Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 541720: Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, FY2021

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

The top 10 won 66% of FY2021 NAICS 541720 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$1,104,290,432 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 541720
Contractors
416 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Lockheed Martin Corporation $155 million, 13.2% 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 $154,775,480
Rank history: #1 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023, #2 in FY2024 and #1 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
2 $119,306,027
Rank history: #3 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023, #3 in FY2024 and #8 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
3 $105,728,194
Rank history: #2 in FY2022, #3 in FY2023, #1 in FY2024 and #2 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2020.
4 $93,572,183
Rank history: #5 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023, #4 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 1 since FY2020.
5 $69,486,617
Rank history: #7 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023, #7 in FY2024 and #10 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2020.
6 $60,710,209
Rank history: #4 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023, #5 in FY2024 and #7 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
7 $56,678,224
Rank history: #8 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023, #6 in FY2024 and #6 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2020.
8 $40,341,683
Rank history: #9 in FY2022, #10 in FY2023, #8 in FY2024 and #16 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
9 $37,576,531
Rank history: #37 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 6 since FY2020.
10 $35,788,086
Rank history: #10 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023, #9 in FY2024 and #3 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2020.
11 $30,672,503
Rank history: #13 in FY2022, #9 in FY2023, #11 in FY2024 and #9 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2020.
12 $26,487,622
Rank history: #14 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023, #12 in FY2024 and #4 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
13 $17,150,000
Rank history: #15 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 4 since FY2020.
14 $14,464,087
Rank history: #34 in FY2022, not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists and #44 in FY2025; up 11 since FY2020.
15 $12,174,033
Rank history: #21 in FY2022, #23 in FY2023, #33 in FY2024 and #32 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
16 $9,667,049
Rank history: #19 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 5 since FY2020.
17 $9,652,480
Rank history: #16 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023, #28 in FY2024 and #12 in FY2025; up 10 since FY2020.
18 $7,743,891
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 4 since FY2020.
19 $7,506,811
Rank history: #59 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023, #16 in FY2024 and #11 in FY2025; down 9 since FY2020.
20 $7,260,997
Rank history: #22 in FY2022, #24 in FY2023, #19 in FY2024 and #13 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2020.
21 $7,159,433
Rank history: #32 in FY2022, #32 in FY2023, #22 in FY2024 and #27 in FY2025; up 14 since FY2020.
22 $6,991,977
Rank history: #11 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023, #13 in FY2024 and #20 in FY2025; down 3 since FY2020.
23 $6,575,104
Rank history: #31 in FY2022, #30 in FY2023, #34 in FY2024 and #23 in FY2025; up 15 since FY2020.
24 $6,260,841
Rank history: #43 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 10 since FY2020.
25 $6,076,756
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 114 since FY2020.
26
NCS Pearson Inc.
$5,971,938
Rank history: #17 in FY2022, #26 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 3 since FY2020.
27 $5,682,521
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 17 since FY2020.
28 $5,480,457
Rank history: #26 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023, #35 in FY2024 and #28 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2020.
29 $5,037,267
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 16 since FY2020.
30 $4,252,317
Rank history: #33 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023, #21 in FY2024 and #25 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
31 $4,100,000
Rank history: #23 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 10 since FY2020.
32 $3,760,611
Rank history: #47 in FY2022, #39 in FY2023, #25 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 7 since FY2020.
33 $3,750,000
Rank history: #46 in FY2022, #38 in FY2023, #23 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 19 since FY2020.
34 $3,111,184
Rank history: #35 in FY2022, #35 in FY2023, #27 in FY2024 and #50 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2020.
35 $2,965,325
Rank history: #62 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #32 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 31 since FY2020.
36 $2,929,891
Rank history: #24 in FY2022, not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists and #57 in FY2025; up 21 since FY2020.
37 $2,929,367
Rank history: #42 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023, #40 in FY2024 and #24 in FY2025; up 141 since FY2020.
38 $2,748,715
Rank history: #41 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 14 since FY2020.
39 $2,655,404
Rank history: #44 in FY2022, #54 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 10 since FY2020.
40 $2,557,632
Rank history: #40 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #66 in FY2024 and #52 in FY2025; up 15 since FY2020.
41 $2,352,072
Rank history: #45 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 10 since FY2020.
42 $2,078,045
Rank history: #57 in FY2022, #44 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #56 in FY2025; up 28 since FY2020.
43 $2,000,000
Rank history: #100 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 15 since FY2020.
44 $1,910,574
Rank history: #36 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 24 since FY2020.
45 $1,903,243
Rank history: #54 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #98 in FY2024 and #94 in FY2025; up 61 since FY2020.
46 $1,867,535
Rank history: #61 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023, #49 in FY2024 and #29 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2020.
47 $1,800,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 94 since FY2020.
48 $1,772,202
Rank history: #55 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 11 since FY2020.
49 $1,672,988
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 11 since FY2020.
50 $1,629,181
Rank history: #63 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 73 since FY2020.
51 $1,615,531
Rank history: #48 in FY2022, #18 in FY2023, #20 in FY2024 and #19 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
52
Nana Regional Corporation Inc Through Ikun LLC
$1,490,319
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 10 since FY2020.
53 $1,349,507
Rank history: #49 in FY2022, #58 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 18 since FY2020.
54 $1,248,877
Rank history: #75 in FY2022, #57 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
55 $1,208,755
Rank history: #64 in FY2022, #63 in FY2023, #56 in FY2024 and #71 in FY2025; up 95 since FY2020.
56 $1,180,135
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
57 $1,150,000
Rank history: #58 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023, #87 in FY2024 and #30 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
58 $1,144,679
Rank history: #74 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 108 since FY2020.
59 $1,100,000
Rank history: #83 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 148 since FY2020.
60 $1,078,662
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
61 $1,072,419
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 18 since FY2020.
62 $1,058,212
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
63 $1,000,667
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #93 in FY2023, #68 in FY2024 and #58 in FY2025; up 310 since FY2020.
64 $978,000
Rank history: #50 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
65 $955,436
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 51 since FY2020.
66 $900,853
Rank history: #18 in FY2022, #52 in FY2023, #26 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
67 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 151 since FY2020.
68 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 144 since FY2020.
69 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 141 since FY2020.
70 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 144 since FY2020.
71 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 138 since FY2020.
72 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 144 since FY2020.
73 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 146 since FY2020.
74 $900,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 134 since FY2020.
75 $891,407
Rank history: #67 in FY2022, #69 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 25 since FY2020.
76 $875,648
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 115 since FY2020.
77 $867,345
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
78 $866,755
Rank history: #98 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 3 since FY2020.
79 $863,653
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #91 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #76 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
80 $860,382
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 29 since FY2020.
81 $800,000
Rank history: #28 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023, #30 in FY2024 and #37 in FY2025; down 39 since FY2020.
82 $783,929
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #37 in FY2023, #36 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
83
ASH Stevens LLC
$774,032
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 10 since FY2020.
84 $748,829
Rank history: #39 in FY2022, #48 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
85 $747,803
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #65 in FY2023, #90 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
86 $736,733
Rank history: #96 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 8 since FY2020.
87 $698,305
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #59 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
88 $684,512
Rank history: #69 in FY2022, #64 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 16 since FY2020.
89 $652,267
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 100 since FY2020.
90 $634,958
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 13 since FY2020.
91 $606,291
Rank history: #56 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 55 since FY2020.
92 $599,856
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #96 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 41 since FY2020.
93 $594,525
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists and #96 in FY2025; up 203 since FY2020.
94 $592,106
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 14 since FY2020.
95 $576,139
Rank history: #76 in FY2022, #85 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
96 $572,535
Rank history: #53 in FY2022, #46 in FY2023, #47 in FY2024 and #47 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2020.
97 $564,080
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
98
Analog Photonics LLC
$554,724
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 17 since FY2020.
99 $552,178
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 68 since FY2020.
100 $536,586
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 32 since FY2020.
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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 $1.17 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 541720 contractors in FY2021?

1. Lockheed Martin Corporation ($155M), 2. The Rand Corporation ($119M), 3. Mathematica Inc ($106M), 4. Research Triangle Institute ($93.6M), 5. American Institutes for Research In the Behavioral Sciences ($69.5M), 6. Westat, Inc. ($60.7M), 7. National Opinion Research Center ($56.7M), 8. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated ($40.3M), 9. Deloitte LLP ($37.6M), 10. Educational Testing Service ($35.8M).

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