NAICS Code 238990: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
National industry
SBA small business size standard: $19 million in average annual receipts
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in specialized trades (except foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors; building equipment contractors; building finishing contractors; and site preparation contractors). The specialty trade work performed includes new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs.
Code facts
- Part of
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23
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238
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2389
- 23899
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2389
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238
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23
- Contract awards
- 1,025 In the last 12 months
- Contract obligations
- $547,284,724 In FY2025
NAICS codes and definitions come from the U.S. Census Bureau, size standards from the SBA and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Business activities under NAICS 238990
- Artificial turf installation
- Asphalt coating and sealing, residential and commercial parking lot and driveway
- Asphalting, residential and commercial driveway and parking area
- Billboard erection
- Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area
- Boat lift installation
- Brick driveway contractors
- Brick paver (e.g., driveways, patios, sidewalks) installation
- Cable splicing (except electrical or fiber optic)
- Chain link fence installation
- Cleaning building interiors during and immediately after construction
- Cleaning new building interiors immediately after construction
- Concrete patio construction
- Concrete paving, residential and commercial driveway and parking area
- Concrete sawing and drilling (except demolition)
- Construction elevator (i.e., temporary use during construction) erection and dismantling
- Crane rental with operator
- Culvert, concrete, residential and commercial paved area
- Curb and gutter construction, residential and commercial driveway and parking area, concrete
- Driveway paving or sealing
- Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets)
- Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets)
- Flagpole installation
- House moving (i.e., raising from one site, moving, and placing on a new foundation)
- Interlocking brick and block installation
- Mail box units, outdoor, multiple box-type, erection
- Manufactured (mobile) home set up and tie down
- Parking lot paving and sealing
- Patio construction
- Paver, brick (e.g., driveway, patio, sidewalk), installation
- Paving, residential and commercial driveway and parking lot
- Playground equipment installation
- Pole (e.g., telephone) removal
- Posthole digging
- Radon gas alleviation contractors
- Safety net system, erecting and dismantling at construction site
- Sandblasting, building exterior
- Scaffold erecting and dismantling
- Shoring, construction
- Sidewalk construction, residential and commercial
- Sign (except on highways, streets, bridges and tunnels) erection
- Sign, building, erection
- Statue erection
- Steeplejack work
- Street, interlocking brick (i.e., not mortared), installation
- Swimming pool screen enclosure construction
- Swimming pool, outdoor, construction
- Tank lining contractors
- Turf, artificial, installation
- Underpinning, construction
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $3,913,273 |
| FY2026 | $621,083,653 |
| FY2025 | $547,284,724 |
| FY2024 | $589,778,901 |
| FY2023 | $1,303,748,286 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sedona-Nasco Jv2, LLC | $32,192,359 | |
| 2 | Colt Builders And Weil Construction Joint Venture L.L.C. | $24,351,346 | |
| 3 | Pearlson Shiplift Corporation | $14,599,780 | |
| 4 | The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company | $13,911,216 | |
| 5 | Permon Contractors Inc. | $7,459,724 | |
| 6 | Lacusong Leilani | $6,440,355 | |
| 7 | Facility Support Services LLC | $5,992,194 | |
| 8 | Mcgary Construction LLC | $5,466,450 | |
| 9 | Salmons Dredging Corporation | $5,286,036 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of NAICS 238990 contractors, by parent company.
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Army | $434,235,206 | |
| 2 | Air Force | $41,456,710 | |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $37,528,506 | |
| 4 | Department of Homeland Security | $19,906,094 | |
| 5 | Department of Agriculture | $19,853,148 | |
| 6 | Department of the Interior | $16,917,475 | |
| 7 | National Gallery of Art | $14,425,908 | |
| 8 | Department of Transportation | $12,330,758 | |
| 9 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $8,638,025 | |
| 10 | Department of Justice | $6,472,684 |
Top PSC codes by obligations
| Rank | PSC code | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y1JZ Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings | $137,571,925 | |
| 2 | Z2JZ Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings | $68,520,581 | |
| 3 | Y1FC Construction of Troop Housing Facilities | $67,189,210 | |
| 4 | Y1LB Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways | $63,982,749 | |
| 5 | Y141 Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries | $50,761,314 | |
| 6 | Z2FC Repair or Alteration of Troop Housing Facilities | $27,600,185 | |
| 7 | Y1CA Construction of Schools | $23,229,459 | |
| 8 | L020 Technical Representation Services: Ship and Marine Equipment | $14,599,780 | |
| 9 | Y1JA Construction of Museums and Exhibition Buildings | $14,405,653 | |
| 10 | Z2PZ Repair or Alteration of Other Non-Building Facilities | $13,637,803 |
Contract obligations by state
| Rank | Place of performance | Obligated, last 12 months | Share |
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| 1 | Texas | $62,777,467 | |
| 2 | California | $33,413,598 | |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $17,661,961 | |
| 4 | Oregon | $9,510,323 | |
| 5 | Arizona | $8,210,607 | |
| 6 | South Carolina | $7,383,757 | |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | $6,886,741 | |
| 8 | Kentucky | $6,006,219 | |
| 9 | New Mexico | $5,299,335 | |
| 10 | Louisiana | $4,940,411 | |
| 11 | Florida | $4,704,400 | |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | $4,449,350 | |
| 13 | North Carolina | $4,238,086 | |
| 14 | Virginia | $4,087,052 | |
| 15 | Maryland | $3,655,820 | |
| 16 | Nevada | $3,342,532 | |
| 17 | Mississippi | $2,907,399 | |
| 18 | New York | $2,803,201 | |
| 19 | Montana | $2,632,948 | |
| 20 | Hawaii | $2,560,969 | |
| 21 | West Virginia | $2,346,142 | |
| 22 | Maine | $2,282,575 | |
| 23 | Colorado | $2,255,205 | |
| 24 | Ohio | $2,148,003 | |
| 25 | Washington | $1,965,869 | |
| 26 | Alaska | $1,836,429 | |
| 27 | Illinois | $1,594,081 | |
| 28 | Wisconsin | $1,536,801 | |
| 29 | Idaho | $1,405,467 | |
| 30 | Nebraska | $1,238,232 | |
| 31 | Georgia | $1,104,224 | |
| 32 | North Dakota | $1,017,767 | |
| 33 | Utah | $940,964 | |
| 34 | Kansas | $936,412 | |
| 35 | New Jersey | $907,015 | |
| 36 | Tennessee | $728,370 | |
| 37 | Alabama | $712,547 | |
| 38 | South Dakota | $675,601 | |
| 39 | Missouri | $585,146 | |
| 40 | Iowa | $482,332 | |
| 41 | Connecticut | $469,245 | |
| 42 | Michigan | $465,644 | |
| 43 | Massachusetts | $464,535 | |
| 44 | Guam | $370,724 | |
| 45 | Wyoming | $327,886 | |
| 46 | Arkansas | $164,892 | |
| 47 | Northern Mariana Islands | $109,365 | |
| 48 | Delaware | $89,789 | |
| 49 | New Hampshire | $85,342 | |
| 50 | Indiana | $55,893 | |
| 51 | Rhode Island | $54,756 | |
| 52 | U.S. Virgin Islands | $30,025 |
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Shares are of everything obligated under NAICS 238990 in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.
Contract opportunities
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Size standard history
Federal Register rules that named this code
From the NAICS codes each rule's amendments to 13 CFR 121.201 name. Rules that print their size standard tables as images aren't listed.
Quick answers
What is NAICS 238990?
NAICS 238990 is All Other Specialty Trade Contractors, a national industry in NAICS 23, Construction.
What is the NAICS code for statue erection?
The NAICS code for statue erection is 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
What is the NAICS code for posthole digging?
The NAICS code for posthole digging is 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
What is the NAICS code for steeplejack work?
The NAICS code for steeplejack work is 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
When did the size standard for NAICS 238990 last change?
The most recent Federal Register rule on record that names NAICS 238990 in the SBA's size standards is "Small Business Size Standards: Adjustment of Monetary-Based Size Standards, Disadvantage Thresholds, and 8(a) Eligibility Thresholds for Inflation" (87 FR 69118), published Nov 17, 2022 and effective Dec 19, 2022.
How much do federal agencies spend under NAICS 238990?
Federal contracts under NAICS 238990 obligated $547,284,724 in fiscal year 2025 and $3,065,808,836 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are the largest contractors under NAICS 238990?
The contractors with the most obligated under NAICS 238990 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Sedona-Nasco Jv2, LLC ($32,192,359); Colt Builders And Weil Construction Joint Venture L.L.C. ($24,351,346); and Pearlson Shiplift Corporation ($14,599,780).
Which agencies buy the most under NAICS 238990?
The agencies that obligated the most under NAICS 238990 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Department of the Army ($434,235,206), Air Force ($41,456,710) and Department of the Navy ($37,528,506).
Which PSC codes are used with NAICS 238990?
The PSC codes with the most obligated under NAICS 238990 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Y1JZ Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings, Z2JZ Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings and Y1FC Construction of Troop Housing Facilities.
Where is the work under NAICS 238990 performed?
By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under NAICS 238990 over the last 12 months are Texas ($62,777,467), California ($33,413,598) and the District of Columbia ($17,661,961).
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 238990?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 238990 is To'haali' school replace front entrance sidewalk, solicitation from Bureau of Indian Education (BIA), posted November 12, 2026.
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