How did Port and Harbor Operations move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Port and Harbor Operations climbed from #199 to #159 of 499 ranked industries (CLIMBER); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.035% to 0.046%. That is a 40-place move over 5 years.

Where does the TRANS sector placement for Port and Harbor Operations come from?

Sector 48 (Transportation and Warehousing) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Port and Harbor Operations ranks #7 of 29 classified industries there (NICHE), taking 1.7% of $20.1B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 488310 · Transportation and Warehousing

Port and Harbor Operations

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 488310 in Transportation and Warehousing.

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CY2024 awards: $347.0M
Corpus rank: #159 of 499
Award plate: MID
Sector: TRANS · NICHE

Port and Harbor Operations federal industry awards

Port and Harbor Operations (NAICS 488310) ranks #159 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $347.0M.

PlainFedContract reports USAspending.gov calendar-2024 awards under NAICS 488310. Stamp board: MID · TRANS · CLIMBER. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Port and Harbor Operations’s annual contract dollars rose from $303.9M in 2023 to $347.0M in 2024. 14.2% vs 2023

Port and Harbor Operations 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 Port and Harbor Operations leads the CY2024 industry award board

$347.0M · #159 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$347.0M under NAICS 488310 · #159 of 499 , MID · TRANS · NICHE · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 199→159 of 499 (0.035%→0.046% of tracked industry dollars) ; #7/29 in TRANS. That is a 40-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: General Automotive Repair at $349.9M (MID).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 488310 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within TRANS. 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

General Automotive Repair $349.9M
Boat Building $343.4M
Other Metal Container Manufacturing $327.1M
Marketing Consulting Services $327.0M
Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels $367.5M
Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing $324.1M

Similar sector weight

Flour Milling 1.7% · $187.5M
Electronic Computer Manufacturing 1.7% · $3.7B
Caterers 1.8% · $30.9M
Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers 1.8% · $1.1B
Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists 1.8% · $241.0M
Language Schools 1.6% · $81.9M

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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