Federal sub-agency · Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission obligated $98.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 537 contract actions (+5.3% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LEIDOS, INC. ($30M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $98.1M
- Actions
- 537
- New awards: 117
- Sole-source
- 9.8%
- Small business
- 27%
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 70.6MFY2017
- 82.5MFY2018
- 77.5MFY2019
- 83.8MFY2020
- 83.8MFY2021
- 90.2MFY2022
- 112.5MFY2023
- 105.6MFY2024
- 93.1MFY2025
- 98.1MFY2026
- 0FY2027
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- LEIDOS, INC.$30M31%
- BERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC$9.7M9.9%
- 1901 GROUP, LLC$7.8M7.9%
- COMPLETE DISCOVERY SOURCE INC.$7.4M7.5%
- THE BRATTLE GROUP INC$3M3.0%
- MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$2.6M2.7%
- THE FIELDS GROUP, LLC$2.6M2.6%
- COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.$2.1M2.1%
- PIFINITY, INC.$2M2.0%
- BATES WHITE, LLC$1.4M1.4%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$56M57%
- Professional services$37.2M38%
- Other equipment & supplies$1.7M1.7%
- Facilities & utilities$1.3M1.3%
- Construction & real property$1.2M1.2%
- Education & social services$343.4K0.4%
- Transportation & logistics$340.5K0.3%
- Equipment maintenance$34.9K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- District of Columbia$86.7M88%
- California$5.3M5.4%
- Massachusetts$2.6M2.6%
- Colorado$2.1M2.1%
- Maryland$369.8K0.4%
- Texas$343K0.3%
- Rhode Island$283K0.3%
- Virginia$223.4K0.2%
- New York$194.1K0.2%
- Abroad$83.3K0.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition36%US 39% · $35.2M
- Sole-source awards9.8%US 30% · $9.6M
- Single-offer competitions26%US 8.7% · $25.6M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · -$50.7K
- Year-end rush9.2%US 6.0% · $9M
- Undefinitized contracts4.1%US 5.0% · $4.1M
- Time-and-materials pricing39%US 4.2% · $38.3M
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Offices with the most sole-source money
- OFFICE OF ACQUISITION$9.6M9.8%
Largest awards
- COMPLETE DISCOVERY SOURCE INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 27, 2024 – Jul 24, 2026· 29FTC124F0017
- EXPERT SUPPORT SERVICES$15.4MCRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Jan 18, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026· 29FTC123C0013
- COMPLETE DISCOVERY SOURCE INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 23, 2019 – Jun 11, 2026· 29FTC119F0127
- EXPERT SERVICES$12.3MBERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 12, 2023 – Aug 10, 2026· 29FTC123C0032
Who lobbies this agency
Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.
- Lobbying in 2026
- $225.6M
- Clients
- 205
- Reports
- 348
The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.
Organizations lobbying it, 2026
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$14.6MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Consumer issues, safety and products
- The Business Roundtable, Inc.$14.5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- META PLATFORMS, INC.$13.1MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Immigration
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Financial institutions, investments and securities
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Health issues, Budget and appropriations
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$6.3MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
- No FY2026 contracts in its family · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Financial institutions, investments and securities
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL$5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Financial institutions, investments and securities
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV
- National Retail Federation$4.2MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS$4.2MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
- AARP$4.1MNot matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Consumer issues, safety and products
15 more clients ($848K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.
Committees that oversee and fund it
Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.
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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.
