USAspending.gov · NAICS 333314 · Manufacturing
Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 333314 in Manufacturing.
- CY2024 awards
- $500.8M
- Corpus rank
- #138 of 499
- Award plate
- MID
- Sector
- MFG · NICHE
Optical Instrument federal industry awards
Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing (NAICS 333314) ranks #138 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $500.8M.
PlainFedContract reports USAspending.gov calendar-2024 awards under NAICS 333314. Stamp board: MID · MFG · SLIP. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing’s annual contract dollars fell from $584.8M in 2023 to $500.8M in 2024. 14.4% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2019 at $1.0B.
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 Optical Instrument leads the CY2024 industry award board
$500.8M · #138 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$500.8M under NAICS 333314 · #138 of 499 , MID · MFG · NICHE · SLIP. 2019→2024: 71→138 of 499 (0.18%→0.067% of tracked industry dollars) ; #36/140 in MFG. That is a 67-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Educational Support Services at $506.5M (MID).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 333314 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
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
- Educational Support Services $506.5M
- Instrument Manufacturing $487.5M
- Offices of Lawyers $486.1M
- All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product $478.9M
- Telecommunications Resellers $476.9M
- All Other Publishers $463.9M
Similar sector weight
- Stationery Product Manufacturing 0.2% · $68.9M
- Residential Remodelers 0.2% · $118.3M
- Periodical Publishers 0.2% · $43.1M
- All Other Legal Services 0.2% · $580.3M
- Roofing, Siding, 0.2% · $19.4M
- Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing 0.2% · $74.2M
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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