Where does International Affairs sit on the thin-tail industry band?

International Affairs ranks #359 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $55.2M (LIGHT · PUB).

How did International Affairs move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, International Affairs slipped from #272 to #359 of 499 ranked industries (SLIP); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.017% to 0.0074%. That is a 87-place move over 5 years.

Where does the PUB sector placement for International Affairs come from?

Sector 92 (Public Administration) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. International Affairs ranks #7 of 9 classified industries there (SLICE), taking 7.0% of $793.9M.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 928120 · Public Administration

International Affairs

Name: International Affairs (NAICS 928120) - Federal Contract Data
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Thin-tail NAICS industry on the industries board — code 928120 in Public Administration.

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CY2024 awards: $55.2M
Corpus rank: #359 of 499
Award plate: LIGHT
Sector: PUB · SLICE

International Affairs federal industry awards

International Affairs is a thin-tail industry on the NAICS board at $55.2M CY2024 (#359 of 499).

PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 928120, not firm revenue. Stamp board: LIGHT · PUB. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, International Affairs’s annual contract dollars fell from $94.9M in 2023 to $55.2M in 2024. 41.9% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2019 at $94.9M.

International Affairs 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 International Affairs shows up on the thin-tail award band

$55.2M · #359 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , thin-tail on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.

$55.2M under NAICS 928120 · #359 of 499 , LIGHT · PUB · SLICE · SLIP. 2019→2024: 272→359 of 499 (0.017%→0.0074% of tracked industry dollars) ; #7/9 in PUB. That is a 87-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Hardware Merchant Wholesalers at $55.3M (LIGHT).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 928120 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight sits in a mid band within PUB. 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

Hardware Merchant Wholesalers $55.3M
Primary Battery Manufacturing $55.5M
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages $55.6M
Home Health Care Services $55.6M
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing $55.7M
Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufactu… $54.5M

Similar sector weight

Passenger Car Rental 6.9% · $117.9M
General Automotive Repair 7.2% · $349.9M
Apparel Accessories 6.7% · $729.4M
Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors 6.6% · $722.0M
Support Activities for Animal Production 6.6% · $101.1M
Construction 7.3% · $124.6M

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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