Federal sub-agency · Department of Commerce

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau obligated $396.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 496 contract actions (+51% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was IGNITEACTION LLC ($111.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$396.3M
Actions
496
New awards: 163
Sole-source
16%
Small business
92%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 687.3MFY2017
  2. 898.3MFY2018
  3. 2.1BFY2019
  4. 2.5BFY2020
  5. 771.3MFY2021
  6. 447.4MFY2022
  7. 416MFY2023
  8. 419.9MFY2024
  9. 261.9MFY2025
  10. 396.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. IGNITEACTION LLC$111.5M28%
  2. FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.$33.2M8.4%
  3. VIDOORI, INC.$28.7M7.2%
  4. IMAGINE BELIEVE REALIZE LLC$18.5M4.7%
  5. EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.$13.3M3.3%
  6. LIGHTFRONT LLC$13.2M3.3%
  7. IRON VINE SECURITY LLC$11.6M2.9%
  8. QUALTRYX, LLC$10.9M2.7%
  9. J.R. REINGOLD & ASSOCIATES, INC.$10.6M2.7%
  10. THE MITRE CORPORATION$10.1M2.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$308.8M78%
  2. IT & telecom$71.7M18%
  3. Facilities & utilities$7.1M1.8%
  4. Construction & real property$2.7M0.7%
  5. Education & social services$2.2M0.6%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$1.6M0.4%
  7. Equipment maintenance$1.1M0.3%
  8. Health & medical$389.4K0.1%
  9. Transportation & logistics$263.9K0.1%
  10. Research & development$212.1K0.1%
  11. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$126.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$384.5M97%
  2. Indiana$4.3M1.1%
  3. Virginia$3.7M0.9%
  4. Michigan$3M0.7%
  5. Connecticut$2.3M0.6%
  6. Missouri$674.9K0.2%
  7. Massachusetts$232K0.1%
  8. California$138K0.0%
  9. Alabama$122.6K0.0%
  10. Pennsylvania$63.1K0.0%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition24%
    US 39% · $96.7M
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $63.1M
  • Single-offer competitions8.5%
    US 8.8% · $33.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $442.9K
  • Year-end rush7.1%
    US 5.6% · $28M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $423K
  • Time-and-materials pricing49%
    US 4.2% · $195M

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

  1. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC PROGRAMS$16.7M25%
  2. DEPT OF COMMERCE CENSUS$16.6M21%
  3. CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER$10.6M6.8%
  4. DEPT OF COMMERCE CENSUS$5.5M65%
  5. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DECENNIAL CENSUS$4.8M11%

Largest awards

  1. 2020 CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE ASSISTANCE (2020 CQA)$911M
    MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Oct 20, 2016 – Sep 23, 2026· DOCYA132316CN0017
  2. IT INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT SERVICES-DATA CENTER$257.6M
    GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Oct 18, 2016 – Sep 23, 2026· DOCYA132314NC0058
  3. ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES$101.3M
    IRON VINE SECURITY LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2021 – Aug 21, 2026· 1333LB21F00000320
  4. GEOGRAPHY SUPPORT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES CALL ORDER 0006.$65.1M
    SPATIAL FRONT INC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Sep 19, 2022 – Sep 8, 2026· 1333LB22F00000194
  5. AMAZON WEB SERVICES - CALL ORDER 0001.$63.1M
    FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Dec 19, 2023 – Aug 12, 2026· 1333LB24F00000016
  6. SOFTWARE LICENSES CALL ORDER$60.3M
    EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Dec 10, 2021 – Dec 2, 2025· 1333LB22F00000013
  7. FF&E CENSUS HQ REIMANGED$38.1M
    INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, INC.· Milwaukee County, WI· Construction & real property· Sep 17, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· 1333LC21P00000114
  8. GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST SERVICES BASE PERIOD 03/16/2023 - 03/15/2024$24.1M
    NETCENTRIC TECHNOLOGY, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Mar 9, 2023 – Mar 13, 2026· 1333LB23F00000045

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

U.S. Census Bureau obligated $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2021
$10M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.7MFY2021
  2. 3.3MFY2022

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2022.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $6.7M (8 subawards)

7 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. MEGAN TORRANCE, INC.$1.9M28%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 subawards
  2. VIMETHOS LLC$1.9M28%
    HANOVER, MD · 1 subaward
  3. VIDOORI, INC.$1.3M19%
    HYATTSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  4. KATMAI QUANTUM LLC$767K11%
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 1 subaward
  5. ORGANIZATIONAL PROPERTY SOLUTIONS GROUP LLC$379.4K5.6%
    CAMDEN WYOMING, DE · 1 subaward
  6. THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI$352.7K5.2%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 1 subaward
  7. VISION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS, LLC$120.2K1.8%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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
$1.6M
Clients
11
Reports
20

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights$460K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Government issues, Immigration
  2. TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.$310K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Immigration, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  3. NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAHMA)$205K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Housing
  4. AMERICAN RENTAL ASSOCIATION$200K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Transportation
  5. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.$180K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Government issues, Immigration
  6. WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL$150K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation
  7. Baldwin County Commission$40K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations
  8. National Special Districts Association$30K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Government issues, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Transportation
  9. Insights Association (fka: Marketing Research Association)$20K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Government issues, Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV
  10. Santo Domingo Pueblo$20K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Agriculture, Clean air and water, Indian and Native American affairs
  11. COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS$0
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Government issues, Immigration

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 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated —.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.