Federal contractor · CHESAPEAKE, VA

J. H. NORTON COMPANY, INC.

J. H. NORTON COMPANY, INC. received $1.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (−44% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $18.2M. Its largest customer was U.S. Coast Guard ($974.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1M
New awards
28
Sole-source
7.0%
Single offer
2.8%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 147.1KFY2017
  2. 463.3KFY2018
  3. 614.4KFY2019
  4. 1.7MFY2020
  5. 865.8KFY2021
  6. 3.4MFY2022
  7. 5.9MFY2023
  8. 1.9MFY2024
  9. 2MFY2025
  10. 1.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$974.5K85%
    16 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$109.6K9.5%
    8 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$63.8K5.6%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$647.3K56%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$436.3K38%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$64.3K5.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Baltimore city, MD$659.9K57%
  2. Anne Arundel County, MD$216.1K19%
  3. Chesapeake city, VA$118.6K10%
  4. Portsmouth city, VA$73.9K6.4%
  5. Scott County, IA$35.7K3.1%
  6. Orleans Parish, LA$34.2K3.0%
  7. York County, VA$9,4950.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition9.7%
    US 39% · $111.4K
  • Sole-source awards7.0%
    US 30% · $79.8K
  • Single-offer competitions2.8%
    US 8.7% · $31.6K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$64.3K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$15.5K
    Department of Defense · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8509724554!IPE - METAL FINISHING EQUIPME$2.4M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 1, 2023 – Dec 1, 2025· SPE4A823P0018
  2. CIP BLAST BOOTH-PHASE 1$1.6M
    Department of the Army· Franklin County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2022 – Mar 4, 2026· W911N222F0746
  3. BLASTING OPERATIONS FOR 270' VESSEL$329.3K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Baltimore city, MD· Equipment maintenance· Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 70Z04026P60319Y00
  4. RENTAL OF BLAST POTS AND DUST COLLECTORS$246.7K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Baltimore city, MD· Equipment maintenance· Dec 13, 2024 – May 22, 2026· 70Z04025P60507Y00
  5. ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (160) TONS OF GARNET ABRASIVE MEDIA #80$97.6K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Baltimore city, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 70Z04026P60551Y00
  6. RENTAL OF 1800 CFM COMPRESSOR AND AFTER DRYER FOR THE CGC IDA LEWIS HULL #551$82.4K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Anne Arundel County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· 70Z04026P60948Y00
  7. RENTAL OF DUST COLLECTORS$74K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Baltimore city, MD· Equipment maintenance· Oct 8, 2025 – Feb 25, 2026· 70Z04026P60504Y00
  8. FMS PH-P-SAG IN SUPPORT OF FMS EDA FOR PHILIPPINES YARD WORK$64.3K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Chesapeake city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 23, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 70Z02326P92200004

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 · $162.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $273.5K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

6 companies · $12.8M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$9.5M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 84 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$1.8M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 2 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$1.4M
    FAIRFIELD, NJ · 11 subawards · Household appliances and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 32 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SCHENCK CORP$2.4M−87% in FY2026
    DEER PARK, NY · 5 entities · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other general purpose machinery manufacturingArmy · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenanceNavy · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
  2. MONMOUTH SOLUTIONS, INC$8.1M−58% in FY2026
    LOWELL, MA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other general purpose machinery manufacturingNavy · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasingU.S. Coast Guard · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing+1 more
  3. NEFF PRESS, INC.$809.9K−100% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other general purpose machinery 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 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.