Federal Construction Contracts by State: FY2025 Obligations, Buyers and Top Recipients

Federal construction contracts by state: the FY2025 national total

Federal NAICS 236220 contract obligations were $30.64 billion in FY2025, nearly flat against FY2024, but the mix of buyers and places changed sharply.

Federal agencies obligated $30.64 billion to commercial and institutional building contracts in FY2025 (USAspending.gov). The FY2024 total was $30.85 billion, so the change was -0.7% in nominal dollars.

NAICS 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction: new work, additions, alterations, maintenance and repairs of commercial and institutional buildings (U.S. Census Bureau). Federal records assign one NAICS code per contract, chosen by the contracting office.

Obligation: A binding promise by the government to spend money, now or later. An outlay is money actually paid. A deobligation cancels or reduces an earlier obligation (USAspending.gov glossary).

The 50 states and DC received $25.90 billion of the FY2025 total, equal to $75.76 per resident using Census Vintage 2025 population estimates. Work performed overseas or without a U.S. state code made up 10.7% of FY2025 obligations.

NAICS 236220 was 3.9% of all FY2025 federal contract obligations of $778.54 billion (USAspending.gov). For private and public construction put in place nationally, see CB&C's commercial construction spending report.

State table: obligations, per-resident rank and change since FY2024

Totals are highest in California and Texas; per-resident values are highest in DC, Alaska and Hawaii. 32 of 51 jurisdictions fell from FY2024.

California had the largest FY2025 total at $4.00 billion, followed by Texas at $3.67 billion, Maryland at $1591.8 million, Florida at $1514.5 million and Arizona at $1489.0 million. These five places held 44.8% of domestic obligations.

Per resident, DC ranked first at $706.0, Alaska second at $674.15 and Hawaii third at $649.51. South Dakota ($271.23) and Montana ($262.72) followed. Minnesota had the lowest value at $8.97 per resident.

Year over year, Arizona rose 204.9%, Texas 70.0% and California 46.9%. DC fell 54.4% and Puerto Rico fell 74.6%. Across the 50 states and DC combined, obligations rose 3.5% even though 32 jurisdictions declined.

Place of performance is where the work happens, not where the contractor is based. For firm counts and locations, see commercial builders by state.

Who buys: agency mix of federal building contracts

Defense buyers still dominate, but their share fell to 56.2% as Customs and Border Protection obligated $5.11 billion.

Army Corps of Engineers offices obligated $6.61 billion in FY2025 (21.6%), down from $9.37 billion (30.4%) in FY2024. NAVFAC offices obligated $6.38 billion (20.8%).

Customs and Border Protection obligated $5.11 billion (16.7%) in FY2025, against $17.7 million in FY2024. Veterans Affairs obligated $2.81 billion (9.2%) and the Air Force $2.81 billion (9.2%). The GSA Public Buildings Service fell to $1.20 billion from $2.42 billion.

The CBP shift reflects border barrier work recorded under NAICS 236220. CBP said 10 Smart Wall construction contracts worth about $4.5 billion were awarded September 15 to 30, 2025, to add 230 miles of Smart Wall (CBP). NAICS 236220 is defined around buildings, but these border barrier contracts are coded to it in the federal record.

Registry: the 25 largest recipients of federal building contract obligations

3,664 recipients had FY2025 obligations, but the top 25 received 38.2%, more concentrated than in FY2024.

The top 10 recipients received $8.42 billion, 27.5% of FY2025 obligations, and the top 25 received $11.71 billion, 38.2% (USAspending.gov). In FY2024 the shares were 22.4% and 34.0%.

The three largest FY2025 recipients, BCCG A Joint Venture, Fisher Sand & Gravel Co and Barnard Spencer Joint Venture, received $4.83 billion together (15.8%), mainly from Customs and Border Protection. CBP's announced values for its seven BCCG projects sum to $3121.5 million, close to the $3127.1 million recorded for BCCG in FY2025.

Revenue-based rankings such as BD+C rank firms by 2022 government building sector revenue; this registry measures FY2025 federal obligations only. For evaluating any bid, see how to compare construction bids.

Small-business share of federal building contract obligations

Contracting officers classified recipients as small on 44.0% of FY2025 obligations, down from FY2024; excluding CBP border barrier obligations, the share would be 52.7%.

Small businesses received $13.49 billion, or 44.0% of FY2025 NAICS 236220 obligations, based on the contracting officer's size determination. In FY2024 the share was 47.5% ($14.67 billion). Customs and Border Protection obligations went 99.3% to other-than-small recipients; excluding CBP, the FY2025 small-business share would be 52.7%.

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-asides carried $2390.2 million in FY2025, total small business set-asides $1955.1 million and 8(a) sole-source awards $1336.4 million. The set-aside field was blank on 55.3% of FY2025 obligations, mostly modifications, so these amounts are lower bounds.

Small business set-aside: Under FAR 19.502-2, contracting officers set aside acquisitions above the simplified acquisition threshold when at least two responsible small businesses are expected to offer at fair market prices. The SBA size standard for NAICS 236220 is $45.0 million in average annual receipts (13 CFR 121.201).

For context, SBA reported that small businesses received nearly 28% of all federal prime contract dollars in FY2025, $179 billion, against a 23% statutory goal (SBA). The SBA scorecard uses its own exclusions, so it is not directly comparable to the NAICS 236220 share.

FY2026 preliminary: what the incomplete year shows so far

Reported FY2026 obligations already exceed FY2025, driven by CBP, but Defense data for the last quarter has not posted.

As of October 3, 2026, USAspending.gov shows $52.16 billion in FY2026 NAICS 236220 obligations, of which $29.16 billion (55.9%) came from Customs and Border Protection (USAspending.gov).

Defense and Army Corps of Engineers procurement records post on a 90-day delay (USAspending.gov About the Data). Defense obligations reported for July to September FY2026 total $117.6 million, against $9.98 billion for those months in FY2025. September alone held 44.9% of FY2025 obligations, so FY2026 figures will change.

Registry of recorded awards

Checked Quarterly, and again in early January 2027 when Defense FY2026 records have posted after the 90-day delay. Last checked 2026-10-03. Entries are neutral records of public data; each links to its source record.

State-by-state findings

1. Federal NAICS 236220 contract obligations totaled $30.64 billion in FY2025 across all places of performance.^[1]
2. FY2025 obligations were 0.7% lower than FY2024 ($30.85 billion), in nominal dollars.^[1]
3. NAICS 236220 accounted for 3.9% of all FY2025 federal contract obligations ($778.54 billion).^[1][4]
4. The 50 states and DC received $25.90 billion in FY2025, or $75.76 per resident using July 1, 2025 Census estimates.^[1][8]
5. Alaska had the highest per-resident value among the 50 states in FY2025 at $674.15; Minnesota had the lowest at $8.97.^[1][8]
6. California recorded $4.00 billion in FY2025 place-of-performance obligations, the highest state total, up 46.9% from FY2024.^[1]
7. Arizona obligations rose 204.9% from FY2024 to FY2025, to $1489.0 million; Texas rose 70.0%.^[1]
8. 32 of the 50 states and DC recorded lower obligations in FY2025 than in FY2024; 19 recorded higher obligations.^[1]
9. Guam, a territory, recorded $1.33 billion in FY2025, more than any state except California, Texas, Maryland, Florida and Arizona.^[1]
10. Defense buyers accounted for 56.2% ($17.21 billion) of FY2025 obligations, versus 67.4% in FY2024.^[1]
11. Customs and Border Protection obligated $5.11 billion (16.7%) in FY2025, up from 0.1% of FY2024.^[1]
12. The 25 largest recipients received $11.71 billion, 38.2% of FY2025 obligations; 3,664 recipients had FY2025 obligations.^[2]
13. BCCG A Joint Venture had the largest FY2025 total at $3.13 billion (10.21% of all obligations), mainly from Customs and Border Protection.^[2][16]
14. Small businesses, as determined by contracting officers, received $13.49 billion or 44.0% of FY2025 obligations.^[1]
15. FY2025 contained 2,481 negative transactions (de-obligations) summing to $-1280.1 million, already netted in the totals.^[1][6]

Rankings and ratios we derived

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Executive summary

• Federal agencies obligated $30.64 billion to NAICS 236220 contracts in FY2025, compared with $30.85 billion in FY2024, a change of -0.7% (USAspending.gov).
• Across the 50 states and DC, FY2025 obligations equaled $75.76 per resident; DC ($706.0), Alaska ($674.15) and Hawaii ($649.51) had the highest per-resident values.
• California ($4.00 billion) and Texas ($3.67 billion) had the largest totals; the five largest places of performance held 44.8% of domestic obligations.
• Defense buyers accounted for 56.2% of FY2025 obligations, down from 67.4% in FY2024, as Customs and Border Protection rose to 16.7%.
• The Army Corps of Engineers offices obligated $6.61 billion (21.6%) and NAVFAC $6.38 billion (20.8%).
• The top 10 recipients received 27.5% and the top 25 received 38.2% of FY2025 obligations, up from 22.4% and 34.0% in FY2024.
• Contracting officers classified recipients as small businesses on 44.0% of FY2025 obligations, down from 47.5% in FY2024.
• Preliminary FY2026 records already show $52.16 billion as of October 3, 2026, with $29.16 billion from Customs and Border Protection, before most Defense data for July to September has posted.

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Methodology

Scope: all federal prime contract transactions (award types A to D: A for BPA calls, B for purchase orders, C for delivery orders and D for standalone contract awards) coded NAICS 236220 with an action date in FY2025 (2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30) or FY2024, downloaded from the USAspending.gov API on 2026-10-03. Totals sum the federal action obligation on every base award and modification, so de-obligations are netted. Totals from the download match the USAspending spending_over_time and spending_by_geography endpoints.

Selection: Tier 1 sources only for every figure (USAspending.gov, Census Bureau, FAR, eCFR, SBA, CBP, GAO). Tier 3 pages are used only to compare scope with existing pages. Market research estimates were not used. Industry is the NAICS code chosen by the contracting office per award; work coded to other construction industries (for example heavy and civil engineering) is excluded.

Geography: place-of-performance state on each transaction. Per-resident values divide FY2025 obligations by Census Vintage 2025 July 1, 2025 resident population (released 2026-01-27). Puerto Rico is shown but not ranked; other territories have no estimate in that file. GAO found place-of-performance addresses improperly reported in at least 10% of sampled transactions in its 2019 review, so state values carry some reporting error.

Agency mix: awarding agency and sub-agency as recorded. USACE and NAVFAC are CB&C groupings of Army and Navy awarding offices by office name (ENDIST, ENDIV, ENG SPT CTR; NAVFAC). Recipient rankings use USAspending recipient profiles from the spending_by_category/recipient endpoint and were cross-checked by UEI against the transaction file; all 25 matched to the $0.1 million.

Small business: the contracting officer's size determination (S or O) on each transaction. Set-aside dollars use the type-of-set-aside field, which is blank on many modifications. Conflicts: the API business-category filter gives a slightly different small-business sum than the size determination; this report uses the size determination field.

Latest release check: FY2026 ended on 2026-09-30, but Defense and Corps procurement records post on a 90-day delay, and Defense July to September FY2026 records were nearly absent on 2026-10-03. FY2025 is therefore used as the latest complete year and FY2026 is reported as preliminary only. Registry checked 2026-10-03; it will be re-checked quarterly and in early January 2027.

All values are nominal dollars. Nothing in this report is legal, financial or bidding advice. Data and tables may be reused under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license stated in the page reuse notice, with attribution to Commercial Builders & Contractors (CB&C). Last updated 2026-10-03.

This report presents published data with its limitations. It is not legal, financial or investment advice.

Sources, ranked by quality

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