Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 5131: Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers, FY2025

Parent companies by net contract obligations Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025 Code page on GovTribe

The top 10 won 62% of FY2025 NAICS 5131 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$101,910,287 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 5131 or a code under it
Contractors
273 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Lexisnexis Special Services Inc $17.8 million, 17.3% of obligations
Data as of

Contract actions from FPDS (SAM.gov). How the rankings work · Download all 100 rows as CSV · Free to reuse with credit to GovTribe (CC BY 4.0)

Full ranking

Rank Contractor Net obligations Share Trend
1 $17,752,082
Rank history: #2 in FY2023 and #1 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
2 $11,154,101
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 169 since FY2024.
3 $9,557,238
Rank history: #43 in FY2023 and #2 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
4 $6,595,537
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
5 $4,376,548
Rank history: #4 in FY2023 and #12 in FY2024; up 7 since FY2024.
6
Carnegie Learning Inc.
$4,115,346
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #61 in FY2024; up 55 since FY2024.
7
Fors Marsh Group LLC
$3,684,830
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #4 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
8 $2,691,587
Rank history: #34 in FY2023 and #74 in FY2024; up 66 since FY2024.
9 $2,429,359
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #3 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
10 $1,718,726
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #18 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
11 $1,408,552
Rank history: #29 in FY2023 and #15 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
12 $1,390,000
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #13 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
13 $1,353,854
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #41 in FY2024; up 28 since FY2024.
14 $1,339,547
Rank history: #12 in FY2023 and #11 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
15 $1,104,522
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #32 in FY2024; up 17 since FY2024.
16 $1,098,473
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
17 $1,048,995
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
18 $1,020,638
Rank history: #28 in FY2023 and #17 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
19 $1,009,671
Rank history: #9 in FY2023 and #19 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
20 $965,236
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
21 $911,498
Rank history: #20 in FY2023 and #21 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
22 $895,617
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #9 in FY2024; down 13 since FY2024.
23 $872,632
Rank history: #18 in FY2023 and #39 in FY2024; up 16 since FY2024.
24 $829,477
Rank history: #19 in FY2023 and #50 in FY2024; up 26 since FY2024.
25 $713,438
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
26 $712,771
Rank history: #72 in FY2023 and #16 in FY2024; down 10 since FY2024.
27 $708,233
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #42 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
28 $675,544
Rank history: #17 in FY2023 and #43 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
29 $651,031
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #53 in FY2024; up 24 since FY2024.
30 $647,767
Rank history: #11 in FY2023 and #24 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
31 $599,538
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
32 $527,055
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #36 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
33 $506,625
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #20 in FY2024; down 13 since FY2024.
34 $473,741
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #33 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
35 $413,586
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #83 in FY2024; up 48 since FY2024.
36 $410,550
Rank history: #3 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2024; down 31 since FY2024.
37 $367,873
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #7 in FY2024; down 30 since FY2024.
38 $337,977
Rank history: #89 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 96 since FY2024.
39
The Reimagined Classroom LLC
$325,900
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 131 since FY2024.
40 $305,713
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #6 in FY2024; down 34 since FY2024.
41 $284,157
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #49 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
42 $278,674
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
43
Observer Capital LLC Through Source Media LLC
$275,625
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 286 since FY2024.
44 $270,837
Rank history: #48 in FY2023 and #65 in FY2024; up 21 since FY2024.
45 $268,816
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #52 in FY2024; up 7 since FY2024.
46
American Physical Society
$264,102
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 86 since FY2024.
47 $261,413
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #97 in FY2024; up 50 since FY2024.
48 $259,119
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 225 since FY2024.
49 $253,750
Rank history: #49 in FY2023 and #57 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
50 $234,600
Rank history: #44 in FY2023 and #44 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
51 $229,627
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 66 since FY2024.
52 $227,120
Rank history: #32 in FY2023 and #47 in FY2024; down 5 since FY2024.
53 $217,988
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 62 since FY2024.
54 $214,579
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #67 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
55 $204,256
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #68 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
56 $198,583
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #76 in FY2024; up 20 since FY2024.
57 $195,000
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #56 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
58 $193,703
Rank history: #67 in FY2023 and #51 in FY2024; down 7 since FY2024.
59 $182,660
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
60 $178,153
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
61 $177,950
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 119 since FY2024.
62 $173,977
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 90 since FY2024.
63 $171,497
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #75 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
64 $170,517
Rank history: #58 in FY2023 and #71 in FY2024; up 7 since FY2024.
65 $168,840
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
66 $164,942
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
67 $155,832
Rank history: #95 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 214 since FY2024.
68 $148,129
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
69 $147,574
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 170 since FY2024.
70 $144,703
Rank history: #66 in FY2023 and #86 in FY2024; up 16 since FY2024.
71 $143,275
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #85 in FY2024; up 14 since FY2024.
72
Oil Price Information Service LLC
$141,873
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #26 in FY2024; down 46 since FY2024.
73 $128,287
Rank history: not on the FY2023 list and #27 in FY2024; down 46 since FY2024.
74 $125,280
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
75 $118,711
Rank history: #7 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 71 since FY2024.
76 $117,000
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
77 $114,663
Rank history: #75 in FY2023 and #78 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
78 $110,561
Rank history: #52 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 34 since FY2024.
79 $109,800
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 24 since FY2024.
80 $109,590
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 79 since FY2024.
81 $108,325
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
82 $107,074
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 29 since FY2024.
83
Rizzoli International Publications Inc.
$106,800
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
84 $106,226
Rank history: #76 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 24 since FY2024.
85 $105,559
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 22 since FY2024.
86 $105,266
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
87 $104,444
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
88 $100,898
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 94 since FY2024.
89 $100,483
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 173 since FY2024.
90 $93,512
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 138 since FY2024.
91 $93,400
Rank history: #47 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 27 since FY2024.
92 $93,360
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
93 $90,500
Rank history: #93 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 29 since FY2024.
95 $89,955
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 30 since FY2024.
96 $86,425
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 13 since FY2024.
97
Dmedia Associates Inc
$84,554
Rank history: #25 in FY2023 and #37 in FY2024; down 60 since FY2024.
98 $84,460
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 161 since FY2024.
99 $80,178
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 21 since FY2024.
100 $79,560
Rank history: not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; new.
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Rankings for the codes under NAICS 5131

Code Net obligations Largest contractor
51312 Periodical Publishers $53,207,329 Lexisnexis Special Services Inc
51319 Other Publishers $22,955,073 Allium US Holding LLC
51313 Book Publishers $22,521,567 Effective Communication Strategies LLC
51311 Newspaper Publishers $2,515,855 CQ-Roll Call Inc

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 $103 million 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. An awardee whose own actions mostly name no parent, and that no other company's actions name as their parent, rolls up its SAM.gov registration's chain of parent companies: it counts under the first company there that other companies' actions name as their parent, or under the parent most of a company's own actions name, whichever comes first; with neither, under the highest company in the chain with federal contracts of its own. Joint ventures stay companies of their own. 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 2025 ran Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025. 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 FY2024. "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 FY2023, #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 FY2024 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 NAICS 5131 contractors in FY2025?

1. Lexisnexis Special Services Inc ($17.8M), 2. Ebsco Industries Inc. ($11.2M), 3. Allium US Holding LLC ($9.56M), 4. Effective Communication Strategies LLC ($6.6M), 5. S&P Global Inc. ($4.38M), 6. Carnegie Learning Inc. ($4.12M), 7. Fors Marsh Group LLC ($3.68M), 8. Savvas Learning Company LLC ($2.69M), 9. IQ Solutions, Inc. ($2.43M), 10. CCH Incorporated ($1.72M).

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