Federal contractor · SAINT LOUIS, MO

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC received $5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 189 awards (−11% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23.3M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($2.3M). It also received $161.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$5M
New awards
189
Sole-source
64%
Single offer
16%
UEI
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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.

13 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $5.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLCSAINT LOUIS, MO · Family page
    $5M
  2. TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLCSAINT LOUIS, MO
    $148.6K
  3. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCSAINT LOUIS, MO
    $130.5K
  4. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCRENO, NV
    $113.6K
  5. BRESNAN BROADBAND OF MONTANA, LLCBILLINGS, MT
    $2,824
  6. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLCSAINT LOUIS, MO
    $105
  7. BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS, LLCMAITLAND, FL
    $0
  8. CHARTER CABLE PARTNERS, LLCSAINT LOUIS, MO
    $0
  9. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCWORCESTER, MA
    $0
  10. TIME WARNER CABLE SAN ANTONIO, L.P.SAN ANTONIO, TX
    $0
  11. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.NEW YORK, NY
    $0
  12. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS VI, LLCSAINT LOUIS, MO
    -$200
  13. TIME WARNER CABLE INC.EL SEGUNDO, CA
    -$400

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 213KFY2017
  2. 263.8KFY2018
  3. 282.4KFY2019
  4. 256.4KFY2020
  5. 1.1MFY2021
  6. 2MFY2022
  7. 3.5MFY2023
  8. 4.9MFY2024
  9. 5.7MFY2025
  10. 5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$2.3M45%
    30 awards
  2. Department of the Army$664.1K13%
    22 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$520.4K10%
    23 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$353.8K7.0%
    13 awards
  5. U.S. Marshals Service$299.4K5.9%
    21 awards
  6. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$216.3K4.3%
    7 awards
  7. Drug Enforcement Administration$140.4K2.8%
    46 awards
  8. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$106.5K2.1%
    3 awards
  9. U.S. Secret Service$88.6K1.8%
    1 awards
  10. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$55.1K1.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$4.1M82%
  2. Equipment maintenance$404.6K8.0%
  3. Facilities & utilities$196.2K3.9%
  4. Professional services$182.4K3.6%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$122.2K2.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. St. Louis County, MO$744K15%
  2. Honolulu County, HI$634K13%
  3. Orange County, FL$623.1K12%
  4. Bexar County, TX$523.1K10%
  5. Bell County, TX$385.4K7.6%
  6. Cumberland County, NC$208.8K4.1%
  7. Kern County, CA$199.2K4.0%
  8. Jefferson County, NY$124.5K2.5%
  9. Los Angeles County, CA$109.8K2.2%
  10. Chattahoochee County, GA$94K1.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition80%
    US 39% · $4M
  • Sole-source awards64%
    US 30% · $3.2M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $810K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$1.3M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 5 awards
  2. Department of the Army$583K
    Department of Defense · 5 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$303.9K
    Department of Defense · 5 awards
  4. U.S. Marshals Service$277K
    Department of Justice · 4 awards
  5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$182K
    Department of Homeland Security · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. CTX CABLE & INTERNET$1.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Bell County, TX· IT & telecom· Mar 28, 2024 – Jul 20, 2026· 36C25724P0237
  2. CABLE TV WIFI SERVICES$877.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Kings County, NY· IT & telecom· Jul 23, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026· 36C24223C0147
  3. HDTV & DEDICATED FIBER INTERNET NETWORK$511.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Orange County, FL· IT & telecom· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 36C24826N0771
  4. STX CABLE / INTERNET SERVICES$400K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Bexar County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Feb 20, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· 36C25726P0199
  5. CABLE TV AND WI-FI SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT$343.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cumberland County, NC· IT & telecom· Mar 1, 2023 – May 19, 2026· 36C24623P0637
  6. CHARTER SPECTRUM IPTV OR EQUAL SERVICE$321.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Los Angeles County, CA· IT & telecom· Aug 7, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 36C26224P1437
  7. WIFI INTERNET AND CABLE SERVICES$274.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· St. Louis County, MO· Professional services· Oct 3, 2021 – Feb 10, 2026· 36C25522C0003
  8. CABLE TELEVISION$258.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, AL· IT & telecom· Oct 1, 2023 – Nov 24, 2025· FA330024C0002

Federal grants & assistance received

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.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC received $161.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 12,408 actions (9,732 new awards). Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($139.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$161.9M
New awards
9,732
Actions
12.4K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 161.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$161.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$139.9M86%
  2. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$22.1M14%
  3. 32.007 · Connected Care Pilot Program-$5650.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$161.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.3M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699007137
  2. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.3M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 15, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026· SL-2599010088
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699009134
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 15, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026· SL-2599008224
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· SL-2699026332
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES$1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2024 – Feb 15, 2026· SL-2399000960

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2026.

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: $96.8K (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $9.2M (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. MISSOURI$9.2M99%
    JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 2 subawards
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$96.8K1.0%
    AURORA, CO · 5 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $23.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $79.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · -$13.8K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $9.3M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

6 companies · $33.8M reported

  1. STATE OF INDIANA$23.8M
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 1 subaward
  2. STATE OF MISSOURI$9.2M
    JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 2 subawards
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$331.3K
    GROTON, CT · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 70 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. N-OVATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC$9.8M+26% in FY2026
    DAYTON, OH · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriersArmy · Wired telecommunications carriersVeterans Affairs · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers+4 more
  2. COMCAST BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$11.1M−29% in FY2026
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 30 entities · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriersVeterans Affairs · NAICS 5152Drug Enforcement Administration · Wired telecommunications carriers+7 more
  3. HAWAIIAN TELCOM, INC.$7M−91% in FY2026
    HONOLULU, HI · 4 entities · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Wired telecommunications carriersArmy · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriersVeterans Affairs · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers+5 more

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC (13 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.AI match · 100%
  • Charter Communications Operating, LLCAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$10.5M
94 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$36.7M
$36.7M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$1.3M
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$10.4M
    89 reports
  2. 2024$10.9M
    97 reports
  3. 2025$10.5M
    94 reports
  4. 2026$5M
    46 reports

Top issues

  1. Telecommunications218 reports
  2. Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV108 reports
  3. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code73 reports
  4. Copyright, patent and trademark15 reports
  5. Defense14 reports
  6. Budget and appropriations11 reports
  7. Agriculture8 reports
  8. Government issues3 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE317 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES308 reports
  3. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)40 reports
  4. White House Office38 reports
  5. Executive Office of the President (EOP)33 reports
  6. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)31 reports
  7. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)22 reports
  8. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)17 reports
  9. Natl Economic Council (NEC)17 reports
  10. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)15 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Fierce Government Relations$1.1M
    14 reports
  2. Capitol Tax Partners, LLP$840K
    14 reports
  3. POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC$840K
    14 reports
  4. ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC$840K
    14 reports
  5. Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$810K
    14 reports
  6. Penn Avenue Partners$740K
    14 reports
  7. Cassidy & Associates, Inc.$720K
    14 reports
  8. Empire Consulting Group$700K
    14 reports

29 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$650.5K51%
  2. Democratic$618.5K49%
  3. Other or none$1,5000.1%

PACs sponsored

  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2.6M raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.