Top 100 Defense Contractors, FY2024

Parent companies by net contract obligations Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024

The top 10 won 34% of FY2024 Department of Defense contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$505,941,046,080 Net of deobligations, by the Department of Defense and its components
Contractors
About 41,631 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Lockheed Martin Corporation $54.4 billion, 10.3% of obligations
Data as of

Contract actions from FPDS (SAM.gov). How the rankings work · Download all 100 rows as CSV

Full ranking

Rank Contractor Net obligations Share Trend
1 $54,369,079,734
Rank history: #1 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023 and #1 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
2 $28,211,738,686
Rank history: #4 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023 and #2 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
3 $24,019,580,575
Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #5 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023 and #4 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2023.
4 $19,740,964,038
Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #3 in FY2022, #3 in FY2023 and #3 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2023.
5 $17,912,432,753
Rank history: #6 in FY2021, #6 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
6 $9,695,348,068
Rank history: #10 in FY2021, #9 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023 and #6 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
7 $9,368,302,545
Rank history: #14 in FY2021, #10 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023 and #7 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
8 $7,530,294,730
Rank history: #9 in FY2021, #8 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023 and #8 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
9 $5,227,226,083
Rank history: #12 in FY2021, #12 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023 and #11 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2023.
10 $5,213,318,309
Rank history: #15 in FY2021, #13 in FY2022, #10 in FY2023 and #14 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
11 $4,963,545,132
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #10 in FY2025; new.
12 $4,601,220,781
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #12 in FY2025; new.
13 $4,333,498,393
Rank history: #28 in FY2021, #36 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023 and #9 in FY2025; up 12 since FY2023.
14 $3,781,082,031
Rank history: #25 in FY2021, #16 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 2 since FY2023.
15 $3,495,579,356
Rank history: #18 in FY2021, #14 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023 and #22 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2023.
16 $3,422,780,812
Rank history: #52 in FY2021, #23 in FY2022, #19 in FY2023 and #21 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2023.
17 $3,096,498,239
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #16 in FY2025; new.
18
Tcfii Valor Buyer LLC Through Humana Government Business Inc.
$3,065,661,739
Rank history: #7 in FY2021, #7 in FY2022, #9 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 9 since FY2023.
19 $2,892,892,977
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #18 in FY2025; new.
20 $2,855,771,737
Rank history: #19 in FY2021, #15 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023 and #25 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
21 $2,830,259,474
Rank history: #22 in FY2021, #22 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023 and #15 in FY2025; down 4 since FY2023.
22 $2,764,898,565
Rank history: #17 in FY2021, #21 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023 and #17 in FY2025; down 9 since FY2023.
23 $2,543,089,487
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #27 in FY2025; new.
24 $2,506,187,607
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #73 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #46 in FY2025; up 134 since FY2023.
25 $2,442,506,744
Rank history: #46 in FY2021, #50 in FY2022, #26 in FY2023 and #19 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2023.
26 $2,211,820,686
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #76 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 50 since FY2023.
27 $2,058,506,093
Rank history: #24 in FY2021, #33 in FY2022, #21 in FY2023 and #28 in FY2025; down 6 since FY2023.
28 $1,950,898,686
Rank history: #65 in FY2021, #61 in FY2022, #60 in FY2023 and #34 in FY2025; up 32 since FY2023.
29 $1,898,754,933
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
30 $1,875,419,954
Rank history: #30 in FY2021, #26 in FY2022, #31 in FY2023 and #31 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2023.
31 $1,865,969,752
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #23 in FY2025; new.
32 $1,858,333,526
Rank history: #26 in FY2021, #25 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 10 since FY2023.
33 $1,746,317,546
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #23 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 10 since FY2023.
34 $1,607,363,332
Rank history: #42 in FY2021, #45 in FY2022, #30 in FY2023 and #32 in FY2025; down 4 since FY2023.
35 $1,595,353,767
Rank history: #48 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023 and #79 in FY2025; up 14 since FY2023.
36 $1,578,363,800
Rank history: #70 in FY2021, #72 in FY2022, #66 in FY2023 and #29 in FY2025; up 30 since FY2023.
37 $1,550,859,244
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #24 in FY2025; new.
38 $1,528,244,623
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #89 in FY2023 and #58 in FY2025; up 51 since FY2023.
39 $1,421,986,668
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #39 in FY2025; new.
40 $1,338,648,485
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
41 $1,328,969,377
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 95 since FY2023.
42 $1,298,795,938
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #44 in FY2025; new.
43 $1,223,704,870
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #38 in FY2025; new.
44 $1,214,383,355
Rank history: #88 in FY2021, #74 in FY2022, #57 in FY2023 and #40 in FY2025; up 13 since FY2023.
45 $1,209,487,056
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #35 in FY2025; new.
46 $1,206,295,157
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #30 in FY2025; new.
47 $1,156,208,083
Rank history: #44 in FY2021, #48 in FY2022, #50 in FY2023 and #53 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2023.
48 $1,149,228,478
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #59 in FY2025; up 72 since FY2023.
49 $1,128,542,610
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
50 $1,122,367,685
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #61 in FY2025; new.
51 $1,117,134,871
Rank history: #50 in FY2021, #56 in FY2022, #41 in FY2023 and #41 in FY2025; down 10 since FY2023.
52 $1,095,806,106
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
53 $1,068,283,301
Rank history: #32 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 25 since FY2023.
54 $1,064,116,836
Rank history: #79 in FY2021, #39 in FY2022, #46 in FY2023 and #56 in FY2025; down 8 since FY2023.
55 $1,062,325,219
Rank history: #100 in FY2021, #94 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023 and #42 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
56 $1,056,767,862
Rank history: #53 in FY2021, #58 in FY2022, #52 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 4 since FY2023.
57 $1,039,622,268
Rank history: #16 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 42 since FY2023.
58 $1,026,141,337
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #52 in FY2025; new.
59
National Presto Industries Inc. Through Amtec Corporation
$1,025,279,789
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #66 in FY2025; new.
60 $1,022,980,328
Rank history: #49 in FY2021, #27 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 17 since FY2023.
61 $1,014,438,845
Rank history: #71 in FY2021, #86 in FY2022, #69 in FY2023 and #51 in FY2025; up 8 since FY2023.
62 $948,067,819
Rank history: #45 in FY2021, #40 in FY2022, #33 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 29 since FY2023.
63 $904,329,871
Rank history: #54 in FY2021, #59 in FY2022, #63 in FY2023 and #60 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2023.
64 $896,259,554
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #57 in FY2025; new.
65 $888,940,162
Rank history: #90 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #74 in FY2023 and #55 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2023.
66 $888,536,643
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #37 in FY2025; new.
67 $871,386,409
Rank history: #23 in FY2021, #29 in FY2022, #58 in FY2023 and #48 in FY2025; down 9 since FY2023.
68 $858,845,073
Rank history: #69 in FY2021, #57 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 15 since FY2023.
69 $800,931,922
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
70 $790,689,582
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #43 in FY2025; up 32 since FY2023.
71 $790,114,318
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
72
Ministry of Defense
$789,873,930
Rank history: #43 in FY2021, #52 in FY2022, #61 in FY2023 and #65 in FY2025; down 11 since FY2023.
73 $783,332,814
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
74 $771,276,068
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
75 $758,238,766
Rank history: #87 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #94 in FY2023 and #93 in FY2025; up 19 since FY2023.
76 $689,434,777
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #73 in FY2025; up 49 since FY2023.
77 $656,595,328
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #86 in FY2025; up 150 since FY2023.
78 $638,159,978
Rank history: #76 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #87 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 9 since FY2023.
79 $636,235,176
Rank history: #83 in FY2021, #79 in FY2022, #77 in FY2023 and #72 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2023.
80 $604,085,914
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
81 $585,735,429
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #47 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 34 since FY2023.
82 $576,047,533
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #91 in FY2023 and #67 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2023.
83 $572,557,624
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #71 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and not on the FY2025 list; up 126 since FY2023.
84 $567,268,721
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #76 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and not on the FY2025 list; up 66 since FY2023.
85 $556,362,840
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #45 in FY2025; new.
86 $550,776,008
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #39 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 47 since FY2023.
87 $543,938,584
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #78 in FY2025; new.
88 $537,884,552
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
89 $535,222,848
Rank history: #75 in FY2021, #93 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #95 in FY2025; up 12 since FY2023.
90 $529,750,664
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #85 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #90 in FY2025; up 80 since FY2023.
91 $512,854,725
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #70 in FY2025; new.
92 $506,552,119
Rank history: #60 in FY2021, #54 in FY2022, #38 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 54 since FY2023.
93 $503,312,509
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #89 in FY2025; up 24 since FY2023.
94 $501,164,737
Rank history: #89 in FY2021, #87 in FY2022, #83 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 11 since FY2023.
95 $497,547,695
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #100 in FY2025; new.
96 $485,301,712
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #24 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 72 since FY2023.
97 $478,995,037
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
98 $478,116,931
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 97 since FY2023.
99 $476,601,386
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #64 in FY2025; new.
100 $474,718,303
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
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Rankings by defense component

Component Net obligations Largest contractor
Department of the Navy $144,912,806,154 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Department of the Army $141,001,347,188 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Department of the Air Force $115,917,496,675 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Defense Logistics Agency $47,598,053,013 Cencora, Inc.
Defense Health Agency $20,365,890,150 Humana Government Business Inc.
DOD Missile Defense Agency $8,701,378,266 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Office of the Secretary of Defense $6,404,058,037 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
Defense Information Systems Agency $4,378,173,241 Leidos Holdings, Inc.
United States Special Operations Command $4,182,551,520 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency $2,652,774,721 The Boeing Company
DOD Washington Headquarters Service $2,418,123,176 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
Defense Threat Reduction Agency $1,584,163,151 Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency $1,138,327,823 CACI International Inc.
Defense Human Resources Activity $1,103,919,155 Inspiritec Inc.
Department of Defense Education Activity $941,107,387 Leidos Holdings, Inc.
Defense Commissary Agency $539,387,977 Nelson Refrigeration Inc.
Defense Finance and Accounting Service $437,971,482 CACI International Inc.
Defense Security Cooperation Agency $281,083,950 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
Defense Microelectronics Activity $194,212,254 Globalfoundries U.S. Inc.
Department of Defense United States Transportation Command $170,608,230 International Auto Logistics, LLC
Department of Defense Cyber Command $156,605,071 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
Defense Media Activity $117,453,751 Zolon TECH Inc.
Defense Contract Management Agency $78,426,091 The Boeing Company
DOD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences $69,194,066 The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
Department of Defense Inspector General $64,305,882 Microsoft Corporation
Defense Contract Audit Agency $49,411,748 Creative It Solutions LLC
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How this ranking works

  • Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
  • Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $528 billion obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
  • Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
  • Fiscal year 2024 ran Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024. The Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late, so a fiscal year is ranked once they're in, in February, and the list doesn't change after.
  • Rank changes compare with FY2023. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
  • Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list. The step from FY2023 takes the color of the rank change beside it.
  • Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

Quick answers

Who were the top 10 defense contractors in FY2024?

1. Lockheed Martin Corporation ($54.4B), 2. RTX Corporation ($28.2B), 3. The Boeing Company ($24B), 4. General Dynamics Corporation ($19.7B), 5. Northrop Grumman Corporation ($17.9B), 6. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. ($9.7B), 7. BAE Systems ($9.37B), 8. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. ($7.53B), 9. Leidos Holdings, Inc. ($5.23B), 10. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation ($5.21B).

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