NAICS 541712
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Federal contractor footprint · 239 profiled contractors
Combined Contractor Footprint
$160.0B
Obligations under NAICS 541712 across the 239 GovExpress-profiled contractors that report the code. Not total federal spending in the code, and not de-duplicated across corporate families that file under more than one parent record.
Top Federal Contractors — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Obligations under NAICS 541712 across the 239 GovExpress-profiled contractors that report the code. Not total federal spending in the code, and not de-duplicated across corporate families that file under more than one parent record.
- THE BOEING COMPANY$12.6B
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$12.1B
- BECHTEL GROUP, INC.$11.4B
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION$10.8B
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$10.1B
- THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$8.7B
- BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC$8.6B
- LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC.$6.4B
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORPORATION$6.0B
- KBR, INC.$4.8B
Agencies Buying This Code
Estimated by weighting each profiled contractor's agency mix by its NAICS 541712 footprint. Directional, not an agency-by-code total.
- Department of Defense (Department of War)$103.5B
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$17.3B
- Department of Energy$15.9B
- General Services Administration$6.2B
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.9B
- Department of Transportation$2.6B
- Department of Homeland Security$2.2B
- Department of Veterans Affairs$1.6B
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Obligations under NAICS 541712 across the 239 GovExpress-profiled contractors that report the code. Not total federal spending in the code, and not de-duplicated across corporate families that file under more than one parent record. Spending data from FPDS-NG via USASpending.gov, read between 2026-09-22 and 2026-10-27. Standard 90-day reporting lag per FAR 4.606(c). Read the full methodology.