Federal contractor · SHALLOTTE, NC

COX SUBSCRIPTIONS, INC.

COX SUBSCRIPTIONS, INC. received $39.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 155 awards (+5.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $259.6M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($9.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$39.3M
New awards
155
Sole-source
15%
Single offer
8.5%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 20.8MFY2017
  2. 20.7MFY2018
  3. 19.4MFY2019
  4. 13.2MFY2020
  5. 18.8MFY2021
  6. 26.3MFY2022
  7. 30.3MFY2023
  8. 33.3MFY2024
  9. 37.4MFY2025
  10. 39.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$9.2M23%
    6 awards
  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$8.2M21%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Health Agency$7.2M18%
    10 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$5M13%
    32 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$4.7M12%
    1 awards
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.4M6.2%
    1 awards
  7. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$1M2.6%
    3 awards
  8. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$885.3K2.3%
    1 awards
  9. Offices, Boards and Divisions$252.3K0.6%
    85 awards
  10. Department of State$104.4K0.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$17.6M45%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$15.4M39%
  3. IT & telecom$3.3M8.4%
  4. Education & social services$2.9M7.3%
  5. Equipment maintenance$121.3K0.3%
  6. Health & medical$18.7K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Brunswick County, NC$25M64%
  2. Fairfax County, VA$7M18%
  3. Cuyahoga County, OH$2.9M7.5%
  4. Montgomery County, MD$2.5M6.3%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$1.1M2.8%
  6. Montgomery County, OH$101.9K0.3%
  7. Suffolk County, MA$89.2K0.2%
  8. Maricopa County, AZ$73.5K0.2%
  9. Pima County, AZ$72.9K0.2%
  10. San Diego County, CA$56.3K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition24%
    US 39% · $9.3M
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $6M
  • Single-offer competitions8.5%
    US 8.8% · $3.4M
  • 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$482.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 3 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$59.4K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 2 awards
  3. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences$24.5K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CLINICAL PORTAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATION$23.3M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cuyahoga County, OH· Professional services· Sep 21, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 36C77622C0124
  2. LIBRARY SERIALS MANAGEMENT SERVICES$17.1M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Brunswick County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 27, 2023 – Sep 23, 2026· 75D30123C18263
  3. LIBRARY RESOURCES TASK ORDER FFP$16M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Brunswick County, NC· Professional services· Aug 4, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 75F40125F80126
  4. CLINICALKEY AND CLINICAL KEY FOR NURSING UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTIONS$15.2M
    Defense Health Agency· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Dec 26, 2023 – Dec 10, 2025· HT001124C0004
  5. COX SUBSCRIPTIONS, INC.:1330204 [26-000328]$6.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Brunswick County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· 75N98026F00001
  6. SUBSCRIPTIONS AGENT TO PROCURE ONLINE MEDICAL JOURNAL TITLES AND DATABASE ACCESSES FOR THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM$3M
    Defense Health Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 3, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· HT001125F0067
  7. 2026 JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR VARIOUS NOAA LIBRARIES$2.4M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Feb 19, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 1305M326F0015
  8. OD: SERVICE: NIH LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION - SEVERABLE$1.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Brunswick County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026· 75N98026F00003

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.9M 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

2 companies · $9.4M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$7.9M
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 9 subawards · Other information services
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$1.6M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 4 subawards · Facilities support services

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

  1. PRENAX INC$32.9M+5.2% in FY2026
    CONCORD, NH · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other information servicesDefense Health Agency · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersU.S. International Development Finance Corporation · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers+4 more
  2. CREATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$40M−87% in FY2026
    POTOMAC, MD · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
  3. UPTODATE, INC$49.9M+6.3% in FY2026
    WALTHAM, MA · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesVeterans Affairs · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesVeterans Affairs · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.