Federal contractor · OTTAWA

NANOMETRICS INC

NANOMETRICS INC received $4.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $47.5M. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($3.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
14
Sole-source
77%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
ONTO INNOVATION INC
Other than small business
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Company family

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

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $4.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. NANOMETRICS INCOTTAWA, CAN · Family page
    $4.4M
  2. 4 D TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONTUCSON, AZ
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.8MFY2017
  2. 3.5MFY2018
  3. 6.8MFY2019
  4. 5MFY2020
  5. 5.1MFY2021
  6. 5.3MFY2022
  7. 4.5MFY2023
  8. 4.4MFY2024
  9. 6.6MFY2025
  10. 4.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$3.4M77%
    11 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$1M23%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$4.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$4.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition77%
    US 39% · $3.4M
  • Sole-source awards77%
    US 30% · $3.4M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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. U.S. Geological Survey$3.4M
    Department of the Interior · 11 awards

Largest awards

  1. SEISMIC EQUIPMENT$825.7K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 6, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 140G0326F0029
  2. SEISMIC EQUIPMENT$775.4K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 140G0326F0138
  3. GEOPHYSICAL FIELD SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY REFRESH$673.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026· FA702226F0032
  4. SEISMIC EQUIPMENT$463.4K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 140G0326F0116
  5. GEOPHYSICAL FIELD SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY REFRESH$363.9K
    Department of the Air Force· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 9, 2026· FA702226F0031
  6. SEISMIC EQUIPMENT$304.1K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 140G0326F0123
  7. SEISMIC EQUIPMENT$291.4K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 140G0326F0124
  8. SEISMIC EQUIPMENT$197.3K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Other equipment & supplies· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 140G0326F0052

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

9 companies · $2.7M reported

  1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$631.4K
    LEXINGTON, MA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$415.8K
    GREENVILLE, TX · 3 subawards · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$340.4K
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. YSI INC$15.7M−30% in FY2026
    YELLOW SPRINGS, OH · 2 entities · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. OTT HYDROMET CORP$21.9M−37% in FY2026
    STERLING, VA · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. O & M SERVICES, LLC$6.7M−100% in FY2026
    NEWALLA, OK · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

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.