Meter Group Inc.

Meter Group Inc., doing business as Meter Group Inc USA, is a manufacturer of soil moisture sensors, water activity meters, dataloggers, and related environmental monitoring equipment that operates as a prime contractor supplying federal agencies with specialized scientific instrumentation. Based in Pullman, Washington, Meter Group is a subsidiary of Campbell Scientific Inc. and competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across its recent federal work.

Meter Group's federal footprint centers on agricultural research and soil conservation applications. The company manufactures TEROS soil moisture and temperature sensors, ZL6 cellular dataloggers, SATURO infiltrometers, AQUALAB water activity meters, ATMOS weather sensors, and related analytical laboratory equipment. Representative recent work includes a $603,626 delivery order from the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service for soil analyzers (awarded August 2024), a $73,266 purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center for 50 ZL6 cellular dataloggers and cables supporting the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite mission validation network (awarded February 2025 under a Total Small Business set-aside), a $90,887 GSA MAS delivery order for cellular-capable dataloggers and soil sensors supporting the BIL ERR16 ENAMES SENSORS program (awarded September 2024), and a $468,000 NRCS delivery order for 100 SATURO infiltrometers (awarded September 2021).

Customer concentration is substantial but distributed across USDA sub-agencies and civilian research customers. The top five funding entities account for 42% of recent awards: the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Pacific West Area (40 awards, $586 thousand combined potential value), the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery (36 awards, $356 thousand combined potential value), the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service Central Region (18 awards, $709 thousand combined potential value), the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (23 awards, $280 thousand combined potential value), and the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (4 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value). The potential-value ranking reflects a different story: NRCS takes 48% of combined potential value across just 22 awards, driven by large bulk orders for infiltrometers and soil measurement systems, whereas ARS Pacific West anchors volume with smaller, routine sensor and datalogger procurements. Meter Group has also worked with NOAA, the Army Corps of Engineers, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Forest Service.

Meter Group operates exclusively under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), where it holds 28 task orders with $2.1 million in combined potential value. The MAS vehicle is its sole named parent contract vehicle in the source data. The company competes in full-and-open procurement with no set-aside participation, though one recent NASA order (the SMAP datalogger purchase) carried a Total Small Business set-aside designation, indicating Meter Group's small business certification eligibility despite its subsidiary status under Campbell Scientific.

Activity has declined measurably. The company received 13 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 332 awards in the source is $6.4 million, with $5.8 million obligated (92% realization rate), indicating strong contract execution but limited new inflow. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $12 thousand), representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term but also signaling limited near-term revenue refresh.

Meter Group operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint evident in the source. The company's category concentration reflects its core capability: Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing accounts for 252 of 332 awards, with Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (63 awards) and Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (7 awards) rounding out the portfolio. Top PSC codes are Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (217 awards) and Pressure, Temperature, and Humidity Measuring and Controlling Instruments (17 awards). Meter Group is a child entity of Campbell Scientific Inc., a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Logan, Utah, which maintains its own prime contractor footprint and government contracts. The subsidiary relationship positions Meter Group as a focused brand within Campbell Scientific's broader scientific instrumentation portfolio, with Meter Group serving environmental monitoring and agricultural research markets while the parent company carries broader environmental data collection and scientific measurement operations.