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America at 250: 250 Companies Winning Their First Federal Contracts

As the U.S. turns 250, we celebrate 250 companies — 50 each across five categories — that won new federal prime contract since 2024: $9.5B in combined first-award value across 44 states and 16 agencies.

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America at 250: 250 Companies Winning Their First Federal Contracts
Independence Day 2026 — America at 250. As the United States marks 250 years, PrimeRFP SCOUT is celebrating a very American story: the entrepreneurs and small businesses winning a new federal prime contract. These 250 companies — 50 in each of five categories — each recorded their earliest federal prime award on or after January 1, 2024. Together they are the next generation of the American mission economy.

Across these 250 new prime winners: $9.5B in combined new-award value, 55 service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 59 veteran-owned firms in all, 24 woman-owned businesses, spanning 44 states and territories and 16 federal agencies. Every company below links to its live PrimeRFP SCOUT intelligence profile (or its own website, where available).


1. New SDVOSB Prime Winners

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses earning a new federal prime award since 2024

2. New Virginia Primes

Commonwealth of Virginia companies breaking into federal prime contracting

3. New Small Business Primes

Competitive small businesses winning new prime federal obligations since 2024

4. Defense Industrial Base — New Primes

New primes supporting Department of Defense and military agency missions

5. Civil Agency — New Primes

New primes serving civilian agencies — health, transportation, energy, and more


Methodology. Companies whose earliest prime federal obligation on record falls on or after January 1, 2024 — new entrants to federal prime contracting within the available USAspending window — with lifetime prime obligations of at least $25,000. Up to 50 companies per category, deduplicated in priority order. Award details reflect the highest-value prime transaction in each company's earliest recorded obligation month. Source: USAspending.gov via the PrimeRFP SCOUT mirror. Figures shown are the value of each company's earliest qualifying award, not lifetime totals.

Want to see who is winning new contracts in your market? Explore the live data at scout.primerfp.com.

Happy 250th, America. Here's to the next contract — and the next 250 years. 🇺🇸

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