USAspending.gov · NAICS 491110 · Transportation and Warehousing
Postal Service
Thin-tail NAICS industry on the industries board — code 491110 in Transportation and Warehousing.
- CY2024 awards
- $56.6M
- Corpus rank
- #352 of 499
- Award plate
- LIGHT
- Sector
- TRANS · NICHE
Postal Service federal industry awards
Postal Service is a thin-tail industry on the NAICS board at $56.6M CY2024 (#352 of 499).
PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 491110, not firm revenue. Stamp board: LIGHT · TRANS. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Postal Service’s annual contract dollars rose from $54.3M in 2023 to $56.6M in 2024. 4.3% vs 2023
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 Postal Service shows up on the thin-tail award band
$56.6M · #352 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , thin-tail on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.
$56.6M under NAICS 491110 · #352 of 499 , LIGHT · TRANS · NICHE · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 386→352 of 499 (0.0068%→0.0075% of tracked industry dollars) ; #4/4 in TRANS. That is a 34-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Office Supplies at $56.3M (LIGHT).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 491110 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight sits in a mid band within TRANS. 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
- Office Supplies and Stationery Stores $56.3M
- Dry Pasta $57.5M
- Packaging Machinery Manufacturing $55.7M
- Home Health Care Services $55.6M
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages $55.6M
- Primary Battery Manufacturing $55.5M
Similar sector weight
- Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing 2.4% · $257.2M
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless… 2.3% · $5.1B
- All Other Consumer Goods Rental 2.4% · $40.1M
- Police Protection 2.3% · $18.0M
- Professional Organizations 2.3% · $110.9M
- Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Con… 2.3% · $1.1B
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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