Federal contractor · ENGLEWOOD, CO

IHS GLOBAL INC

IHS GLOBAL INC received $9.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 84 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $317.9M. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$9.2M
New awards
84
Sole-source
39%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
C19ELN62VL28
Parent company
MARKIT LIMITED
Other than small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $10.1M in FY2026 together.

  1. IHS GLOBAL INCENGLEWOOD, CO · Family page
    $9.2M
  2. R.L. POLK & COSOUTHFIELD, MI
    $877K
  3. $19.3K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 41.4MFY2017
  2. 39.2MFY2018
  3. 41.6MFY2019
  4. 40.9MFY2020
  5. 40.5MFY2021
  6. 39.3MFY2022
  7. 32.3MFY2023
  8. 20.6MFY2024
  9. 12.9MFY2025
  10. 9.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 5 awards
  2. 8 awards
  3. 2 awards
  4. 3 awards
  5. USTRANSCOM$550.6K6.0%
    5 awards
  6. 8 awards
  7. 4 awards
  8. 3 awards
  9. 1 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$7.2M78%
  2. Professional services$1.7M18%
  3. Construction & real property$175K1.9%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$154.7K1.7%
  5. Equipment maintenance$50K0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition39%
    US 39% · $3.6M
  • Sole-source awards39%
    US 30% · $3.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$14.3K
  • 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 Commerce · 1 awards
  2. Department of Transportation · 1 awards
  3. Department of Defense · 3 awards
  4. Department of Energy · 1 awards
  5. Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Bureau of Land Management· Arapahoe County, CO· IT & telecom· Sep 1, 2022 – Sep 21, 2026· 140L0622C0023
  2. U.S. Geological Survey· Arapahoe County, CO· IT & telecom· May 30, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· 140G0225C0007
  3. Department of Education· Arapahoe County, CO· Education & social services· Jan 31, 2017 – Jun 10, 2026· EDIES14O5005
  4. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Aug 24, 2022 – Aug 6, 2026· 140E0122P0022
  5. Department of the Navy· Arapahoe County, CO· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2022 – Mar 13, 2026· N6600122P6423
  6. Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Professional services· Jun 28, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· FA701424C0017
  7. Department of State· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 14, 2023 – Jul 14, 2026· 19AQMM23F2764
  8. Defense Logistics Agency· Douglas County, CO· IT & telecom· Jul 29, 2024 – Apr 30, 2026· SP470424F0070

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 · $1.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $290.6K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $84.9K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

18 companies · $5.6M reported

  1. GREENVILLE, SC · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. CHANTILLY, VA · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards · Facilities support 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 111 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PROQUEST LLC$26.8M−30% in FY2026
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 entities · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+5 more
  2. OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026
    DUBLIN, OH · 6.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+10 more
  3. TECHINSIGHTS USA INC.$3.8M+26% in FY2026
    GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 6.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Secretary · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services

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 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.