Who wins the most government contracts in Georgia?

Of the federal contract awards on file for Georgia, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP holds the largest total: 1,395 awards worth $51,603,711,631. That is a ranking of this dataset, not of every contractor in the state: the table above is capped at the 20 largest by award dollars.

Which federal agency buys the most in Georgia?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 601,784 awards worth $103,003,981,403. Knowing your buyer matters — agencies reuse the same contracting offices, the same clause sets, and often the same incumbents.

How big is a typical government contract in Georgia?

The median award on file is $416, while the average is $143,874. The gap between the two is the point: a small number of very large contracts pull the average up, so the median is the better guide to the work a small business actually competes for.

What kind of work does the government buy in Georgia?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336411). Your NAICS code is how buyers classify the work and how set-aside size standards are applied, so it decides which of these contracts you are even eligible to bid.

Do I have to be based in Georgia to bid on these contracts?

No. Federal contracts are open to any registered business in the United States, and the state shown here is the place of performance — where the work happens, not where the winner is headquartered. Being local helps on price and on site-visit logistics, and some state and local solicitations do apply residency or local preferences, but the federal ones on this page do not.

How do I find open government bids in Georgia?

Awards tell you who has been buying; open solicitations are what you can still bid. BidGovContracts pulls federal SAM.gov postings and state portals into one feed, filters them to your trade and state, and summarizes each one in plain English — what the job is, when it is due, and what disqualifies bidders. Start with the open bids listed on this page.

Georgia· Federal contract awards

Georgia government contracts

1,021,325 federal contract awards for work performed in Georgia are on file here, worth $146.9B between them. Below: the agencies doing the buying, the contractors doing the winning, the industries the money lands in, and the solicitations still open for bid.

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Federal contracting in Georgia, by the numbers

Total awarded: $146.9B
Awards on file: 1,021,325
Average award: $143.9K
Median award: $416.4
Largest single award: $7.3B
Period covered: Nov 15, 1988 – May 30, 3018

Who wins government contracts in Georgia

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Georgia, ranked by total award value. These are the incumbents: the companies you will be bidding against, and the companies worth calling about subcontracting or teaming before you chase a prime award of your own.

Contractor	Awards	Total awarded
1LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPSJDEB3MKJEW5	1,395	$51,603,711,63135.1% of total
2GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPL3G5SBQ2PLK5	715	$4,722,363,1273.2% of total
3GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNGABP44KQF33	492	$1,921,584,7591.3% of total
4SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATIONFAK7LNGRNAN5	547	$1,559,767,2251.1% of total
5GEORGIA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCYDLM1KL6LJ5M9	106	$1,407,380,2581.0% of total
6BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCJCBMLGPE6Z71	85	$1,391,944,1800.9% of total
7NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPD9SJDK872X57	309	$1,311,853,3600.9% of total
8INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS, LLCFBUPGPFL74A3	81	$1,103,694,8590.8% of total
9WUNDERMAN THOMPSON LLCSF2NA13BJQU4	5	$906,298,7300.6% of total
10LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS SUPPORT COMPANYVXHLJL9WVYE7	4	$810,100,1410.6% of total
11PERATON INC.ZBPQEJVECCT4	35	$807,873,7830.5% of total
12NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONK515JRH1JFP3	93	$761,371,0310.5% of total
13V2X SYSTEMS LLCRRFJZGASZJ41	4	$718,136,1130.5% of total
14MCKESSON MEDICAL-SURGICAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLCXFHRZSRBK6Q1	6	$694,950,7840.5% of total
15ACC CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.QXNSEJFDC1K3	10	$638,530,2090.4% of total
16DELOITTE CONSULTING LLPCKV2L9GZKJK3	160	$628,083,3020.4% of total
17ALBERICI-MORTENSON A JOINT VENTUREG1BYZKBA88D7	1	$620,217,1970.4% of total
18JCB INC.G525KLUWCM96	143	$587,977,5380.4% of total
19PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC.TFE5W13GFMJ6	101	$581,734,3610.4% of total
20THE GEO GROUP, INC.JMLKZZ1NL2Z6	10	$575,030,3340.4% of total

Which agencies buy in Georgia

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Georgia. Buyers are creatures of habit — the agency at the top of this list runs the same contracting offices, reissues the same requirements, and recompetes the same work on a predictable cycle. Learning one buyer well beats chasing every bid badly.

Awarding agency	Awards	Total awarded
1Department of Defense	601,784	$103,003,981,40370.1% of total
2Department of Health and Human Services	12,611	$20,614,255,69614.0% of total
3General Services Administration	363,848	$6,151,243,1574.2% of total
4Department of Homeland Security	8,458	$4,336,456,1083.0% of total
5Department of Veterans Affairs	10,710	$2,885,189,7842.0% of total
6Department of Agriculture	5,000	$2,353,972,9041.6% of total
7Department of Justice	8,554	$1,708,060,0341.2% of total
8Department of Commerce	387	$797,755,9080.5% of total
9Department of the Treasury	1,228	$731,990,9370.5% of total
10Department of Labor	217	$682,337,0620.5% of total

What the government buys in Georgia

Industries ranked by total contract dollars, using the six-digit NAICS code recorded on each award. Your NAICS code is not paperwork trivia: it is how a buyer classifies the requirement, how the SBA decides whether you count as a small business for that contract, and therefore which of these awards you were ever eligible to compete for.

Industry (NAICS)	Awards	Total awarded
1AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING336411	1,295	$48,853,028,92133.2% of total
2ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	3,473	$10,072,021,4276.9% of total
3COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236220	3,370	$8,535,490,7065.8% of total
4FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	2,823	$7,051,146,3254.8% of total
5COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES541512	946	$5,331,933,7283.6% of total
6RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715	996	$4,149,677,8942.8% of total
7OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES541519	3,752	$3,392,542,2522.3% of total
8CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES541511	994	$2,368,064,4331.6% of total
9OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING336413	8,028	$2,348,289,6571.6% of total
10ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES541611	1,943	$2,347,031,9671.6% of total
11ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES541990	1,866	$2,301,206,9261.6% of total
12RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)541712	535	$1,908,621,6201.3% of total

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Recently started contract work in Georgia

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning May 30, 3018. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

CAMBRIDGE ISOTOPE LABORATORIES, INC
$10,160
Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
325199 · ALL OTHER BASIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
ATLANTA, GA
Work started
May 30, 3018
Through
May 30, 3018
Contract
75D30118P01313
Check this award on USAspending.gov
COMFORCE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
$364,836
Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
541990 · ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
Place of performance
ATLANTA, GA
Work started
May 12, 3009
Through
Jul 31, 2011
Contract
HHSD2002006159530261
Check this award on USAspending.gov
SEAMON CORP
$40,816
Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
711310 · PROMOTERS OF PERFORMING ARTS, SPORTS, AND SIMILAR EVENTS WITH FACILITIES
Place of performance
ATLANTA, GA
Work started
Apr 23, 3009
Through
Aug 22, 2009
Contract
HHSD2002009F29656
Check this award on USAspending.gov
BIOTAGE, LLC
$14,839
Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
334516 · ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
ATLANTA, GA
Work started
Aug 14, 2919
Through
Aug 14, 2919
Contract
75D30119P06366
Check this award on USAspending.gov
SPEECH PRIVACY SYSTEMS LLC
$23,988
Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
541330 · ENGINEERING SERVICES
Place of performance
ATLANTA, GA
Work started
May 7, 2918
Through
May 7, 2918
Contract
75D30118P01071
Check this award on USAspending.gov
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
$74,002
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Place of performance
ATLANTA, GA
Work started
Apr 30, 2030
Through
Aug 25, 2026
Contract
W31P4Q25F0046
Check this award on USAspending.gov
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
$1,564,462,687
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
336411 · AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
MARIETTA, GA
Work started
Dec 31, 2028
Through
Dec 31, 2028
Contract
FA862524F3034
Check this award on USAspending.gov
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
$1,865,607,013
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
336411 · AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
MARIETTA, GA
Work started
Sep 30, 2027
Through
Apr 30, 2027
Contract
FA862522F3027
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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How to use Georgia award history to win work

Most contractors start at the wrong end. They find an open solicitation, spend two weeks on a proposal, and lose to an incumbent who has held the work for nine years. Award history runs the other way round: you find the buyer first, learn what they purchase and what they pay, and show up already knowing the job.

Three things on this page do real work for you. The agency list tells you who has the budget in Georgia; those offices post again, and their recompetes are the most winnable contracts in government because the requirement is already written. The contractor list tells you who currently holds it — which is your competition if you bid prime, and your customer if you subcontract. The median award tells you whether this market is your size at all, before you spend a day on a bid you cannot bond or staff.

A contract's period of performance is your calendar. Work with an end date twelve to eighteen months out is work that will be recompeted, and the agency starts market research long before the solicitation appears. That window — after the incumbent's option years are visibly running out, before anything is posted — is when a capability statement and a phone call to the contracting office are worth more than any proposal you could write later.

None of it matters if you are not registered and eligible. A federal award requires an active SAM.gov registration with a UEI, and the set-aside on a solicitation decides whether your bid is even read. Both are free to sort out, and both are the most common reason a ready contractor is disqualified on a technicality.

Where these numbers come from

Source. Federal prime contract awards published by USAspending.gov, the government's official spending record. Public record, free, no data vendor in between. Each award links back to its page there so you can verify any figure yourself.
Scope. Contract awards whose place of performance is Georgia — where the work happens, not where the winner is headquartered. Grants, loans, and direct payments are excluded; they are not work a contractor competes for.
What is not here. This is a portion of federal contracting in Georgia, not all of it, and it does not include Georgia state or municipal purchasing. Treat these figures as a floor: the real market is larger than what is on this page.
Missing values. Where USAspending records no amount, agency, or recipient, 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.