Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

DDB CHICAGO INC.

DDB CHICAGO INC. received $310.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−21% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $2.9B. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($310.2M).

Obligations · FY2026: $310.2M
New awards: 12
Sole-source: 0.0%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: ZYCVPMAU6MH8

Other than small business

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

111.2MFY2019
349.4MFY2020
348.1MFY2021
362.6MFY2022
596.3MFY2023
398.7MFY2024
390.9MFY2025
310.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Department of the Army$310.2M100%
12 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Professional services$310.2M100%

Where the work was performed

Cook County, IL$310.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

Low competition0.0%
US 39% · $0
Sole-source awards0.0%
US 30% · $0
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.

Largest awards

FY24 DATA & PERFORMANCE$198.9M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Feb 29, 2024 – May 13, 2026· W9124D24F0010
NATIONAL MEDIA / TALENT AND FURNISHINGS (NMTF) TASK ORDER (TO) PROVIDES NATIONAL MEDIA PURCHASING AND PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES, PLANNING, REPORTING, MAINTENANCE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE PAYMENT AND STORAGE OF TALENT AND FURNISHINGS.$110.7M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Nov 12, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· W9124D26FA007
FY25 LOCAL MARKETING, SOCIAL & EARNED MEDIA, AND OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TASK ORDER.$89.1M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Nov 13, 2024 – Jan 15, 2026· W9124D25F0024
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES THE ARMY WITH FULL-SERVICE ADVERTISING TO PROVIDE A NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE ARMY.$80.1M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Nov 12, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· W9124D26FA006
PROVIDES CAPABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN UPFRONT AND OFFSET MEDIA BUYS$39.8M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Aug 28, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026· W9124D25FA228
FY24 OWNED CHANNELS BAU - ARMY AND CIVILIAN FUNDED$35.2M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· May 30, 2024 – Apr 8, 2026· W9124D24F0257
ARMY AD _ RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TASK ORDER(TO)$28.8M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Feb 20, 2025 – Apr 13, 2026· W9124D25F0128
FY 26-27 CORE OPERATIONS-GOARMY CONTACT CENTER (GACC)/LEAD OPS TASK ORDER$18M
Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· W9124D26FA201

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: $231.2M paid out · $0 received
FY2022: $304.5M paid out · $0 received
FY2023: $322.5M paid out · $0 received
FY2024: $306.2M paid out · $0 received
FY2025: $209.7M paid out · $0 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

11 companies · $1.4B reported

OMD USA LLC$852.1M
NEW YORK, NY · 27 subawards · Advertising, public relations, and related services
RAPP ILLINOIS INC$140.1M
NEW YORK, NY · 23 subawards · Advertising, public relations, and related services
THE MARKETING ARM INC$95.6M
DALLAS, TX · 24 subawards · Advertising, public relations, and related services

Primes that pay it

No prime reported paying it.

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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.

DAVIS MANAGEMENT GROUP INC$11.1M+126% in FY2026
ALEXANDRIA, VA · 0.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Advertising, public relations, and related services
TMGL LLC$15.4M−45% in FY2026
ELKWOOD, VA · 0.2% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Advertising, public relations, and related services
CAMPBELL & CO ADVERTISING AGENCY LLC$1.9M−75% in FY2026
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 0.2% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Advertising, public relations, and related services

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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 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.