How did Food Service Contractors move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Food Service Contractors climbed from #85 to #61 of 499 ranked industries (CLIMBER); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.14% to 0.18%. That is a 24-place move over 5 years.

How heavy is Food Service Contractors within HOSP?

Sector 72 (Accommodation and Food Services) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Food Service Contractors ranks #1 of 3 classified industries there (SECTOR-LED), taking 77.1% of $1.7B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 722310 · Accommodation and Food Services

Food Service Contractors

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 722310 in Accommodation and Food Services.

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CY2024 awards: $1.3B
Corpus rank: #61 of 499
Award plate: HEAVY
Sector: HOSP · SECTOR-LED

Food Service Contractors federal industry awards

Food Service Contractors (NAICS 722310) ranks #61 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $1.3B.

Food Service Contractors takes 77.1% of HOSP sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Food Service Contractors’s annual contract dollars rose from $1.2B in 2023 to $1.3B in 2024. 10.3% vs 2023

Food Service Contractors annual contract dollars, calendar 2019-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Food Service Contractors leads the CY2024 industry award board

$1.3B · #61 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$1.3B under NAICS 722310 · #61 of 499 , HEAVY · HOSP · SECTOR-LED · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 85→61 of 499 (0.14%→0.18% of tracked industry dollars) ; #1/3 in HOSP. That is a 24-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Research and Development in Bio… at $1.3B (HEAVY).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 722310 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its HOSP sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mega-scale industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

Research and Development in Biotechnology $1.3B
Explosives Manufacturing $1.3B
Commercial Bakeries $1.3B
Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing $1.3B
Offices of Certified Public Accountants $1.3B
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $1.3B

Similar sector weight

Support Activities for Forestry 85.5% · $1.3B
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 93.7% · $44.3B
Commercial and Institutional Building Construct… 58.5% · $29.8B
Facilities Support Services 58.2% · $36.8B
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers 55.0% · $67.9M
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores 100.0% · $56.3M

Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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