Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA INC

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA INC received $117.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−63% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.5M. Its largest customer was Department of Defense Education Activity ($117.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$117.6K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
DJ74PJ1BD2B9
Parent company
QUALTERO INC
Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 85.1KFY2017
  2. 96.4KFY2018
  3. 99.2KFY2019
  4. 102KFY2020
  5. 104.5KFY2021
  6. 184.7KFY2022
  7. 191.7KFY2023
  8. 201.2KFY2024
  9. 317.4KFY2025
  10. 117.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Defense Education Activity$117.6K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$117.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alexandria city, VA$117.6K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $117.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $117.6K
  • 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. ENCYCLOPEDIA DATABASE$223.7K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 15, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026· HE125425CE003

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

  1. MIDWEST TAPE LLC$300K
    HOLLAND, OH · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providers
  2. HIVE CLASS, INC.$295.7K
    REDONDO BEACH, CA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providers
  3. LIBRARY IDEAS, LLC$1.1M−100% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providers

Showing the top 3 of 20 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.