Federal contractor · BROOKFIELD, MO

BETTER BY DESIGN LLC

BETTER BY DESIGN LLC received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−50% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $73.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($1.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
10
Sole-source
92%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-owned8(a) programHUBZone firm

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2017
  2. 3.9MFY2018
  3. 6.1MFY2019
  4. 16.9MFY2020
  5. 6.5MFY2021
  6. 16.4MFY2022
  7. 9.4MFY2023
  8. 9.2MFY2024
  9. 2.4MFY2025
  10. 1.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 8 awards
  2. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$1.2M97%
  2. Facilities & utilities$35.8K2.9%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$2,8490.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Linn County, MO$62.1K5.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $1.1M
  • Sole-source awards92%
    US 30% · $1.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $500
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. Department of the Army· Monroe County, MO· Construction & real property· Aug 30, 2024 – Jun 2, 2026· W912DY24C0033
  2. Department of the Army· Atchison County, MO· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2023 – Feb 19, 2026· W9128F23C0043
  3. Environmental Protection Agency· Madison County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 17, 2026· 68HE0723F0151
  4. Department of the Army· St. Louis city, MO· Construction & real property· Sep 3, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· W912P925FA044
  5. Department of the Army· Minnehaha County, SD· Construction & real property· Aug 8, 2025 – May 28, 2026· W912EK25C0017
  6. Environmental Protection Agency· Madison County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 13, 2026· 68HE0723F0150
  7. Department of the Army· Linn County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Feb 28, 2024 – Feb 23, 2026· W911SA24P3044
  8. Department of the Army· LaSalle County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025· W912EK25PA031

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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MARION HILL ASSOCIATES, INC$10.8M−43% in FY2026
    NEW BRIGHTON, PA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other heavy and civil engineering constructionArmy · Other specialty trade contractors
  2. ROD TRANSPORT INC$8.5M+293% in FY2026
    WEST SACRAMENTO, CA · 2 entities · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other heavy and civil engineering constructionArmy · Other specialty trade contractors
  3. BENTON, MO · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other heavy and civil engineering construction

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.