Federal contractor · NEW YORK, NY

THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, NA, INCORPORATED

THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, NA, INCORPORATED received $529.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.6M. Its largest customer was Office of the Secretary ($317.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$529.8K
New awards
8
Sole-source
13%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
JBMWBGN1Z719
Parent company
NIKKEI 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.

Part of the CQ-ROLL CALL, INC company family: 3 registered entities, $3.5M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. CQ-ROLL CALL, INCWASHINGTON, DC · Family page
    $1.4M
  2. FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)LONDON, GBR
    $1.5M

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1MFY2017
  2. 911.8KFY2018
  3. 2.5MFY2019
  4. 808.8KFY2020
  5. 885KFY2021
  6. 1.1MFY2022
  7. 1MFY2023
  8. 1.3MFY2024
  9. 486KFY2025
  10. 529.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Secretary$317.2K60%
    1 awards
  2. Executive Office of the President$107.2K20%
    1 awards
  3. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency$60.2K11%
    1 awards
  4. Export-Import Bank of the United States$48.4K9.1%
    1 awards
  5. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$21.1K4.0%
    1 awards
  6. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$12.6K2.4%
    1 awards
  7. Millennium Challenge Corporation-$37K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$317.2K56%
  2. IT & telecom$142.3K25%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$107.2K19%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$421.1K79%
  2. New York County, NY$108.6K21%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition13%
    US 39% · $70.2K
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $70.2K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, & SOCIAL SVCS R&D SVCS EDUCATION SVCS R&D BASIC RESEARCH$1.3M
    Office of the Secretary· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jul 5, 2022 – May 7, 2026· 1331L522F13OS0273
  2. SITE LICENSE TO ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU) VIEWPOINT AND ECONOMIST.COM$399.9K
    Executive Office of the President· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 12, 2022 – Aug 17, 2026· 11316022P0015OAS
  3. BOA DELIVERY ORDER FOR BASE AND FOUR OPTION PERIODS$360.1K
    Export-Import Bank of the United States· New York County, NY· IT & telecom· Nov 4, 2021 – Jan 23, 2026· 83310122F0004
  4. ASSESS RISKS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES SUBSCRIPTION AND DATA (10 LICENSES)$283.1K
    Office of the Comptroller of the Currency· New York County, NY· IT & telecom· Jan 10, 2022 – Mar 13, 2026· 2031JW22C00004
  5. INFRASCOPE PPP READINESS ASSESSMENTS AND GLOBAL BENCHMARKING$174.3K
    Millennium Challenge Corporation· New York County, NY· Professional services· Jul 11, 2018 – Sep 29, 2026· 95332418C0246
  6. ECONOMIST.COM SUBSCRIPTION BASE PLUS 3 OPTION YEARS. FEDLINK CONTRACT: LCFDL24D0015$24.3K
    U.S. International Development Finance Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 12, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· 77344425F0131
  7. TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ECONOMIST.COM FOR UP TO 2,000 USERS.$21.1K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 18, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 1605C326F00019
  8. INFRASCOPE$0
    Millennium Challenge Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 7, 2021 – Jun 26, 2026· 95332421P0001

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.

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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 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

3 companies · $389.1K reported

  1. DAI GLOBAL LLC$245.9K
    BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$103.7K
    MC LEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. AGILE DEFENSE, LLC$39.5K
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services

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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 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 123 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. POLITICO, LLC$10.2M−28% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information servicesBureau of the Fiscal Service · Other information services+7 more
  2. OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026
    DUBLIN, OH · 8.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other information servicesNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesState · Other information services+8 more
  3. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.$2.5M−25% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 entities · 6.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveExecutive Office of the President · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information services+6 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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026.