Commerce Department's $2.16B Market Dominated by Big Players; Small Business Set-Asides Offer Parallel Track but Face Consolidation Headwind
WinAContract · Oct 10, 2026
Commerce's 220 awards averaging $9.9 million are heavily concentrated in analytical instruments and HVAC, with KBR Wyle and Hitt Contracting capturing over 78% of total spend, while 740 small business set-asides compete for scraps against a $1.1 billion incumbency wall.
37
Open right now
1,937
On record
220
Awards
$2,157,905,632
Total awarded
The Department of Commerce maintains an active pipeline of 1,937 opportunities with 37 currently open and 195 posted in the last month, but the award data reveals a bifurcated market. Of 220 total awards totalling $2.16 billion, just two contractors claimed $1.73 billion, signaling that while Commerce posted robust small business set-asides (740 of 1,180 total), the largest opportunities and repeat work flow to established primes with deep federal relationships.
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