Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences: federal contracts
Federal agencies obligated $9.1B in net prime contract dollars under NAICS 541710 in the 12 months ending Oct 5, 2026, up 5.6% from $8.6B in the preceding 12 months.
Obligations by fiscal year
Net prime contract obligations across all agencies.
Agency markets for this NAICS
Open an agency to see its top contractors, funding offices, and potential recompetes.
Top contractors
All agencies, ranked by net obligations in the latest 12 months.
| # | Contractor | Latest 12 mo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | $3.7B |
| 2 | Battelle Memorial Institute | $1.6B |
| 3 | The Regents of the University of California | $1.3B |
| 4 | Uchicago Argonne, LLC | $1.2B |
| 5 | The Leland Stanford Junior University | $739.6M |
| 6 | Lockheed Martin Corp | $196.3M |
| 7 | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. | $161.7M |
| 8 | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $62.2M |
| 9 | Smithsonian Institution | $59.8M |
| 10 | MTA Inc | $6.0M |
Prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending.gov, grouped by the NAICS code the agency assigned to each award. An award's NAICS code describes how the agency classified that purchase; it does not set eligibility for a future solicitation.
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