862.78
6.96 billion
 6.96 billion 3767 3.77 thousand 1847353.56 1.85 million
99 Not Available 6,871,205,742.99
6.87 billion
 6.87 billion 16676 16.68 thousand 412041.6 412.04 thousand
100 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 6,650,359,838.32
6.65 billion
 6.65 billion 3162 3.16 thousand 2103213.1 2.10 million

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Subcontracting-Heavy 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
24.06%
Top 5 Share
32.24%
Mean
22,558,383,232.40
Median
12,599,038,394.34
Max
312,609,957,960.00
Min
6,650,359,838.32
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 312.61B
2 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 121.6B
3 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 108.48B
4 RAYTHEON COMPANY 102.59B
5 THE BOEING COMPANY 81.99B
6 SANDIA CORP 49.6B
7 ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION 48B
8 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 41.15B
9 UT-BATTELLE LLC 40.68B
10 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 40.61B

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