Federal contractor · LOS ANGELES, CA

CBS STUDIOS INC.

CBS STUDIOS INC. received $16.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−95% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $11.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Media Activity ($16.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.2K
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 2.7MFY2019
  4. 246.2KFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 2.1MFY2022
  7. 236.7KFY2023
  8. 1.2MFY2024
  9. 322.9KFY2025
  10. 16.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Media Activity$16.2K100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$16.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Riverside County, CA$16.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $16.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $16.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Defense Media Activity$16.2K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. TELEVISION PROGRAMMING - OPTION YEAR 3$478.9K
    Defense Media Activity· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2019 – Feb 3, 2026· HQ051619F0180
  2. CBS DO #17$455.2K
    Defense Media Activity· Riverside County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 8, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ051625FE038
  3. CBS DO #19$9,177
    Defense Media Activity· Riverside County, CA· IT & telecom· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· HQ051626FE011
  4. CBS DO #18$7,014
    Defense Media Activity· Riverside County, CA· IT & telecom· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· HQ051626FE003

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.$2.2M+13% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, UT · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Media Activity · Motion picture and video industries
  2. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LLLP$2.3M−106% in FY2026
    UNIVERSAL CITY, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Media Activity · Motion picture and video industries
  3. VIACOM INC.$626.7K+2% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 8 entities · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Media Activity · Motion picture and video industries

Showing the top 3 of 17 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.