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Award obligations by fiscal year and type, largest recipient organisations, places of performance, industries, programs and competition, as reported to USAspending.

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Department of Commerce obligated $5.4B in awards in FY2026 and $76B over the five fiscal years since FY2023, 0.4% of all award obligations recorded on USAspending; it ranks 15 of 72 awarding agencies.

The FY2026 mix was 83% contracts, 19% grants; obligations were down 78% on FY2025, with $0 so far in FY2027.

Its largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ($3.4B), California Public Utilities Commission ($1.9B) and Missouri Department of Economic Development ($1.8B).

By place of performance, the most money went to MD, VA and TX.

$5.4Baward obligations, FY2026FY2026 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) · obligations

$76Bfive-year totalFY2023–FY2027 to date · obligations0.4% of all award obligations

$0FY2027 to dateFY2027, through 30 Sep 2026 · obligations

$4.5Bcontracts, FY2026FY2026 · obligations

15 of 72rank among awarding agenciesfive-year obligations

Obligations by fiscal year and award type

$11B

$35B

$25B

$5.4B

FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026FY2027*

Department of Commerce award obligations by fiscal year and award type (awarding-agency view). *FY2027 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

Contracts $4.5B
Grants $1.0B
Loans (subsidy cost) −$82M

Compared with all agencies FY2026

Measure	This agency	Largest (Health and Human Services)	All agencies
Award obligations, FY2026	$5.4B	$2.0T	$5.1T
Contracts, FY2026	$4.5B	$20B	$716B
Grants, FY2026	$1.0B	$885B	$1.2T
Direct payments, FY2026	$0	$1.1T	$3.2T
Loans (subsidy cost), FY2026	−$82M	$0	−$5.5B
Other assistance, FY2026	$0	$5.2B	$21B
Share of all award obligations, five years	0.4%	38.2%	100%

Largest recipient organisations FY2022–FY2025

#	Recipient organisation	Obligations	Share
1	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	$3.4B	7%
2	California Public Utilities Commission	$1.9B	4%
3	Missouri Department of Economic Development	$1.8B	4%
4	Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity	$1.6B	3%
5	Department of Information Technology	$1.6B	3%
6	Housing & Community Development Virginia Department of	$1.5B	3%
7	Economic and Community Affairs, Alabama Department of	$1.4B	3%
8	Administration, Louisiana Division of	$1.4B	3%
9	State of Georgia	$1.3B	3%
10	Commerce, Washington State Department of	$1.3B	3%
11	Mississippi Department of Finance & Administration	$1.2B	3%
12	WV Division of Economic Development	$1.2B	3%
13	Florida Department of Commerce	$1.2B	3%
14	Department of Community & Economic Development Pennsylvania	$1.2B	3%
15	Commonwealth of Kentucky	$1.1B	2%
16	Illinois Department Commerce & Economic Opportunity	$1.1B	2%
17	Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	$1.1B	2%
18	Arkansas Economic Development Commission	$1.0B	2%
19	AK Department of Commerce Community Econo	$1.0B	2%
20	Arizona Commerce Authority	$1.0B	2%
21	State of Indiana	$884M	2%
22	Ohio Department of Development	$850M	2%
23	Economic and Community Develop	$830M	2%
24	The Governors Office of Information Technology	$828M	2%
25	Oklahoma Broadband Office	$808M	2%
26	Reed Technology and Information Services LLC	$754M	2%
27	New York State Urban Development Corporation	$749M	2%
28	Oregon Business Development Department	$697M	1%
29	Information Technology, New Mexico Department of	$685M	1%
30	The State of Minnesota of Employment & Economic Development	$664M	1%
31	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	$649M	1%
32	State of Montana	$637M	1%
33	General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.	$588M	1%
34	State of Idaho	$584M	1%
35	Executive Office of the State of South Carolina	$565M	1%
36	Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission	$533M	1%
37	State of Kansas Department of Commerce	$508M	1%
38	State of Nevada	$470M	1%
39	Earth Resources Technology, LLC	$464M	1%
40	Iowa Department Management	$424M	1%
41	Accenture Federal Services LLC	$417M	1%
42	The Regents of the University of Colorado	$412M	1%
43	Nebraska Department of Transportation	$412M	1%
44	L3HARRIS Technologies, Inc.	$402M	1%
45	Lynker Corporation	$354M	1%
46	Wyoming Business Council	$354M	1%
47	Lockheed Martin Corporation	$354M	1%
48	Science Applications International Corporation	$349M	1%
49	Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto	$335M	1%
50	Utah Broadband Center	$314M	1%
51	The MITRE Corporation	$312M	1%
52	Maine Connectivity Authority	$308M	1%
53	Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C.	$304M	1%
54	New Jersey Department of Treasury	$283M	1%
55	Housing & Community Development, MD DEPT of	$282M	1%
56	University of Maryland, College Park	$274M	1%
57	Deloitte Consulting LLP	$267M	1%
58	Dell Federal Systems L.P	$238M	0%
59	State of Vermont Agency of Administration	$229M	0%
60	Peraton Inc.	$229M	0%

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Where the money goes place of performance

Maryland$7.0B · $277/resident/yr

Virginia$5.5B · $156/resident/yr

Texas$4.1B · $32/resident/yr

California$3.6B · $23/resident/yr

District of Columbia$3.0B · $1,064/resident/yr

Washington$2.7B · $86/resident/yr

Alaska$2.5B · $864/resident/yr

Florida$2.5B · $27/resident/yr

Colorado$2.4B · $100/resident/yr

Pennsylvania$2.3B · $44/resident/yr

Louisiana$2.2B · $121/resident/yr

North Carolina$2.1B · $48/resident/yr

Michigan$2.1B · $51/resident/yr

Georgia$2.0B · $45/resident/yr

Missouri$2.0B · $80/resident/yr

Competition contracts, FPDS extent competed

Full and open competition55%

Full and open competition after exclusion of sources18%

Competed under simplified acquisition procedures9%

Not competed7%

Not available for competition6%

Not competed under simplified acquisition procedures5%

FPDS "extent competed" codes as reported, FY2022–FY2025: $18B coded.

Contract industries NAICS

541519 Other Computer Related Services$3.0B

541512 Computer Systems Design Services$2.9B

541511 Custom Computer Programming Services$1.6B

541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services$1.2B

511199 All Other Publishers$815M

541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$785M

336611 Ship Building and Repairing$708M

541330 Engineering Services$612M

336411 Aircraft Manufacturing$501M

518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services$434M

541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$413M

541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$384M

541620 Environmental Consulting Services$368M

541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services$276M

236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction$265M

Assistance programs listings

11.035 Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program$42B

11.307 Economic Adjustment Assistance$3.7B

11.029 Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program$2.2B

11.473 Office for Coastal Management$1.5B

11.432 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$1.2B

11.463 Habitat Conservation$1.2B

11.033 Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program$940M

11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects$855M

11.032 State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant$787M

11.038 Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program$550M

11.438 Pacific Salmon Treaty Program$543M

11.611 Manufacturing Extension Partnership$539M

11.039 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs$521M

11.477 Fisheries Disaster Relief$520M

11.417 Sea Grant Support$501M

Sub-agencies

Sub-agency	FY2026	Five-year total
National Institute of Standards and Technology	$236M	$47B
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	$3.1B	$18B
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office	$1.0B	$3.8B
Office of the Secretary	$694M	$3.0B
Economic Development Administration	$37M	$1.7B
U.S. Census Bureau	$413M	$1.5B
National Telecommunications and Information Administration	$776K	$878M
Minority Business Development Agency	$1.2M	$180M

Largest awards begun since FY2026

Recipient	Type	Award value	Begun	Place	Record
Department of Economic Development Missouri	GrantProject Grant (B)	$1.7B	29 Jan 2026	MO	USAspending
Jag Ketchikan, LLC	ContractDefinitive Contract	$102M	9 Jun 2026	AK	USAspending
University of Louisville	GrantProject Grant (B)	$69M	24 Aug 2026	KY	USAspending
Washington State University	GrantProject Grant (B)	$50M	19 Aug 2026	WA	USAspending
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc.	GrantProject Grant (B)	$36M	14 Aug 2026	KS	USAspending
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation	GrantProject Grant (B)	$35M	19 Aug 2026	KY	USAspending
Earth Resources Technology, LLC	ContractDelivery Order	$34M	23 Mar 2026	MD	USAspending
Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC	ContractDefinitive Contract	$33M	27 May 2026	WA	USAspending
Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	$32M	25 Jun 2026	LA	USAspending
Earth Resources Technology, LLC	ContractDelivery Order	$29M	23 Mar 2026	MD	USAspending

Most $1.0M+ award value since FY2023

#	Recipient organisation	Awards	Award value
1	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	2	$3.3B
2	California Public Utilities Commission	1	$1.9B
3	Department of Economic Development Missouri	1	$1.7B
4	Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity	1	$1.6B
5	Department of Information Technology	3	$1.6B
6	Housing & Community Development Virginia Department of	2	$1.5B
7	Economic and Community Affairs, Alabama Department of	2	$1.4B
8	State of Georgia	3	$1.3B
9	Commerce, Washington State Department of	4	$1.3B
10	WV Division of Economic Development	2	$1.2B
11	Mississippi Department of Finance & Administration	1	$1.2B
12	Department of Community & Economic Development Pennsylvania	3	$1.2B
13	Florida Department of Commerce	2	$1.2B
14	Commonwealth of Kentucky	1	$1.1B
15	Public Service Commission of Wisconsin	1	$1.1B

Questions and answers

How much does Department of Commerce spend on contracts and grants?

$5.4B in award obligations in FY2026: $4.5B contracts, $1.0B grants, $0 direct payments, −$82M loan subsidy cost and $0 other assistance.

Who are the largest Department of Commerce contractors and grantees?

Over FY2022–FY2025: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ($3.4B), California Public Utilities Commission ($1.9B), Missouri Department of Economic Development ($1.8B), Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity ($1.6B) and Department of Information Technology ($1.6B).

How competitive are Department of Commerce contracts?

Of $18B in contract obligations over FY2022–FY2025 with an extent-competed code, 82% was coded as competed (full and open, after exclusion of sources, under simplified acquisition procedures, or competitive delivery orders), using the FPDS codes as reported.

Where does this data come from?

USAspending.gov award transactions, awarding-agency view, loaded 30 Sep 2026. Agency totals here count awards; budget authority and outlays are separate USAspending views.

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (awarding agency, awarding sub-agency, recipient, NAICS, assistance listing) and spending by geography, loaded 30 Sep 2026; cross-tabulations cover FY2022–FY2025. Agency figures count award obligations only; budget authority and outlays are separate USAspending views. See methodology.