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Planet Labs PBC
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Planet Labs PBC, of San Francisco, CA, was obligated $19M in federal awards across the 1 fiscal year in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023).
Planet Labs PBC ranks 1,723 of 2,836 listed organisations located in CA by five-year obligations, and 18,950 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 3 awards worth $19M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), where it ranks 169 of 596 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $18,622,614 | $18,622,614 | $0 | — |
| FY2024 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2025 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in CA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $19M | $416B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $118B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $19M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $0 | $416B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 18,950 of 30,000 | 1 of 2,836 in CA | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Care Services, California Department of. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 3 | $19M | 100% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541990: 169 of 596 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: San Francisco County, CA $19M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractBpa Call | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $6.2M | 22 Jun 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractBpa Call | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $6.2M | 31 Jul 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractBpa Call | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $6.2M | 16 Aug 2023 | CA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $6.2M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 22 Jun 2023: COMMERCIAL SMALLSAT DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM - GNSS SATELLITE DATA PRODUCTS
- $6.2M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 31 Jul 2023: COMMERCIAL SMALLSAT DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM - GNSS SATELLITE DATA PRODUCTS
- $6.2M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 16 Aug 2023: COMMERCIAL SMALLSAT DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM - PLANETSCOPE AND RAPIDEYE DATA PURCHASE
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Planet Labs PBC receive?
$19M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $19M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Planet Labs PBC?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($19M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CA ($19M).
Is Planet Labs PBC a large federal recipient?
It ranks 18,950 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 1,723 of 2,836 located in CA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.