Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 54171: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, FY2021

Parent companies by net contract obligations Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021 Code page on GovTribe

The top 10 won 37% of FY2021 NAICS 54171 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$49,391,519,984 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 54171 or a code under it
Contractors
4,514 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Lockheed Martin Corporation $3.93 billion, 7.7% 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 $3,928,300,591
Rank history: #1 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023, #1 in FY2024 and #1 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2020.
2 $3,053,730,401
Rank history: #2 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023, #2 in FY2024 and #2 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2020.
3 $2,299,509,193
Rank history: #3 in FY2022, #3 in FY2023, #4 in FY2024 and #3 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
4 $1,870,840,276
Rank history: #4 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023, #5 in FY2024 and #7 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2020.
5 $1,724,879,947
Rank history: #16 in FY2022, #23 in FY2023, #19 in FY2024 and #27 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2020.
6 $1,389,520,650
Rank history: #5 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023, #3 in FY2024 and #5 in FY2025; up 6 since FY2020.
7 $1,305,283,900
Rank history: #6 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023, #13 in FY2024 and #13 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
8 $1,212,272,645
Rank history: #15 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023, #22 in FY2024 and #21 in FY2025; up 7 since FY2020.
9 $1,157,708,880
Rank history: #9 in FY2022, #9 in FY2023, #6 in FY2024 and #8 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
10 $1,154,224,143
Rank history: #8 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023, #8 in FY2024 and #9 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
11 $1,037,526,475
Rank history: #7 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023, #32 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 1 since FY2020.
12 $996,863,717
Rank history: #11 in FY2022, #19 in FY2023, #40 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 5 since FY2020.
13 $990,568,315
Rank history: #10 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023, #12 in FY2024 and #16 in FY2025; up 8 since FY2020.
14 $724,780,749
Rank history: #12 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023, #9 in FY2024 and #10 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
15 $696,686,320
Rank history: #18 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023, #39 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 5 since FY2020.
16 $692,989,404
Rank history: #61 in FY2022, #18 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2020.
17 $667,585,945
Rank history: #13 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023, #14 in FY2024 and #17 in FY2025; down 3 since FY2020.
18 $587,241,583
Rank history: #17 in FY2022, #10 in FY2023, #10 in FY2024 and #15 in FY2025; up 12 since FY2020.
19 $562,227,342
Rank history: #19 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023, #26 in FY2024 and #20 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2020.
20 $485,941,063
Rank history: #28 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 3 since FY2020.
21 $472,493,214
Rank history: #20 in FY2022, #21 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
22 $442,350,468
Rank history: #14 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023, #20 in FY2024 and #38 in FY2025; up 46 since FY2020.
23 $417,956,626
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 49 since FY2020.
24 $409,176,219
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #68 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 7 since FY2020.
25 $396,340,789
Rank history: #23 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023, #16 in FY2024 and #11 in FY2025; down 3 since FY2020.
26 $361,068,525
Rank history: #29 in FY2022, #35 in FY2023, #17 in FY2024 and #19 in FY2025; up 14 since FY2020.
27 $305,774,324
Rank history: #22 in FY2022, #26 in FY2023, #23 in FY2024 and #25 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
28 $285,371,648
Rank history: #25 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023, #30 in FY2024 and #36 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
29 $280,937,614
Rank history: #51 in FY2022, #81 in FY2023, #75 in FY2024 and #85 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
30 $279,702,965
Rank history: #26 in FY2022, #24 in FY2023, #28 in FY2024 and #22 in FY2025; down 4 since FY2020.
31 $277,256,789
Rank history: #35 in FY2022, #40 in FY2023, #25 in FY2024 and #31 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2020.
32 $259,355,627
Rank history: #27 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023, #56 in FY2024 and #44 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2020.
33 $252,615,202
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2020.
34 $232,547,030
Rank history: #34 in FY2022, #38 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2020.
35 $225,933,177
Rank history: #44 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 9 since FY2020.
36 $213,299,238
Rank history: #38 in FY2022, #44 in FY2023, #48 in FY2024 and #56 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
37 $212,671,807
Rank history: #36 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023, #36 in FY2024 and #40 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2020.
38 $211,292,225
Rank history: #63 in FY2022, #33 in FY2023, #87 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 8 since FY2020.
39 $210,089,391
Rank history: #85 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 377 since FY2020.
40 $195,918,739
Rank history: #33 in FY2022, #34 in FY2023, #31 in FY2024 and #33 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
41 $188,912,114
Rank history: #42 in FY2022, #37 in FY2023, #35 in FY2024 and #35 in FY2025; down 4 since FY2020.
42 $188,165,208
Rank history: #46 in FY2022, #48 in FY2023, #57 in FY2024 and #63 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
43 $180,194,097
Rank history: #39 in FY2022, #70 in FY2023, #49 in FY2024 and #30 in FY2025; up 14 since FY2020.
44 $171,618,297
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #34 in FY2024 and #34 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
45 $160,783,975
Rank history: #32 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023, #55 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 24 since FY2020.
46 $156,882,379
Rank history: #30 in FY2022, #46 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 7 since FY2020.
47 $156,406,056
Rank history: #47 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023, #46 in FY2024 and #54 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
48 $155,606,033
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 46 since FY2020.
49 $151,275,548
Rank history: #43 in FY2022, #54 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 11 since FY2020.
50 $139,679,432
Rank history: #40 in FY2022, #74 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 204 since FY2020.
51 $138,089,110
Rank history: #45 in FY2022, #63 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 12 since FY2020.
52 $136,172,422
Rank history: #50 in FY2022, #50 in FY2023, #47 in FY2024 and #39 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2020.
53 $135,417,977
Rank history: #59 in FY2022, #64 in FY2023, #65 in FY2024 and #91 in FY2025; up 33 since FY2020.
54 $134,478,845
Rank history: #81 in FY2022, #94 in FY2023, #95 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 5 since FY2020.
55 $134,090,254
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
56 $133,469,352
Rank history: #74 in FY2022, #60 in FY2023, #76 in FY2024 and #86 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
57 $132,937,822
Rank history: #55 in FY2022, #66 in FY2023, #74 in FY2024 and #79 in FY2025; down 6 since FY2020.
58 $130,012,274
Rank history: #67 in FY2022, #57 in FY2023, #44 in FY2024 and #48 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
59 $129,583,475
Rank history: #60 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #83 in FY2024 and #88 in FY2025; up 91 since FY2020.
60 $129,101,616
Rank history: #52 in FY2022, #69 in FY2023, #89 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 10 since FY2020.
61 $127,829,715
Rank history: #58 in FY2022, #52 in FY2023, #54 in FY2024 and #57 in FY2025; up 19 since FY2020.
62 $122,858,339
Rank history: #48 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023, #43 in FY2024 and #32 in FY2025; down 6 since FY2020.
63 $112,567,056
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #65 in FY2023, #69 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 2 since FY2020.
64 $109,802,164
Rank history: #53 in FY2022, #72 in FY2023, #72 in FY2024 and #75 in FY2025; down 22 since FY2020.
65 $109,000,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
66 $108,313,820
Rank history: #72 in FY2022, #73 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #55 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
67 $108,248,468
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #62 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 5 since FY2020.
68 $108,199,451
Rank history: #66 in FY2022, #92 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 4 since FY2020.
69 $104,744,936
Rank history: #73 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #77 in FY2024 and #90 in FY2025; up 12 since FY2020.
70 $99,681,655
Rank history: #65 in FY2022, #58 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 6 since FY2020.
71 $98,687,310
Rank history: #70 in FY2022, #85 in FY2023, #68 in FY2024 and #99 in FY2025; up 24 since FY2020.
72 $95,390,346
Rank history: #64 in FY2022, #45 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 20 since FY2020.
73 $94,075,440
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
74 $92,544,174
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 23 since FY2020.
75 $92,280,917
Rank history: #93 in FY2022, #95 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 5 since FY2020.
76 $91,082,716
Rank history: #71 in FY2022, #39 in FY2023, #29 in FY2024 and #29 in FY2025; down 33 since FY2020.
77 $90,554,626
Rank history: #92 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 19 since FY2020.
78 $89,708,935
Rank history: #80 in FY2022, #93 in FY2023, #84 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 7 since FY2020.
79 $85,503,043
Rank history: #78 in FY2022, #75 in FY2023, #59 in FY2024 and #42 in FY2025; down 6 since FY2020.
80 $79,074,044
Rank history: #82 in FY2022, #71 in FY2023, #67 in FY2024 and #70 in FY2025; up 27 since FY2020.
81 $78,771,359
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 120 since FY2020.
82 $77,736,106
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 7 since FY2020.
83 $77,679,004
Rank history: #98 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 22 since FY2020.
84 $75,596,837
Rank history: #68 in FY2022, #84 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 148 since FY2020.
85 $73,279,743
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists and #58 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
86 $70,197,749
Rank history: #87 in FY2022, #78 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 22 since FY2020.
87 $67,302,742
Rank history: #95 in FY2022, #98 in FY2023, #97 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 4 since FY2020.
88 $67,176,643
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #7 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 41 since FY2020.
89 $64,375,704
Rank history: #49 in FY2022, #56 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 55 since FY2020.
90 $63,871,126
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 12 since FY2020.
91 $62,657,275
Rank history: #90 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #92 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 2 since FY2020.
92 $62,447,334
Rank history: #99 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 11 since FY2020.
93 $61,733,031
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 14 since FY2020.
94 $59,491,244
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists and #80 in FY2025; up 22 since FY2020.
95 $59,370,676
Rank history: #79 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023, #62 in FY2024 and #61 in FY2025; down 10 since FY2020.
96 $58,576,523
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 26 since FY2020.
97 $57,245,791
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 102 since FY2020.
98 $55,995,760
Rank history: #97 in FY2022, not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists and #87 in FY2025; up 42 since FY2020.
99 $55,551,662
Rank history: #94 in FY2022, #97 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 17 since FY2020.
100 $54,478,011
Rank history: #86 in FY2022, #87 in FY2023, #100 in FY2024 and #53 in FY2025; up 18 since FY2020.
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Rankings for the codes under NAICS 54171

Code Net obligations Largest contractor
541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) $30,006,125,499 Lockheed Martin Corporation
541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) $2,499,078,115 The Boeing Company
541713 Research and Development in Nanotechnology $201,218,937 General Atomic Technologies Corporation

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 $51.1 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 2021 ran Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021. 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 FY2020. "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 FY2020 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 54171 contractors in FY2021?

1. Lockheed Martin Corporation ($3.93B), 2. Fluor Corporation ($3.05B), 3. California Institute of Technology ($2.3B), 4. Leidos Holdings, Inc. ($1.87B), 5. The Boeing Company ($1.72B), 6. Northrop Grumman Corporation ($1.39B), 7. The Mitre Corporation ($1.31B), 8. RTX Corporation ($1.21B), 9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($1.16B), 10. The Aerospace Corporation ($1.15B).

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