Federal contractor · ARMONK, NY
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION received $485.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 75 awards (+22% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.9B. Its largest customer was Social Security Administration ($171.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $485.8M
- New awards
- 75
- Sole-source
- 35%
- Single offer
- 44%
- UEI
- J64CSQTQNRC1
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION company family: 39 registered entities, $1.1B in FY2026 together. See the family
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONBETHESDA, MD · Family page$586.1M
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONYORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY$1.8M
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONSAN JOSE, CA$1.5M
- CAST IRON SYSTEMS, INCMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA$0
- COGNOS CORPORATIONBURLINGTON, MA$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 60.6MFY2017
- 65.7MFY2018
- 72.5MFY2019
- 75.2MFY2020
- 84.4MFY2021
- 86MFY2022
- 195.1MFY2023
- 353.7MFY2024
- 396.8MFY2025
- 485.8MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Social Security Administration$171.2M35%6 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$75.1M15%3 awards
- Federal Acquisition Service$65.5M13%9 awards
- 1 awards
- Defense Microelectronics Activity$40.7M8.4%7 awards
- 2 awards
- Offices, Boards and Divisions$7.6M1.6%3 awards
- 2 awards
- 1 awards
- 2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$434.7M89%
- Professional services$48.6M10%
- Research & development$2.5M0.5%
Where the work was performed
- Westchester County, NY$142.6M29%
- Montgomery County, MD$142.4M29%
- Howard County, MD$64.1M13%
- District of Columbia, DC$55.1M11%
- Saratoga County, NY$15.5M3.2%
- Fairfax County, VA$15M3.1%
- Santa Clara County, CA$14.7M3.0%
- Chittenden County, VT$10.6M2.2%
- Prince George's County, MD$8.3M1.7%
- Jackson County, MO$7.2M1.5%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition79%US 39% · $382.5M
- Sole-source awards35%US 30% · $171.1M
- Single-offer competitions44%US 8.7% · $211.4M
- 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
- Social Security Administration · 1 awards
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
- Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Social Security Administration· Westchester County, NY· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2016 – Sep 2, 2026· SS001730048
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· 36C10B23F0039
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Howard County, MD· IT & telecom· May 16, 2024 – Aug 6, 2026· 70SBUR24F00000103
- Social Security Administration· Westchester County, NY· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 28321326FDS030164
- Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 21, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 47QFEA25F0004
- Offices, Boards and Divisions· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 15, 2023 – Aug 18, 2026· 15JPSS23F00000474
- Defense Microelectronics Activity· Saratoga County, NY· Professional services· Mar 20, 2024 – May 13, 2026· HQ072724F4006
- Defense Microelectronics Activity· Chittenden County, VT· Professional services· Mar 20, 2024 – May 12, 2026· HQ072724F4002
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
Assistance by fiscal year
- -1.4MFY2022
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2022.
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
- Sub-contracts: $10.4M (11 subawards)
8 primes
- ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
- CGI FEDERAL INC.$3.5M34%FAIRFAX, VA · 3 subawards
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$677.8K6.5%EATONTOWN, NJ · 2 subawards
- OCTO METRIC LLC$561.1K5.4%ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
- MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.$342.8K3.3%MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward
- AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$169.9K1.6%SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
- ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$159.2K1.5%ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$155.5K1.5%MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
- FY2022: $376.1K paid out · $77.9M received
- FY2023: $1.8M paid out · $12.1M received
- FY2024: $5.8M paid out · $10.2M received
- FY2025: $909.8K paid out · $123.4M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $10.4M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
327 companies · $2.5B reported
- ANNAPOLIS, MD · 496 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- ROUNDTABLE TECHNOLOGY LLC$146MNORFOLK, VA · 296 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 248 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
Primes that pay it
68 companies · $751.1M reported
- RESTON, VA · 51 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- OCTO METRIC LLC$81.5MATLANTA, GA · 21 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- ARLINGTON, VA · 17 subawards · Computer systems design and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 89 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- SALIENT CRGT, INC.$3.3B+35% in FY2026FAIRFAX, VA · 2 entities · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related servicesVeterans Affairs · Data processing, hosting, and related servicesFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related services+3 more
- CGI FEDERAL INC.$4B+2.2% in FY2026FAIRFAX, VA · 12 entities · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related servicesFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related servicesSocial Security Administration · Computer systems design and related services+6 more
- THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$2.8B+16% in FY2026RESTON, VA · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related servicesDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related servicesOffices, Boards and Divisions · Computer systems design and related services+10 more
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Across the company family of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (39 recipients).
Matched organizations
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)AI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $3.6M
- 5 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $15.7M
- $15.7M in its own reports
Lobbying by year
- 2023$5.4M8 reports
- 2024$5.2M8 reports
- 2025$3.6M5 reports
- 2026$1.4M2 reports
Top issues
- Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code18 reports
- Budget and appropriations14 reports
- Computer industry14 reports
- Labor issues, antitrust and workplace14 reports
- Trade (domestic and foreign)14 reports
- Copyright, patent and trademark11 reports
- Defense9 reports
- Education9 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES18 reports
- U.S. SENATE17 reports
- Treasury - Dept of15 reports
- Commerce - Dept of (DOC)14 reports
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)14 reports
- State - Dept of (DOS)12 reports
- White House Office12 reports
- Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)11 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)$240K9 reports
Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.
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.