Which agencies award the most to 8(a) firms?
Top 10 by obligations in FY2025. Leading: Department of Defense ($22.95B); Department of Health and Human Services ($2.75B); Department of Homeland Security ($2.60B).
| Agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $22.95B |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2.75B |
| Department of Homeland Security | $2.60B |
| Department of State | $1.88B |
| General Services Administration | $1.35B |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.01B |
| Department of the Interior | $944.63M |
| Department of the Treasury | $896.55M |
| Department of Transportation | $895.01M |
| Department of Commerce | $762.97M |
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How to read this
- Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays (money paid).
- Business types are the vendor's status as certified for each contract action (small or other than small, woman-owned, veteran-owned, 8(a), HUBZone...). They overlap (a firm can be small, woman-owned and 8(a) at once), so they don't add up to the total. This is who got the money, not whether the contract was set aside.
- Contracts only (industry, product, set-aside and business-type details exist only for contracts).