USAspending.gov · NAICS 711510 · Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
Thin-tail NAICS industry on the industries board — code 711510 in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.
- CY2024 awards
- $67.9M
- Corpus rank
- #333 of 499
- Award plate
- LIGHT
- Sector
- ARTS · SECTOR-LED
Independent Artists federal industry awards
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers is a thin-tail industry on the NAICS board at $67.9M CY2024 (#333 of 499).
Independent Artists takes 55.0% of ARTS 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, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers’s annual contract dollars fell from $73.7M in 2023 to $67.9M in 2024. 7.9% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2019 at $252.3M.
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.
How Independent Artists shows up on the thin-tail award band
$67.9M · #333 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , thin-tail on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.
$67.9M under NAICS 711510 · #333 of 499 , LIGHT · ARTS · SECTOR-LED · SLIP. 2019→2024: 168→333 of 499 (0.045%→0.0090% of tracked industry dollars) ; #1/3 in ARTS. That is a 165-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Other Nonscheduled Air Transpor… at $68.0M (LIGHT).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 711510 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its ARTS sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Thin-tail industry peers nationwide
Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest thin-tail calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.
Closest CY2024 award dollars
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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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