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02 / Federal Business Size

Federal contract market at a glance

Measured consistently across FY 2019–FY 2025.

Net obligations$569.88M
Contract actions3,944
Awards / PIIDs1,497
Federal customers126
Contracting offices293
Average action$144.5K
Active fiscal years7
Data coverageFY 2019–FY 2025

Across FY 2019–FY 2025, FPDS records attribute $569.88M in net contract obligations to WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION across 3,944 contract actions. Net obligations include positive obligations and later deobligations recorded during the same period.

03 / Spending Trend

WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION contract spending by year

Annual net obligations show whether recorded federal business expanded or contracted, while actions and customer counts show the breadth of that activity.

Total obligations$59.52M
FY 2025
ObligationsHistorical spending range
Fiscal yearObligationsActionsFederal customersChange
FY 2019$77.39M632106
FY 2020$99.49M599103+28.6%
FY 2021$76.17M589103−23.4%
FY 2022$81.11M58096+6.5%
FY 2023$69.47M512101−14.4%
FY 2024$106.72M496104+53.6%
FY 2025$59.52M53696−44.2%

04 / Federal Customers

Which federal agencies buy from WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION?

Ranked by net obligations during FY 2019–FY 2025.

AgencyCodeObligationsActionsVendor share
1501$165.24M38529.0%
7001$54.45M759.6%
2050$35.29M906.2%
7570$28.52M665.0%
2800$28.42M185.0%
5000$21.27M453.7%
7012$16.55M432.9%
2100$15.93M932.8%
4500$13.97M542.5%
1900$13.47M1022.4%

05 / Contracting Offices

Which contracting offices buy from WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION?

Ranked by net obligations during FY 2019–FY 2025.

06 / Top NAICS Industries

Which industries define this vendor’s federal work?

NAICSDescriptionObligationsActionsCustomersShare
519190ALL OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES$171.86M9085030.2%
518210DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING, AND RELATED SERVICES$153.85M120527.0%
519130INTERNET PUBLISHING AND BROADCASTING AND WEB SEARCH PORTALS$147.52M1,64010025.9%
511120PERIODICAL PUBLISHERS$39.05M283476.9%
519290WEB SEARCH PORTALS AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES$22.03M168223.9%
511130BOOK PUBLISHERS$9.61M100241.7%
541199ALL OTHER LEGAL SERVICES$6.66M74131.2%
511210SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS$3.37M157200.6%
541519OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES$3.21M69130.6%
513210SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS$2.73M43140.5%

07 / Top Product and Service Codes

What products and services does the government buy from this vendor?

PSCDescriptionObligationsActionsCustomersShare
D317IT AND TELECOM- WEB-BASED SUBSCRIPTION$191.24M6014833.6%
R418SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: LEGAL$81.69M1662014.3%
7630NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS$59.09M5154710.4%
7610BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS$54.52M748649.6%
R612SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL$27.60M242314.8%
R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER$24.95M279234.4%
R605SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: LIBRARY$23.36M53124.1%
DA10IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE$15.00M246332.6%
DH10IT AND TELECOM - PLATFORM AS A SERVICE: DATABASE, MAINFRAME, MIDDLEWARE$12.99M85122.3%
DE10IT and Telecom - End User as a Service: Help Desk;Tier 1-2,Workspace,Print,Output,Productivity Tools$12.95M1942.3%

08 / Competition Pattern

How was WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION’s federal work competed?

Competition categories describe the procurement path recorded on the underlying contract actions.

Competition categoryObligationsActions
Competed$372.69M1,988
Competed under SAP$136.61M896
Not available for competition$42.38M580
Other / unknown$17.30M458
Not competed$905.1K22

09 / Recent Contract Awards

What contract actions were recorded most recently for WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION?

The latest recorded PIIDs connect this profile to the underlying federal award search.

Award / PIIDSignedObligationAgency / officeNAICSPSC
95C67825P0420Sep 30, 2025$6.0KDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS DC COURTS5131307610

10 / Interpreting the Profile

How should you evaluate WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION as a federal contractor?

Read obligations, customers, markets, competition, and individual awards together. A large historical total indicates federal scale, but it does not by itself describe current backlog, commercial revenue, profitability, or future opportunity.

01

Separate obligations from revenue

FPDS obligations are government accounting actions and may include later deobligations.

02

Follow customer concentration

Agency and office concentration reveals where the vendor’s federal relationships are strongest.

03

Test market overlap

NAICS and PSC shares show whether the vendor competes in the same markets as your company.

04

Inspect the awards

Open the PIIDs to verify dates, offices, classifications, and transaction history.