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Iowa federal contract spending
Federal contract awards performed in Iowa, by place of performance, with the top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Contract awards (FY2024)
- $3.0B
- State code
- IA
- Top primes
- 15
Reading the Iowa federal contract record
Federal contract awards are assigned to a state by primary place of performance, where the work is actually executed, not by the contractor's headquarters address. That distinction matters: a defense prime headquartered in one state may perform the bulk of a task order at a shipyard, depot, or research campus in another, and the dollars land where the work happens. As a result, states that host large military installations, federal laboratories, shipbuilding yards, or major civilian agency facilities tend to show contract totals far larger than their share of population or contractor headquarters would suggest. Capital-region states in particular concentrate professional-services and IT-modernization awards because so many agencies are headquartered there.
These figures reflect prime contract obligations only, not subcontractor flow-down. A prime may subcontract a large share of a contract's value to specialist firms whose work is not separately attributed to the state in this view, so the totals understate the full economic footprint of federal contracting. Use the top-contractor breakdown below to see which firms drive the state's reported total, and the methodology page for the full place-of-performance and subaward caveats. Methodology & subaward caveats →
Top Contractors in Iowa
| # | Contractor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | $961.8M |
| 2 | Data Link Solutions LLC | $291.4M |
| 3 | American Ordnance LLC | $284.1M |
| 4 | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | $267.8M |
| 5 | Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | $105.6M |
| 6 | Pmx Industries, Inc. | $90.8M |
| 7 | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $75.8M |
| 8 | Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions LLC | $61.0M |
| 9 | The Cbe Group, Inc. | $42.7M |
| 10 | Regency Consulting Inc | $35.1M |
| 11 | L3harris Technologies, Inc. | $31.3M |
| 12 | The University of Iowa | $31.2M |
| 13 | Raytheon Company | $21.4M |
| 14 | General Dynamics-Ots, Inc. | $18.1M |
| 15 | Covenant Construction Services LLC | $17.4M |
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. State-level spending amounts are aggregated by place of performance and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.
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Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury FY2024 federal contract obligations by place of performance
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