USAspending.gov · NAICS 561611 · Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Investigation and Personal Background Check Services
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 561611 in Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.
- CY2024 awards
- $693.2M
- Corpus rank
- #118 of 499
- Award plate
- MID
- Sector
- ADMIN · NICHE
Investigation federal industry awards
Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (NAICS 561611) ranks #118 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $693.2M.
PlainFedContract reports USAspending.gov calendar-2024 awards under NAICS 561611. Stamp board: MID · ADMIN · SLIP. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Investigation and Personal Background Check Services’s annual contract dollars fell from $761.2M in 2023 to $693.2M in 2024. 8.9% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2021 at $853.7M.
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 Investigation leads the CY2024 industry award board
$693.2M · #118 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$693.2M under NAICS 561611 · #118 of 499 , MID · ADMIN · NICHE · SLIP. 2019→2024: 95→118 of 499 (0.13%→0.092% of tracked industry dollars) ; #12/31 in ADMIN. That is a 23-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Water Supply at $699.0M (MID).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 561611 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within ADMIN. 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
- Water Supply and Irrigation Systems $699.0M
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- Other Commercial $666.7M
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Similar sector weight
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- Special Needs Transportation 1.1% · $217.3M
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- Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control 1.1% · $31.2M
- Roofing Contractors 1.1% · $539.4M
- Telecommunications Resellers 1.1% · $193.6M
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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