USAspending.gov · NAICS 517110 · Information
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 517110 in Information.
- CY2024 awards
- $2.2B
- Corpus rank
- #45 of 499
- Award plate
- HEAVY
- Sector
- INFO · WEIGHTY
Wired Telecommunications Ca… federal industry awards
Wired Telecommunications Carriers (NAICS 517110) ranks #45 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $2.2B.
Wired Telecommunications Ca… takes 12.0% of INFO sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Wired Telecommunications Carriers’s annual contract dollars fell from $2.5B in 2023 to $2.2B in 2024. 12% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2020 at $4.1B.
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 Wired Telecommunications Ca… leads the CY2024 industry award board
$2.2B · #45 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$2.2B under NAICS 517110 · #45 of 499 , HEAVY · INFO · WEIGHTY · SLIP. 2019→2024: 33→45 of 499 (0.59%→0.29% of tracked industry dollars) ; #3/27 in INFO. That is a 12-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Nonscheduled Chartered Passenge… at $2.1B (HEAVY).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 517110 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its INFO sector window. 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
Similar sector weight
- Commercial Bakeries 12.1% · $1.3B
- Ship Building and Repairing 11.8% · $26.2B
- Other General Government Support 12.3% · $97.6M
- Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings 11.7% · $198.3M
- Regulation and Administration of Communications 12.5% · $99.4M
- All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing 11.4% · $1.2B
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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