Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 541712: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), FY2025

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

The top 10 won 53% of FY2025 NAICS 541712 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$9,261,489,270 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 541712
Contractors
183 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $1.39 billion, 14.0% 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 $1,390,372,318
Rank history: #1 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023 and #1 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
2 $833,727,134
Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #3 in FY2023 and #2 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
3 $499,919,452
Rank history: #15 in FY2021, #6 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023 and #4 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
4 $478,780,630
Rank history: #2 in FY2021, #3 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023 and #3 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
5 $425,191,082
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
6 $421,472,504
Rank history: #38 in FY2021, #33 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
7 $335,259,457
Rank history: #25 in FY2021, #21 in FY2022, #34 in FY2023 and #31 in FY2024; up 24 since FY2024.
8 $323,390,415
Rank history: #13 in FY2021, #8 in FY2022, #10 in FY2023 and #16 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
9 $322,263,820
Rank history: #48 in FY2021, #78 in FY2022, #96 in FY2023 and #6 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
10 $267,796,132
Rank history: #35 in FY2021, #31 in FY2022, #32 in FY2023 and #54 in FY2024; up 44 since FY2024.
11 $254,349,052
Rank history: #45 in FY2021, #29 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023 and #19 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
12 $243,772,177
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
13 $205,844,264
Rank history: #12 in FY2021, #12 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023 and #7 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
14 $191,670,932
Rank history: #23 in FY2021, #13 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023 and #51 in FY2024; up 37 since FY2024.
15 $187,539,892
Rank history: #27 in FY2021, #24 in FY2022, #18 in FY2023 and #13 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
16 $177,541,257
Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #9 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023 and #28 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
17 $162,772,275
Rank history: #19 in FY2021, #14 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023 and #42 in FY2024; up 25 since FY2024.
18
QED Systems LLC
$153,132,698
Rank history: #55 in FY2021, #45 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023 and #29 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
19
KBR Wyle Services LLC 3 awardees
$140,424,265
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #24 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
20 $137,760,932
Rank history: #22 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023 and #14 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
21 $133,811,118
Rank history: #33 in FY2021, #28 in FY2022, #26 in FY2023 and #33 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
22 $128,198,811
Rank history: #44 in FY2021, #54 in FY2022, #35 in FY2023 and #32 in FY2024; up 10 since FY2024.
23 $127,285,360
Rank history: #46 in FY2021, #43 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023 and #22 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
24 $126,652,409
Rank history: #34 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023 and #35 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
25 $113,221,993
Rank history: #28 in FY2021, #26 in FY2022, #24 in FY2023 and #15 in FY2024; down 10 since FY2024.
26 $107,820,956
Rank history: #7 in FY2021, #10 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023 and #17 in FY2024; down 9 since FY2024.
27 $85,300,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #100 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #21 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
28 $80,823,644
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #91 in FY2023 and #64 in FY2024; up 36 since FY2024.
29 $79,104,645
Rank history: #16 in FY2021, #27 in FY2022, #30 in FY2023 and #27 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
30 $76,291,695
Rank history: #32 in FY2021, #36 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023 and #25 in FY2024; down 5 since FY2024.
31
SMS Data Products Group Inc.
$63,741,352
Rank history: #67 in FY2021, #56 in FY2022, #45 in FY2023 and #46 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
32 $62,982,890
Rank history: #53 in FY2021, #42 in FY2022, #37 in FY2023 and #34 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
33 $56,800,688
Rank history: #36 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #44 in FY2023 and #39 in FY2024; up 6 since FY2024.
34 $55,669,399
Rank history: #20 in FY2021, #19 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023 and #23 in FY2024; down 11 since FY2024.
35 $53,960,181
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #9 in FY2024; down 26 since FY2024.
36 $50,809,228
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
37 $48,044,939
Rank history: #30 in FY2021, #30 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023 and #30 in FY2024; down 7 since FY2024.
38 $47,809,021
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #51 in FY2023 and #49 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
39 $42,425,337
Rank history: #29 in FY2021, #44 in FY2022, #41 in FY2023 and #52 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
40 $41,458,072
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
41 $40,221,351
Rank history: #37 in FY2021, #88 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; returned.
42 $31,004,796
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #76 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023 and #45 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
43 $28,554,852
Rank history: #84 in FY2021, #63 in FY2022, #48 in FY2023 and #53 in FY2024; up 10 since FY2024.
44 $22,263,299
Rank history: #72 in FY2021, #80 in FY2022, #100 in FY2023 and #50 in FY2024; up 6 since FY2024.
45 $21,643,831
Rank history: #94 in FY2021, #75 in FY2022, #64 in FY2023 and #61 in FY2024; up 16 since FY2024.
46 $19,992,029
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #72 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #57 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
47 $18,298,431
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
48 $16,317,998
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #82 in FY2023 and #60 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
49 $14,772,730
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
50 $14,676,220
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 75 since FY2024.
51 $14,500,583
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #98 in FY2024; up 47 since FY2024.
52 $14,323,704
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #66 in FY2024; up 14 since FY2024.
53 $14,112,286
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #86 in FY2022, #74 in FY2023 and #56 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
54 $13,752,874
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #18 in FY2024; down 36 since FY2024.
55 $13,692,533
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #90 in FY2022, #76 in FY2023 and #77 in FY2024; up 22 since FY2024.
56 $13,135,362
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
57 $13,053,807
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #92 in FY2022, #81 in FY2023 and #74 in FY2024; up 17 since FY2024.
58 $13,014,422
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #87 in FY2023 and #92 in FY2024; up 34 since FY2024.
59 $12,955,499
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #82 in FY2022, #72 in FY2023 and #63 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
60 $12,078,333
Rank history: #97 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #63 in FY2023 and #62 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
61 $11,169,281
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #97 in FY2023 and #75 in FY2024; up 14 since FY2024.
62 $11,062,718
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #70 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
63 $10,255,986
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #86 in FY2024; up 23 since FY2024.
64 $10,114,514
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #69 in FY2022, #57 in FY2023 and #67 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
65 $9,986,176
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #82 in FY2024; up 17 since FY2024.
66 $9,949,161
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #79 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
67 $9,688,073
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #87 in FY2024; up 20 since FY2024.
68 $9,577,447
Rank history: #41 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #54 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 139 since FY2024.
69 $9,437,977
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #90 in FY2023 and #84 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
70 $9,146,149
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 84 since FY2024.
71 $8,434,491
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 82 since FY2024.
72
Spectrum Software Technology Inc
$7,967,084
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #97 in FY2024; up 25 since FY2024.
73 $7,777,470
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #96 in FY2024; up 23 since FY2024.
74 $7,749,841
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 38 since FY2024.
75 $7,087,883
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 27 since FY2024.
76 $7,082,377
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #74 in FY2022, #84 in FY2023 and #78 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
77 $6,449,360
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 43 since FY2024.
78 $5,779,692
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
79 $5,534,899
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #85 in FY2024; up 6 since FY2024.
80
Marton Technologies Inc
$5,422,077
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #95 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
81 $5,372,804
Rank history: #63 in FY2021, #57 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023 and #40 in FY2024; down 41 since FY2024.
82 $5,339,181
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #87 in FY2022, #70 in FY2023 and #73 in FY2024; down 9 since FY2024.
83
Ideal Innovations Incorporated
$5,202,324
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #99 in FY2024; up 16 since FY2024.
84 $5,055,696
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 26 since FY2024.
85 $4,992,003
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 36 since FY2024.
87 $4,424,681
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 20 since FY2024.
88 $4,135,860
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
89 $4,037,083
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 63 since FY2024.
90
Micro Systems Consultants Inc.
$4,022,142
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 45 since FY2024.
91
QWK Integrated Solutions LLC
$3,362,577
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 72 since FY2024.
92 $3,297,384
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 41 since FY2024.
93 $3,286,573
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 54 since FY2024.
94 $3,096,962
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 45 since FY2024.
95 $2,985,959
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #65 in FY2024; down 30 since FY2024.
96
Piasecki Aircraft Corp
$2,800,026
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 44 since FY2024.
97 $2,750,157
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
98 $2,744,330
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
99 $2,456,973
Rank history: #89 in FY2021 and not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists; returned.
100 $2,146,839
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
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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 $9.91 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. 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 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 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 541712 contractors in FY2025?

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($1.39B), 2. Brookhaven Science Associates LLC ($834M), 3. Torch Technologies Inc. ($500M), 4. Science Applications International Corporation ($479M), 5. Amentum Holdings, Inc. ($425M), 6. Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. ($421M), 7. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation ($335M), 8. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation ($323M), 9. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. ($322M), 10. Astrion Group, LLC ($268M).

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