Where does Iron and Steel Forging sit on the thin-tail industry band?

Iron and Steel Forging ranks #414 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $34.8M (TRACE · MFG).

How did Iron and Steel Forging move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Iron and Steel Forging climbed from #465 to #414 of 499 ranked industries (CLIMBER); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.0034% to 0.0046%. That is a 51-place move over 5 years.

Where does the MFG sector placement for Iron and Steel Forging come from?

Sector 33 (Manufacturing) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Iron and Steel Forging ranks #115 of 140 classified industries there (NICHE), taking 0.0% of $221.7B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 332111 · Manufacturing

Iron and Steel Forging

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Thin-tail NAICS industry on the industries board — code 332111 in Manufacturing.

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CY2024 awards: $34.8M
Corpus rank: #414 of 499
Award plate: TRACE
Sector: MFG · NICHE

Iron and Steel Forging federal industry awards

Iron and Steel Forging is a thin-tail industry on the NAICS board at $34.8M CY2024 (#414 of 499).

PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 332111, not firm revenue. Stamp board: TRACE · MFG. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Iron and Steel Forging’s annual contract dollars rose from $26.0M in 2023 to $34.8M in 2024. 33.7% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2020 at $48.7M.

Iron and Steel Forging 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 Iron and Steel Forging shows up on the thin-tail award band

$34.8M · #414 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , thin-tail on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.

$34.8M under NAICS 332111 · #414 of 499 , TRACE · MFG · NICHE · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 465→414 of 499 (0.0034%→0.0046% of tracked industry dollars) ; #115/140 in MFG. That is a 51-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Specialized Freight at $34.9M (TRACE).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 332111 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within MFG. 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

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking $34.9M
Administration of Education Programs $34.4M
Printing Ink Manufacturing $35.4M
Portfolio Management $35.4M
Travel Agencies $35.6M
All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Servic… $34.0M

Similar sector weight

Graphic Design Services 0.0% · $37.2M
Interior Design Services 0.0% · $32.4M
Other Services Related to Advertising 0.0% · $29.6M
Landscape Architectural Services 0.0% · $49.4M
Payroll Services 0.0% · $25.2M
Employment Placement Agencies 0.0% · $20.5M

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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