Federal contractor · NEWTON, NJ
THORLABS, INC
THORLABS, INC received $854.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−42% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $9.5M. Its largest customer was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($234.8K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $854.1K
- New awards
- 17
- Sole-source
- 62%
- Single offer
- 16%
- UEI
- VCJKYBSL8DL8
- Parent company
- THORLABS INC
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, $854.1K in FY2026 together.
- THORLABS, INCNEWTON, NJ · Family page$854.1K
- THORLABS MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS INC.BLAIRSTOWN, NJ$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 584.5KFY2017
- 845.1KFY2018
- 406.2KFY2019
- 1.3MFY2020
- 1.3MFY2021
- 1MFY2022
- 848.2KFY2023
- 899.4KFY2024
- 1.5MFY2025
- 854.1KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 3 awards
- 2 awards
- National Institutes of Health$164.7K19%5 awards
- Department of the Navy$160.5K19%6 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$527.3K62%
- IT & telecom$158.4K19%
- Health & medical$85K10.0%
- Equipment maintenance$83.3K9.8%
Where the work was performed
- Abroad$291.6K34%
- Sussex County, NJ$236.2K28%
- Cuyahoga County, OH$158.4K19%
- District of Columbia, DC$72.4K8.5%
- Montgomery County, MD$60.3K7.1%
- St. Mary's County, MD$35.2K4.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition77%US 39% · $658.6K
- Sole-source awards62%US 30% · $525.8K
- Single-offer competitions16%US 8.8% · $132.8K
- 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
- Department of Health and Human Services · 4 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
- Department of the Navy$124.5KDepartment of Defense · 4 awards
- Department of Commerce · 1 awards
Largest awards
- THORLABS VYTRAN HARDWARE$158.4KNational Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cuyahoga County, OH· IT & telecom· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· 80NSSC26P0746
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· 1333ND26PNB030016
- Agricultural Research Service· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 1232SA26P0854
- National Institutes of Health· Sussex County, NJ· Health & medical· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 75N98026P00654
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680203
- National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 75N98026P01318
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Sussex County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 10, 2026 – Jul 10, 2026· 80NSSC26P0995
- Department of the Navy· Sussex County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 29, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025· N0017326P5214
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
THORLABS, INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
- Since FY2021
- -$10.1K
Assistance by fiscal year
- 0FY2021
- -10.1KFY2023
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2023.
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
- Sub-contracts: $166.5K (3 subawards)
3 primes
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$88.8K53%KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
- RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$40.3K24%FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
- THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$37.4K22%EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $354.9K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $411.9K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $479.4K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $359.5K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $457.7K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $166.5K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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
20 companies · $2.2M reported
- LEXINGTON, MA · 10 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- KBR SERVICES, LLC$305.4KHOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- LEIDOS, INC.$247KRESTON, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 13 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- NANOSCIENCE INSTRUMENTS INC$3.1M+28% in FY2026PHOENIX, AZ · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+4 more
- COHERENT INC$4M−72% in FY2026SANTA CLARA, CA · 7 entities · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+4 more
- NEWPORT CORP$5.6M−32% in FY2026IRVINE, CA · 13 entities · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+7 more
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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 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.