Federal contractor · HATTIESBURG, MS
THE MERCHANTS COMPANY, LLC
THE MERCHANTS COMPANY, LLC received $14.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1,267 awards (−12% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $168.5M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($13.8M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $14.2M
- New awards
- 1,267
- Sole-source
- 99%
- Single offer
- 1.0%
- UEI
- M4S8YCZVEDQ6
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 13.4MFY2017
- 12.9MFY2018
- 10.8MFY2019
- 39.1MFY2020
- 14.4MFY2021
- 13.6MFY2022
- 15.9MFY2023
- 18MFY2024
- 16.1MFY2025
- 14.2MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$13.8M97%1,257 awards
- Department of the Army$393.1K2.8%10 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$14.2M100%
Where the work was performed
- Forrest County, MS$13.8M97%
- Warren County, MS$200K1.4%
- Montgomery County, AL$191.4K1.3%
- Calhoun County, AL$1,6740.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition99.9%US 39% · $14.2M
- Sole-source awards99%US 30% · $14.1M
- Single-offer competitions1.0%US 8.7% · $138.6K
- 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
- Defense Logistics Agency$13.8MDepartment of Defense · 1,257 awards
- Department of the Army$238.9KDepartment of Defense · 2 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Army· Warren County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 6, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026· W912EE26FA025
- Department of the Army· Montgomery County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· W912JA26FA030
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forrest County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 15, 2026· SPE30026F1940
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forrest County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· SPE30026F0M90
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forrest County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· SPE30026F1FNM
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forrest County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· SPE30026F0YNZ
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forrest County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 7, 2026 – Jan 7, 2026· SPE30026FY5PW
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forrest County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· SPE30026FY1Y4
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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- STERLING BV, INC.$40.3M+75% in FY2026SAN ANTONIO, TX · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other food manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing
- THE HARTFORD PROVISION COMPANY$38.4M−27% in FY2026SOUTH WINDSOR, CT · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other food manufacturing
- PREMIER PRODUCE ONE, LLC$34.6M−27% in FY2026DAYTON, OH · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other food 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 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.