Federal contractor · INDEPENDENCE, OH

AIRGAS USA, LLC

AIRGAS USA, LLC received $2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 208 awards (−49% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $27M. Its largest customer was Environmental Protection Agency ($765.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2M
New awards
208
Sole-source
51%
Single offer
25%
UEI
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Other than small businessForeign-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the AIRGAS USA, LLC company family: 31 registered entities, $16.7M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. AIRGAS USA, LLCLONG BEACH, CA · Family page
    $8.8M
  2. AIRGAS USA LLCKENNESAW, GA
    $3.3M
  3. AIRGAS USA, LLCTULSA, OK
    $2.7M
  4. AIRGAS - EAST, INC.SALEM, NH
    $0
  5. AIRGAS - INTERMOUNTAIN, INC.DENVER, CO
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.8MFY2017
  2. 1.9MFY2018
  3. 2.5MFY2019
  4. 2.2MFY2020
  5. 2.7MFY2021
  6. 3MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 3.4MFY2024
  9. 3.9MFY2025
  10. 2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Environmental Protection Agency$765.9K39%
    12 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$504.1K26%
    20 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$249.8K13%
    137 awards
  4. Defense Health Agency$216K11%
    9 awards
  5. National Institutes of Health$199.6K10%
    3 awards
  6. Department of the Army$140.5K7.2%
    5 awards
  7. Department of the Navy$122.5K6.2%
    9 awards
  8. Department of the Air Force$60K3.1%
    1 awards
  9. Consumer Product Safety Commission$21.4K1.1%
    1 awards
  10. Agricultural Research Service$17.9K0.9%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.6M82%
  2. Construction & real property$253.6K13%
  3. Equipment maintenance$40K2.0%
  4. Facilities & utilities$34.2K1.7%
  5. Health & medical$19.5K1.0%
  6. Professional services$12.5K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$815.8K42%
  2. Suffolk County, MA$253.6K13%
  3. Anne Arundel County, MD$161.8K8.2%
  4. Cuyahoga County, OH$153.2K7.8%
  5. Harford County, MD$149.9K7.6%
  6. Montgomery County, AL$84K4.3%
  7. Hamilton County, OH$80K4.1%
  8. Washtenaw County, MI$74.2K3.8%
  9. Meade County, SD$60.2K3.1%
  10. Greene County, OH$60K3.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition76%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards51%
    US 30% · $993.6K
  • Single-offer competitions25%
    US 8.7% · $496.1K
  • Urgency justifications3.1%
    US 5.1% · $60.6K

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$527.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 7 awards
  2. Environmental Protection Agency$284.9K
    Environmental Protection Agency · 2 awards
  3. Department of the Army$128K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$60K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. Consumer Product Safety Commission$21.4K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. LIQUID HELIUM SUPPLY SERVICES. NIST GAITHERSBURG CAMPUS LOCATED IN MARYLAND.$1.7M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 11, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· 1333ND25CNB190006
  2. HELIUM$1.5M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cuyahoga County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 3, 2021 – Apr 30, 2026· 1333ND21CNB190032
  3. BULK HELIUM SUPPLY AND SERVICE BASE YEAR$1.3M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cuyahoga County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 5, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026· 1333ND24PNB610317
  4. EPA R3 ESC COMPRESSED AND LIQUIFIED LABORATORY GASES$381.8K
    Environmental Protection Agency· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 21, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· 68HE0324P0038
  5. HIGH PURITY SPECIALTY GRADE GASES AND SELECT INDUSTRIAL GRADE GASES FOR OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK FACILITY CAMPUS LOCATED IN RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, DURHAM, AND CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS OFFSITE LOCATIONS$306K
    Environmental Protection Agency· Cuyahoga County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 6, 2024 – Oct 7, 2025· 68HERH25F0067
  6. NIMH REFRIGERATED LIQUID GASES AND RELATED LEASING, MAINTENANCE, AND TELEMETRY SERVICES FOR AIRGAS BULK GAS TANKS$300.9K
    National Institutes of Health· Cuyahoga County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 27, 2025 – Apr 10, 2026· 75N95025F00001
  7. COMPRESSED INDUSTRIAL/SPECIALIZED GASES$289.9K
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2025 – Apr 13, 2026· W91ZLK25P0023
  8. BULK LIQUID OXYGEN$284.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cuyahoga County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 30, 2024 – Jan 20, 2026· 36C24124P0716

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $561.4K (14 subawards)

2 primes

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$399.4K71%
    OSHKOSH, WI · 12 subawards
  2. PERATON INC.$162K29%
    HERNDON, VA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $117.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $634.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $561.4K received

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

33 companies · $17M reported

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$7.8M
    OSHKOSH, WI · 126 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing
  2. ALUTIIQ ESSENTIAL SERVICES LLC$1.5M
    KODIAK, AK · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. NOREAS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC$1.1M
    IRVINE, CA · 4 subawards · Waste treatment and disposal

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 56 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CALCA SOLUTIONS, LLC$93.8M−93% in FY2026
    WESTLAKE, LA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Basic chemical manufacturing
  2. RGAS LLC$50M+339% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Basic chemical manufacturing
  3. (RC) 2 PHARMA CONNECT L.L.C.$25.2M−100% in FY2026
    WEST MILFORD, NJ · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Basic chemical manufacturing

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.