Crown Equipment Corp
New Bremen, OH Doing business as Crown Lift Trucks Government Sales Department
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 44 S Washington St, New Bremen, OH 45869, USA
- Website
- crown.com
- Founded
- 1945
- Employees
- 10K-50K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Industrial Conglomerates
- Industrials & Manufacturing
- SIC code
- 35 Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $81,257 |
| FY2025 | $605,744 |
| FY2024 | $576,932 |
| FY2023 | $445,355 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Logistics Agency | $73,656 | |
| 2 | Department of Justice | $8,209 |
Contract vehicles
Expired vehicles (2)
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO/forklift | Drug Enforcement Administration | $8,874 | |
| Material handling equipment m | Distribution (DLA) | $22,496 | |
| Forklift | Construction and Equipment (DLA) | $51,159 | |
| Forklift | Construction and Equipment (DLA) | $149,282 | |
| Title: crown - WAV repair requestor: kris carrasco delivery date: 12/31/2025 | Drug Enforcement Administration | $969 |
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Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chugach Technical Solutions LLC | N6523624F0521 | $46,894 | |
| Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC | 0001 | $41,560 |
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About the company
Crown Equipment Corp, operating through its Government Sales Department Division as Crown Lift Trucks, is a for-profit manufacturer of industrial material handling equipment — forklifts, pallet jacks, reach trucks, walkie stackers, stock pickers, tow tractors, and related warehouse accessories — supplying the federal government as a prime contractor across 240 distinct federal agencies with no small business set-aside posture. The company competes full-and-open across civilian and defense agencies; no portion of the award footprint is set-aside restricted.
Crown is headquartered in New Bremen, Ohio, where manufacturing occurs. The federal footprint spans over 1,200 prime awards valued at $2.07 billion in combined potential, representing one of the largest consolidated material handling equipment supply relationships in the federal market. The portfolio carries minimal obligated dollars relative to potential value ($48.8 million obligated against $2.07 billion potential), reflecting the nature of IDIQ and indefinite delivery vehicles that anchor the business.
Customer concentration is extreme and decision-critical. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division dominates the portfolio with 137 awards (11% of total award count but 86% of combined potential value at $1.77 billion), establishing Crown as the primary supplier of material handling equipment to U.S. military branches and DoD-supported federal logistics operations. The DLA Troop Support Hardware component contributes 46 awards worth $5.3 million. The next tier — Department of the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Department of State — collectively represent less than 1% of dollar value. This concentration is entirely vehicle-driven: the $433 million indefinite delivery contract (SPE8EC18D0023) with DLA Construction and Equipment, awarded December 6, 2023, and running through November 19, 2028, is the spine of the prime business, generating the vast majority of dollars and most recent task-order activity.
Crown holds a dominant position on the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), with 750 task orders carrying $16.2 million in combined potential value, and operates under three other material IDCs with DLA (SPM50002D0037 and SP050002D0037) generating an additional 80 task orders. The $433 million DLA Construction and Equipment IDC carries a single-award structure, meaning no competitive re-bid risk on that vehicle through November 2028. Crown's recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months is minimal (combined potential value $9 thousand), reflecting the long tail of task-order completion dates embedded in the multi-year IDC ceiling.
Award trajectory shows decline from 29 awards in 2022 to 11 in 2025 and 2 through September 2026, but this metric is misleading for decision-making: the source data capture reflects a shift from small individual task orders to larger, consolidated delivery orders under the principal IDC. Recent representative orders include a $149.3 thousand forklift delivery order (September 23, 2025), a $147.3 thousand forklift order (May 22, 2025), a $124.9 thousand stockpicker turret truck order (July 24, 2024), a $107.2 thousand heavy-duty reach truck order (October 4, 2024), and a $261.9 thousand wire-guided turret truck order (September 26, 2022). The DEA and civilian agencies (Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Coast Guard, Bureau of Prisons, National Archives, Department of State) place smaller-dollar orders ($1 thousand to $40 thousand range) for discrete equipment, repairs, and maintenance. Crown also leases InfoLink wireless fleet-management systems to federal customers; the newest vehicle is a $151.2 thousand InfoLink lease IDC awarded September 23, 2026, by GSA Franchise Acquisition Services, running through September 30, 2031.
Crown's subcontract footprint is negligible (2 sub-awards since 2022): a $3 thousand material-handling equipment sub to Valkyrie Enterprises for MIT Lincoln Laboratory (October 2024) and a forklift sub to Chugach Technical Solutions for CVN-class ship procurement (November 2025). The vendor operates as a prime sole-source equipment manufacturer with no meaningful prime-contractor dependencies or sub-supply relationships in the federal portfolio.
Corporate structure includes named subsidiaries Crown Lift Trucks Ltd, Crown Lift Trucks Limited, and Crown Gabelstapler GMBH & CO. KG (indicating international manufacturing footprint), though the source does not characterize ownership or parent-subsidiary relationships beyond naming. Crown has been registered in SAM since 2002 and holds over 100 federal contracts historically, though the high award count (1,213) reflects the multi-year IDC task-order model that dominates recent activity. The concentration of value into a single $433 million DLA vehicle means competition for Crown Equipment in the federal material-handling space effectively tracks DLA Construction and Equipment spending through 2028, with secondary revenue from GSA MAS and smaller agency purchases.
Quick answers
Is Crown Equipment Corp registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Crown Equipment Corp's SAM.gov registration is active through February 2, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Crown Equipment Corp hold?
Crown Equipment Corp holds a place on 3 federal contract vehicles, including MAS.
How much has Crown Equipment Corp received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $605,744 to Crown Equipment Corp in fiscal year 2025 and $1,709,288 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Crown Equipment Corp rank among federal contractors?
Crown Equipment Corp ranked #53 in PSC 3805, #59 in NAICS 33312 and #63 in NAICS 3331 in FY2025.
What is Crown Equipment Corp's most recent federal award?
Crown Equipment Corp's most recent federal contract award is ADO/forklift (15DDEL26P00000036), from Drug Enforcement Administration, on August 18, 2026.
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