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Federal Contract Spending in Santa Clara County, CA (FY2025)

Federal agencies obligated $3.9 billion on contracts performed in Santa Clara County, CA in fiscal year 2025, about $2,026 per resident. The largest buyer was the Department of Defense ($2.3 billion); the largest contractor was Lockheed Martin Corp ($1.1 billion).

Who buys

AgencyFY2025 obligationsShare
Department of Defense$2.3 billion60%
Department of Energy$714.0 million18%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$327.8 million8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$275.2 million7%
General Services Administration$79.4 million2%
Department of State$44.4 million1%
Department of Health and Human Services$37.0 million1%
Department of Transportation$24.6 million1%
Department of Labor$17.9 million0%
Department of the Treasury$9.9 million0%

Who wins

ContractorFY2025 obligations
Lockheed Martin Corp$1.1 billion
The Leland Stanford Junior University$738.1 million
Palantir Usg INC$589.4 million
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation$244.3 million
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.p.$121.4 million
Lockheed Martin Corporation$71.4 million
Cepheid$63.4 million
Inuteq, LLC$56.5 million
Chenega Global Protection, LLC$30.7 million

What it buys

Industry (NAICS)FY2025 obligations
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715)$1.2 billion
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (541710)$724.0 million
Engineering Services (541330)$302.3 million
Software Publishers (513210)$250.8 million
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414)$231.7 million
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541990)$129.2 million
Software Publishers (511210)$91.5 million
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)$80.1 million
Facilities Support Services (561210)$78.2 million
Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)$56.5 million

Largest contracts with money obligated in the year

Value is the contract's total to date, not one year.

ContractContractorAgencyStartedTotal value
F0470102C0002Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2001-11-16$9.0 billion
FA881018C0005Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2018-08-14$7.5 billion
HQ014707C0196Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2006-12-22$5.8 billion
N0003904C2009Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2004-09-24$5.2 billion
FA881013C0001Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2013-02-19$2.5 billion
FA881013C0002Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2013-03-15$2.2 billion
FA880812C0010Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2012-05-15$2.0 billion
W56HZV07C0096BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.p.Department of Defense2006-12-20$1.3 billion
N0003017C0100Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2017-08-03$1.2 billion
N0003014C0100Lockheed Martin CorpDepartment of Defense2014-07-07$798.0 million

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearObligations
2021$4.6 billion
2022$6.4 billion
2023$4.9 billion
2024$3.9 billion
2025$3.9 billion
2026 (partial: defense data lags 90 days)$3.9 billion

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County FIPS 06085. Population 1,914,391.

Open federal bids in this state: California federal bids.

Other counties: Los Angeles County · San Diego County · Alameda County · Sacramento County · Ventura County · Orange County · Kern County · Riverside County

Source and coverage

Source: USAspending.gov, the U.S. Treasury's public record of federal spending. Figures are contract obligations (award types A, B, C and D) for federal fiscal year 2025, October 2024 to September 2025, by the place where the work is performed, not where the contractor is based. Grants and loans are not included. Retrieved 2026-11-01.

Obligations can be negative when earlier amounts are withdrawn. Some classified work is not reported. Contractors that may be individuals are left out of the name lists. Pushbuild is not affiliated with any government agency. Get the same data by API: US Federal Contracts API.