Federal contractor · SAINT LOUIS, MO

GUNTHER SALT COMPANY

GUNTHER SALT COMPANY received $219.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+327% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.7M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($226K).

Obligations · FY2026
$219.1K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 165KFY2017
  2. 189.2KFY2018
  3. 151.3KFY2019
  4. 230.7KFY2020
  5. 139.6KFY2021
  6. 241.2KFY2022
  7. 275.7KFY2023
  8. 21.6KFY2024
  9. 51.3KFY2025
  10. 219.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$226K100%
    2 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs-$6,8950.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$176.4K81%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$42.7K19%

Where the work was performed

  1. St. Louis city, MO$219.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$6,895
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$6,895
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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

  1. BULK SOFTENER SALT AND BAG SOFTENER SALT FOR FY 2026. DURATION: 01/26/2026-09/30/2026$176.4K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· St. Louis city, MO· Facilities & utilities· Jan 21, 2026 – May 14, 2026· 15B50826P00000053
  2. BULK SALT DELIVERY$50.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· St. Louis city, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 18, 2023 – Aug 18, 2026· 36C25023P0521
  3. GUNTHER SALT ORDER JAN FY26$49.5K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· St. Louis city, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 2, 2026 – May 19, 2026· 15B41426F00000072

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. ZAPOPAN BUSINESS GROUP, LLC$424.5K+114% in FY2026
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  2. MIDWEST SALT, LLC$612K−77% in FY2026
    WEST CHICAGO, IL · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  3. BESCO WATER TREATMENT INC$619K−35% in FY2026
    BATTLE CREEK, MI · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.