USAspending.gov · NAICS 541820 · Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Public Relations Agencies
Mid-pack NAICS industry on the industries board — code 541820 in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
- CY2024 awards
- $154.9M
- Corpus rank
- #255 of 499
- Award plate
- LIGHT
- Sector
- PROF · NICHE
Public Relations Agencies federal industry awards
Public Relations Agencies sits in the mid-pack on the NAICS award board at $154.9M CY2024 (#255 of 499).
PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 541820, not firm revenue. Stamp board: LIGHT · PROF. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Public Relations Agencies’s annual contract dollars rose from $89.3M in 2023 to $154.9M in 2024. 73.4% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2020 at $203.2M.
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 Public Relations Agencies sits in the mid-pack award band
$154.9M · #255 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , mid-pack on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.
$154.9M under NAICS 541820 · #255 of 499 , LIGHT · PROF · NICHE · SLIP. 2019→2024: 211→255 of 499 (0.032%→0.021% of tracked industry dollars) ; #33/39 in PROF. That is a 44-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Tire Manufacturing at $155.1M (LIGHT).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 541820 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within PROF. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mid-scale industry peers nationwide
Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mid-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.
Closest CY2024 award dollars
- Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading) $155.1M
- Internet Publishing $154.3M
- Commercial Banking $154.1M
- Credit Bureaus $156.0M
- Manufactured Home (Mobile Home) Manufacturing $156.2M
- Other Commercial $159.1M
Similar sector weight
- Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing 0.1% · $19.4M
- Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal 0.1% · $40.5M
- Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) 0.1% · $19.6M
- Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufact… 0.1% · $19.8M
- Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use 0.1% · $20.2M
- Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manuf… 0.1% · $18.6M
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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