Federal contractor · KINSTON, NC

LIONS INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INC.

LIONS INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INC. received $795.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 38 awards (−53% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $14M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($503.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$795.5K
New awards
38
Sole-source
94%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2017
  2. 1.2MFY2018
  3. 1.3MFY2019
  4. 1.3MFY2020
  5. 1.5MFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 1.4MFY2023
  8. 1.8MFY2024
  9. 1.7MFY2025
  10. 795.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$503.3K63%
    6 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$223.6K28%
    29 awards
  3. U.S. Coast Guard$68.5K8.6%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$770.3K97%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$25.1K3.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lenoir County, NC$467.9K59%
  2. Bexar County, TX$283.1K36%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$44.4K5.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition94%
    US 39% · $751K
  • Sole-source awards94%
    US 30% · $751K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Air Force$503.3K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$223.6K
    Department of Defense · 25 awards
  3. U.S. Coast Guard$24.1K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. USAF AND USSF ACTIVE DUTY$601.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 13, 2023 – Feb 20, 2026· FA301624F0063
  2. CLOTH AND PLASTIC NAME TAGS/TAPES$224.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 7, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· FA301626F0064
  3. PLASTIC AND CLOTH NAME TAPES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER BASE CONTRACT- FA301624D0001 ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BASE CONTRACT APPLY TO THIS DELIVERY ORDER$192K
    Department of the Air Force· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 10, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026· FA301626F0029
  4. PLASTIC AND CLOTH NAME TAPES BASE CONTRACT- FA301624D0001 ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BASE CONTRACT APPLY TO THIS DELIVERY ORDER$113.5K
    Department of the Air Force· Bexar County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 22, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026· FA301626F0023
  5. AIR FORCE RESERVE OCP PLASTIC NAME TAPES$46K
    Department of the Air Force· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 1, 2022 – Apr 13, 2026· FA301622F0126
  6. RECRUIT NAME TAPES BASE YEAR$44.4K
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 18, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 70Z02326FUDC00005
  7. PURCHASE OF US COAST GUARD ODU TAPES FOR OUTFITTING OF RECRUITS & DEPOT MEMBERS$24.9K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 70Z0G926PUDC00006
  8. 8511756858!NAME AND SERVICE TA$24.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 14, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025· SPE1C126F0778

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

  1. OWYHEE GROUP COMPANIES$5.4M−48% in FY2026
    EAGLE, ID · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other textile product millsU.S. Coast Guard · Other textile product mills
  2. SELECT FABRICATORS INC$2.4M−67% in FY2026
    VICTOR, NY · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other textile product mills
  3. MIL-BAR PLASTICS, INC.$2.7M−103% in FY2026
    CORONA, CA · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturingAir Force · Other textile product mills

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.

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.