USAspending.gov · NAICS 511120 · Information
Periodical Publishers
Thin-tail NAICS industry on the industries board — code 511120 in Information.
- CY2024 awards
- $43.1M
- Corpus rank
- #386 of 499
- Award plate
- TRACE
- Sector
- INFO · NICHE
Periodical Publishers federal industry awards
Periodical Publishers is a thin-tail industry on the NAICS board at $43.1M CY2024 (#386 of 499).
PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 511120, not firm revenue. Stamp board: TRACE · INFO. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Periodical Publishers’s annual contract dollars fell from $60.4M in 2023 to $43.1M in 2024. 28.6% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2022 at $79.8M.
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 Periodical Publishers shows up on the thin-tail award band
$43.1M · #386 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , thin-tail on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.
$43.1M under NAICS 511120 · #386 of 499 , TRACE · INFO · NICHE · SLIP. 2019→2024: 314→386 of 499 (0.012%→0.0057% of tracked industry dollars) ; #22/27 in INFO. That is a 72-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Outpatient Mental Health at $43.0M (TRACE).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 511120 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within INFO. 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
- Outpatient Mental Health $43.0M
- Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing $43.5M
- All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing $43.6M
- Nonwoven Fabric Mills $41.9M
- Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems $41.5M
- Electric Lamp Bulb $44.8M
Similar sector weight
- Residential Remodelers 0.2% · $118.3M
- All Other Legal Services 0.2% · $580.3M
- Stationery Product Manufacturing 0.2% · $68.9M
- Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing 0.2% · $74.2M
- Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing 0.2% · $500.8M
- Painting and Wall Covering Contractors 0.2% · $125.3M
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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