Top Federal Agencies by Spending

This ranking lists federal government agencies by total contract spending. These are the largest purchasers of goods and services from the private sector, representing how the government allocates procurement dollars across its departments and agencies. The Department of Defense typically dominates federal contracting, but civilian agencies collectively award hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts annually.

Agency spending patterns reveal government priorities and can help contractors, researchers, and the public understand where taxpayer money flows. Each agency's profile provides detailed breakdowns of spending by sector, contractor, and contract type.

Rankings (50 entries)

  1. #1 Department of Defense — $5.5T
  2. #2 Department of Energy — $816.0B
  3. #3 Department of Health and Human Services — $313.5B
  4. #4 National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $300.8B
  5. #5 Department of Veterans Affairs — $296.9B
  6. #6 Department of Homeland Security — $223.8B
  7. #7 General Services Administration — $176.7B
  8. #8 Department of State — $118.2B
  9. #9 Agency for International Development — $81.2B
  10. #10 Department of Transportation — $70.5B
  11. #11 Department of Justice — $48.3B
  12. #12 Department of Education — $41.5B
  13. #13 Department of the Treasury — $40.6B
  14. #14 Department of the Interior — $39.3B
  15. #15 Department of Commerce — $35.4B
  16. #16 Department of Labor — $29.8B
  17. #17 Department of Agriculture — $25.5B
  18. #18 Environmental Protection Agency — $13.1B
  19. #19 Department of Housing and Urban Development — $13.0B
  20. #20 Social Security Administration — $12.5B
  21. #21 National Science Foundation — $7.4B
  22. #22 Office of Personnel Management — $4.7B
  23. #23 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — $3.7B
  24. #24 Securities and Exchange Commission — $3.5B
  25. #25 Small Business Administration — $3.1B
  26. #26 Smithsonian Institution — $2.7B
  27. #27 National Archives and Records Administration — $1.6B
  28. #28 Nuclear Regulatory Commission — $1.4B
  29. #29 Federal Communications Commission — $1.3B
  30. #30 Federal Trade Commission — $506.5M
  31. #31 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — $427.7M
  32. #32 Government Accountability Office — $406.4M
  33. #33 Corporation for National and Community Service — $366.1M
  34. #34 Millennium Challenge Corporation — $344.0M
  35. #35 National Gallery of Art — $323.0M
  36. #36 Railroad Retirement Board — $307.7M
  37. #37 Commodity Futures Trading Commission — $303.2M
  38. #38 U.S. Agency for Global Media — $254.2M
  39. #39 Peace Corps — $247.3M
  40. #40 Executive Office of the President — $229.7M
  41. #41 Export-Import Bank of the United States — $113.8M
  42. #42 District of Columbia Courts — $112.1M
  43. #43 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency — $108.2M
  44. #44 National Labor Relations Board — $103.7M
  45. #45 U.S. International Development Finance Corporation — $83.4M
  46. #46 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — $58.9M
  47. #47 Consumer Product Safety Commission — $33.6M
  48. #48 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — $27.5M
  49. #49 International Trade Commission — $16.9M
  50. #50 Federal Housing Finance Agency — $13.1M

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