Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), FY2025

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

The top 10 won 44% of FY2025 NAICS 541715 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$47,102,819,546 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 541715
Contractors
3,685 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Lockheed Martin Corporation $5.41 billion, 11.2% 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 $5,413,205,777
Rank history: #1 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023 and #1 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
2 $3,551,315,658
Rank history: #2 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023 and #2 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
3 $2,364,181,445
Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #3 in FY2022, #3 in FY2023 and #3 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
4 $1,933,374,722
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
5 $1,733,790,751
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
6 $1,569,954,913
Rank history: #7 in FY2021, #6 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023 and #4 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
7 $1,406,108,702
Rank history: #6 in FY2021, #7 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023 and #7 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
8 $1,350,048,473
Rank history: #4 in FY2021, #4 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
9 $1,031,917,526
Rank history: #13 in FY2021, #10 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023 and #9 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
10 $1,016,273,524
Rank history: #19 in FY2021, #20 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023 and #10 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
11 $947,408,376
Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #5 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023 and #8 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
12 $817,649,290
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #79 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #13 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
13 $778,380,365
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #18 in FY2023 and #14 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
14 $701,350,045
Rank history: #24 in FY2021, #15 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023 and #17 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
15 $665,705,323
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 272 since FY2024.
16 $634,373,878
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #17 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #11 in FY2024; down 5 since FY2024.
17 $509,802,131
Rank history: #39 in FY2021, #30 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023 and #20 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
18 $498,273,928
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #18 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
19 $497,734,857
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 97 since FY2024.
20 $491,308,702
Rank history: #9 in FY2021, #12 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023 and #16 in FY2024; down 4 since FY2024.
21 $452,116,046
Rank history: #22 in FY2021, #23 in FY2022, #24 in FY2023 and #19 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
22 $431,856,255
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #35 in FY2023 and #37 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
23 $374,752,898
Rank history: #17 in FY2021, #22 in FY2022, #26 in FY2023 and #15 in FY2024; down 8 since FY2024.
24 $363,403,575
Rank history: #35 in FY2021, #27 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023 and #21 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
25 $340,717,952
Rank history: #18 in FY2021, #16 in FY2022, #23 in FY2023 and #27 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
26 $331,584,479
Rank history: #21 in FY2021, #21 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023 and #22 in FY2024; down 4 since FY2024.
27 $302,244,892
Rank history: #25 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #25 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
28 $300,651,871
Rank history: #26 in FY2021, #26 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023 and #26 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
29 $271,301,309
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #71 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #43 in FY2024; up 14 since FY2024.
30 $252,556,688
Rank history: #8 in FY2021, #8 in FY2022, #9 in FY2023 and #12 in FY2024; down 18 since FY2024.
31 $205,062,963
Rank history: #41 in FY2021, #48 in FY2022, #45 in FY2023 and #39 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
32 $175,669,704
Rank history: #30 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023 and #24 in FY2024; down 8 since FY2024.
33 $161,110,132
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #52 in FY2024; up 19 since FY2024.
34 $150,715,257
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 283 since FY2024.
35 $144,425,244
Rank history: #42 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #27 in FY2023 and #31 in FY2024; down 4 since FY2024.
36 $136,509,594
Rank history: #57 in FY2021, #55 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023 and #66 in FY2024; up 30 since FY2024.
37 $127,561,526
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #57 in FY2024; up 20 since FY2024.
38 $126,801,992
Rank history: #74 in FY2021, #45 in FY2022, #31 in FY2023 and #36 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
39 $125,617,809
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 313 since FY2024.
40 $123,887,645
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #45 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
41 $121,612,455
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #75 in FY2024; up 34 since FY2024.
42 $117,704,348
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #54 in FY2022, #58 in FY2023 and #50 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
43 $116,703,625
Rank history: #38 in FY2021, #37 in FY2022, #32 in FY2023 and #34 in FY2024; down 9 since FY2024.
44 $112,225,376
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #49 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
45 $108,323,627
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #46 in FY2022, #46 in FY2023 and #35 in FY2024; down 10 since FY2024.
46 $107,963,270
Rank history: #51 in FY2021, #89 in FY2022, #74 in FY2023 and #83 in FY2024; up 37 since FY2024.
47 $106,099,898
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #71 in FY2024; up 24 since FY2024.
48 $101,446,071
Rank history: #23 in FY2021, #25 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023 and #32 in FY2024; down 16 since FY2024.
49
American Electronic Warfare Associates Incorporated
$100,683,367
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #54 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
50 $96,655,212
Rank history: #43 in FY2021, #43 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023 and #42 in FY2024; down 8 since FY2024.
51 $96,207,849
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
52 $96,094,857
Rank history: #92 in FY2021, #92 in FY2022, #51 in FY2023 and #33 in FY2024; down 19 since FY2024.
53 $92,786,066
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #91 in FY2022, #40 in FY2023 and #47 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
54 $86,232,973
Rank history: #82 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #51 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
55 $83,890,589
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #77 in FY2023 and #73 in FY2024; up 18 since FY2024.
56 $83,706,387
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
57 $83,683,725
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #38 in FY2024; down 19 since FY2024.
58 $82,935,732
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #78 in FY2024; up 20 since FY2024.
59 $82,660,182
Rank history: #34 in FY2021, #33 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023 and #48 in FY2024; down 11 since FY2024.
60 $81,771,653
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #65 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
61 $76,629,942
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 68 since FY2024.
62 $76,405,893
Rank history: #33 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023 and #46 in FY2024; down 16 since FY2024.
63 $73,910,944
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #76 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
64 $73,050,078
Rank history: #29 in FY2021, #32 in FY2022, #38 in FY2023 and #40 in FY2024; down 24 since FY2024.
65 $72,624,604
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 83 since FY2024.
66 $72,617,896
Rank history: #94 in FY2021, #62 in FY2022, #81 in FY2023 and #60 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
67 $72,559,884
Rank history: #63 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #85 in FY2023 and #85 in FY2024; up 18 since FY2024.
68 $71,535,190
Rank history: #72 in FY2021, #75 in FY2022, #86 in FY2023 and #96 in FY2024; up 28 since FY2024.
69 $71,039,222
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
70 $70,300,623
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
71 $69,797,345
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #95 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 31 since FY2024.
72 $66,717,104
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 43 since FY2024.
73 $65,324,430
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #61 in FY2022, #71 in FY2023 and #59 in FY2024; down 14 since FY2024.
74 $64,619,418
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 76 since FY2024.
75 $64,422,632
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #86 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
76 $63,841,548
Rank history: #37 in FY2021, #39 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023 and #41 in FY2024; down 35 since FY2024.
77 $63,492,134
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
78 $61,811,175
Rank history: #56 in FY2021, #84 in FY2022, #57 in FY2023 and #56 in FY2024; down 22 since FY2024.
79 $61,406,383
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #79 in FY2023 and #98 in FY2024; up 19 since FY2024.
80 $60,755,473
Rank history: #87 in FY2021 and not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists; up 59 since FY2024.
81 $60,378,641
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 345 since FY2024.
82 $60,255,268
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
83 $59,993,182
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 364 since FY2024.
84 $59,619,833
Rank history: #28 in FY2021, #42 in FY2022, #59 in FY2023 and #62 in FY2024; down 22 since FY2024.
85 $59,085,984
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #87 in FY2023 and #91 in FY2024; up 6 since FY2024.
86 $59,083,542
Rank history: #49 in FY2021, #50 in FY2022, #65 in FY2023 and #58 in FY2024; down 28 since FY2024.
87 $58,529,490
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 38 since FY2024.
88 $55,757,255
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #64 in FY2024; down 24 since FY2024.
89 $55,594,318
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #88 in FY2022, #93 in FY2023 and #82 in FY2024; down 7 since FY2024.
90 $55,485,370
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #52 in FY2023 and #68 in FY2024; down 22 since FY2024.
91 $54,882,204
Rank history: #61 in FY2021, #53 in FY2022, #80 in FY2023 and #80 in FY2024; down 11 since FY2024.
92 $54,248,112
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #70 in FY2024; down 22 since FY2024.
93 $53,893,818
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #90 in FY2024; down 3 since FY2024.
94 $53,440,736
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
95 $51,524,451
Rank history: #58 in FY2021, #67 in FY2022, #83 in FY2023 and #93 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
96 $51,064,102
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 91 since FY2024.
97 $50,996,577
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 84 since FY2024.
98 $48,712,096
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #87 in FY2022, #88 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 13 since FY2024.
99
Simulation Technologies Inc
$47,930,117
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 52 since FY2024.
100 $46,675,106
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 239 since FY2024.
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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 $48.5 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 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 541715 contractors in FY2025?

1. Lockheed Martin Corporation ($5.41B), 2. Fluor Corporation ($3.55B), 3. California Institute of Technology ($2.36B), 4. Johns Hopkins University ($1.93B), 5. Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC ($1.73B), 6. Northrop Grumman Corporation ($1.57B), 7. The Aerospace Corporation ($1.41B), 8. Leidos Holdings, Inc. ($1.35B), 9. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation ($1.03B), 10. CACI International Inc. ($1.02B).

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