Who is DDB CHICAGO INC.?

DDB CHICAGO INC. is a federal contractor registered under Unique Entity ID ZYCVPMAU6MH8. In the USAspending.gov records held here, the company appears on 64 federal prime contract awards totalling $2,845,687,881. This page reports what the federal contract award record contains. It is not a review, a rating, a recommendation or an endorsement, and nothing here is an assessment of the company or its work.

How many government contracts does DDB CHICAGO INC. have?

64 federal prime contract awards are on file for DDB CHICAGO INC. here. That is a count of one dataset, not of everything the company has ever done: this record covers federal PRIME contract awards (award types A, B, C and D) published by USAspending.gov. It does not include subcontracts, grants, loans, state or local government work, commercial revenue, or any award outside the fiscal years loaded here.

What kind of work is recorded on DDB CHICAGO INC.'s federal contracts?

Each award carries the six-digit NAICS code the buying agency used to classify the requirement. The largest by dollars on file is ADVERTISING AGENCIES (NAICS 541810). That is how the government classified this work, which is not the same thing as a description of everything the company does.

Where does DDB CHICAGO INC. perform its federal contract work?

Place of performance is where the work happens, not where the company is headquartered. Across the awards on file, the largest share of the award dollars is performed in Illinois.

How can I check these figures?

Every award listed on this page links to its own record on USAspending.gov, the federal government's official spending database. Nothing here is computed from a private data source: the figures are counts and sums over public records, and any of them can be checked against the government's own page in one click.

How do I compete for the same kind of work?

Award history tells you which agencies buy this work and roughly what they pay; open solicitations are what you can actually bid. BidGovContracts pulls federal SAM.gov postings and state portals into one feed and summarizes each one in plain English. You will also need an active SAM.gov registration with a UEI of your own before any federal award can be made to you.

Federal contract awards · UEI ZYCVPMAU6MH8

DDB CHICAGO INC. government contracts

64 federal prime contract awards to DDB CHICAGO INC. are on file here, worth $2.8B between them, with periods of performance beginning between Nov 27, 2018 and Feb 25, 2026. Below: which agencies bought, what the work was classified as, where the work was performed, the largest awards and the most recent awards. Every award listed links to its own record on the government's own site.

This page reports what the federal contract award record contains. It is not a review, a rating, a recommendation or an endorsement, and nothing here is an assessment of the company or its work.

DDB CHICAGO INC. federal awards, by the numbers

Awards on file: 64
Total awarded: $2.8B
Average award: $44.5M
Median award: $23.9M
Largest single award: $249M
Period covered: Nov 27, 2018 – Feb 25, 2026

Figures read from our copy of the USAspending.gov record on September 11, 2026. Federal spending data is published on a lag and is revised after the fact, so treat these as the record as it stood, not as a live balance.

Which agencies award contracts to DDB CHICAGO INC.

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars on file. If you are sizing up this market, this is the useful list: these offices have already bought this kind of work, they recompete it on a cycle, and the requirement is already written.

Awarding agency	Awards	Total awarded
1Department of Defense	64	$2,845,687,881100.0% of total

What DDB CHICAGO INC. is awarded work for

The six-digit NAICS codes recorded on these awards, ranked by dollars. The code is the buying agency's classification of the requirement — it is how the SBA decides who counts as a small business for that contract, and therefore who was eligible to compete for it. It is not a description of everything a company does.

Industry (NAICS)	Awards	Total awarded
1ADVERTISING AGENCIES541810	64	$2,845,687,881100.0% of total

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Where DDB CHICAGO INC. performs federal contract work

Place of performance is where the work happens, not where the company is headquartered. Ranked by total award dollars.

Place of performance	Awards	Total awarded
1Illinois	64	$2,845,687,881100.0% of total

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Largest federal awards to DDB CHICAGO INC.

The biggest contract awards on file by reported amount. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov, so you can check the amount, the buyer and the dates against the government's own record.

DDB CHICAGO INC.
$248,960,125
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Oct 25, 2019
Through
Sep 30, 2023
Contract
W9124D20F0026
Check this award on USAspending.gov
DDB CHICAGO INC.
$198,669,562
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Mar 1, 2024
Through
Jan 29, 2027
Contract
W9124D24F0010
Check this award on USAspending.gov
DDB CHICAGO INC.
$182,265,157
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Nov 1, 2020
Through
Feb 29, 2024
Contract
W9124D21F0026
Check this award on USAspending.gov
DDB CHICAGO INC.
$147,718,765
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Dec 1, 2020
Through
Feb 28, 2022
Contract
W9124D21F0056
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$141,974,257
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Sep 25, 2023
Through
Sep 24, 2024
Contract
W9124D23F0460
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$111,551,323
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Nov 16, 2024
Through
Jun 30, 2026
Contract
W9124D25F0001
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$110,980,021
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Sep 27, 2022
Through
Sep 24, 2023
Contract
W9124D22F0323
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$109,670,010
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Nov 16, 2025
Through
Nov 15, 2026
Contract
W9124D26FA007
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Most recently started work

Ordered by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning Feb 25, 2026. Contracts whose end date is twelve to eighteen months out are the ones headed for recompete — that is the window in which an agency starts market research, long before anything is posted.

DDB CHICAGO INC.
$7,027,930
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Feb 25, 2026
Through
Feb 24, 2027
Contract
W9124D26FA107
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$11,949,854
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Dec 20, 2025
Through
Dec 19, 2026
Contract
W9124D26FA034
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$77,568,520
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Nov 16, 2025
Through
Nov 15, 2026
Contract
W9124D26FA006
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$109,670,010
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Nov 16, 2025
Through
Nov 15, 2026
Contract
W9124D26FA007
Check this award on USAspending.gov
DDB CHICAGO INC.
$39,768,112
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Sep 29, 2025
Through
Sep 27, 2026
Contract
W9124D25FA228
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$31,069,998
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Jul 1, 2025
Through
Jun 30, 2026
Contract
W9124D25FA118
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$28,804,399
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Feb 25, 2025
Through
Mar 25, 2027
Contract
W9124D25F0128
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DDB CHICAGO INC.
$10,734,075
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541810 · ADVERTISING AGENCIES
Place of performance
CHICAGO, IL
Work started
Dec 20, 2024
Through
Dec 19, 2025
Contract
W9124D25F0049
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Where these figures come from

Source. Every figure on this page is public federal spending data from USAspending.gov, the federal government's official record of its own spending. Public record, free to read, with no data vendor in between. Each award below links to its own record there, so any number here can be checked against the government's own page.
Scope. This record covers federal PRIME contract awards (award types A, B, C and D) published by USAspending.gov. It does not include subcontracts, grants, loans, state or local government work, commercial revenue, or any award outside the fiscal years loaded here. It is a slice of one company's federal contracting and not a complete business history — treat the totals as a floor.
Identity. Awards are grouped by Unique Entity ID (ZYCVPMAU6MH8), not by name, because the same company files under several spellings and unrelated companies share names. The name shown is the spelling that appears most often on these awards, reproduced as stored.
Missing values. Where USAspending records no amount, agency, NAICS code or location, we leave it out instead of filling it in. An award with no reported amount is still counted as an award but does not enter any total or average, which is why a row's award count can outrun its dollars.
Corrections. Federal award data is revised by the agencies that report it. If something here disagrees with the linked USAspending record, the government's record is authoritative and ours is the copy that needs fixing — the link on each award is there so you never have to take our word for it.

This page reports what the federal contract award record contains. It is not a review, a rating, a recommendation or an endorsement, and nothing here is an assessment of the company or its work. We publish it because federal award history is public record and because knowing who currently holds a contract is the single most useful thing a small business can learn before bidding against them.

DDB CHICAGO INC. government contracts — common questions

Who is DDB CHICAGO INC.?: DDB CHICAGO INC. is a federal contractor registered under Unique Entity ID ZYCVPMAU6MH8. In the USAspending.gov records held here, the company appears on 64 federal prime contract awards totalling $2,845,687,881. This page reports what the federal contract award record contains. It is not a review, a rating, a recommendation or an endorsement, and nothing here is an assessment of the company or its work.
How many government contracts does DDB CHICAGO INC. have?: 64 federal prime contract awards are on file for DDB CHICAGO INC. here. That is a count of one dataset, not of everything the company has ever done: this record covers federal PRIME contract awards (award types A, B, C and D) published by USAspending.gov. It does not include subcontracts, grants, loans, state or local government work, commercial revenue, or any award outside the fiscal years loaded here.
Which agencies award contracts to DDB CHICAGO INC.?: Across the awards on file, the largest total comes from Department of Defense: 64 awards worth $2,845,687,881. The buying agencies with the largest totals are listed on this page, ranked by total award dollars — that table is capped, so it is the top of the list rather than every agency on file.
What kind of work is recorded on DDB CHICAGO INC.'s federal contracts?: Each award carries the six-digit NAICS code the buying agency used to classify the requirement. The largest by dollars on file is ADVERTISING AGENCIES (NAICS 541810). That is how the government classified this work, which is not the same thing as a description of everything the company does.
Where does DDB CHICAGO INC. perform its federal contract work?: Place of performance is where the work happens, not where the company is headquartered. Across the awards on file, the largest share of the award dollars is performed in Illinois.
How can I check these figures?: Every award listed on this page links to its own record on USAspending.gov, the federal government's official spending database. Nothing here is computed from a private data source: the figures are counts and sums over public records, and any of them can be checked against the government's own page in one click.
How do I compete for the same kind of work?: Award history tells you which agencies buy this work and roughly what they pay; open solicitations are what you can actually bid. BidGovContracts pulls federal SAM.gov postings and state portals into one feed and summarizes each one in plain English. You will also need an active SAM.gov registration with a UEI of your own before any federal award can be made to you.

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