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NAICS 5416 — Management, Scientific & Technical Consulting

NAICS 541611Management Consulting

NAICS 541611 shows $6.9B obligated across 8,747 awards (five-buyer lens) — average award $794K (~24 ≥$100K awards per day in scope).

NAICS 541611 covers federal management and administrative consulting — strategy, process improvement, program management support, and organizational advisory services. Figures below sum the five largest federal buyers (DoD, VA, HHS, GSA, DHS) under obligations_only, ≥$100K — a high-coverage lens when whole-of-government NAICS queries exceed the live SCOUT query budget.

$6.9B

Total Obligated

8,747

Total Awards

$794K

Avg Award Value

Aug 2025 – Aug 2026 (five-buyer lens)

Data Period

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Year-Over-Year Award Trend

Year	Awards	Total Obligated
2023	13,816	$9.1B
2024	13,315	$8.8B
2025	12,528	$7.5B

2026 data through March 2026 only. Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT · ≥$100K floor

Top Agencies by Obligation — NAICS 541611

Agency	Awards	Total Obligated
DoDDepartment of Defense	3,605	$2.5B
VADepartment of Veterans Affairs	691	$558M
HHSDepartment of Health and Human Services	2,338	$2.6B
GSAGeneral Services Administration	707	$490M
DHSDepartment of Homeland Security	1,406	$821M

Top Awardees — NAICS 541611

Trailing 12 months · ≥$100K floor · Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT

Rank	Awardee	Awards	Total Obligated

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SCOUT Market Insights

→NAICS 541611 shows $6.9B obligated across 8,747 awards (five-buyer lens) — average award $794K (~24 ≥$100K awards per day in scope).

→Department of Defense leads at $2.5B (3,605 awards); VA ($558M), HHS ($2.6B), GSA ($490M) are the next largest buyers.

→Whole-of-government awardee ranking timed out on refresh — use Category/PSC market views for prime-share context; five-buyer totals above are authoritative for the scoped buyer set.

→Calendar trend (full CYs): $9.1B (CY2023) → $8.8B (CY2024) → $7.5B (CY2025).

Frequently Asked Questions — NAICS 541611

What is NAICS code 541611?

NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services) covers federal awards for management consulting, strategic planning support, process improvement, program management offices, and related advisory services. It is distinct from HR consulting (541612) and from IT systems design (541512).

How much does the federal government spend on NAICS 541611?

Across DoD, VA, HHS, GSA, and DHS (five-buyer lens), agencies obligated approximately $6.9B under NAICS 541611 across 8,747 awards in the trailing 12 months (Aug 2025–Aug 2026). Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT, obligations_only, ≥$100K floor.

Who are the top NAICS 541611 contractors?

Prime awardee ranking was not available in the five-buyer refresh slice for this code. Use SCOUT award search filtered to NAICS 541611 for incumbent context.

How does 541611 differ from 541612?

541611 is general/administrative management consulting. 541612 is human resources consulting (staffing advisory, HR process design, military HR/survivor services lanes). Capture teams should not treat them as interchangeable when sizing a lane or picking a SAM primary NAICS.

SCOUT Signal

September 2026

Service-disabled veteran-owned contract actions fell 15% at the VA in a single month.

Meanwhile VA's service-disabled veteran-owned contract actions fell 15.3%. The same agency, the same month, the large-vendor lane expanding while the small-business lane contracted. Figures are civilian-agency obligations through 2026-08-31; DoD FPDS for this window is labeled incomplete.

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Data & Methodology

Federal contract and award data sourced from government procurement systems — including FPDS-NG, SAM.gov, and related federal data repositories. PrimeRFP SCOUT ingests, normalizes, and continuously updates records as agencies publish them. Reporting timelines vary by agency; some components (particularly DoD) carry a 60–90 day lag relative to award execution.

Dataset coverage — ≥ $100K floor

All intelligence on this page and within SCOUT is filtered to federal contract awards whose current total award value is $100K or more. PrimeRFP applies this floor at the award level (on current_total_value_award), not per-transaction, so large awards split across many mid-size obligation lines are retained in full. PrimeRFP's own empirical sampling against the raw USASpending dataset shows this threshold captures 98%+ of total federal contract dollars while excluding a long tail of micro-purchases, small modifications, and administrative actions — the trade-off that makes market intelligence tractable without distorting the dollar picture. Coverage: 560,000+ active contract awards and 2.5M+ unique awardees, including small-business set-asides, task orders, and mid-market opportunities.

Award identification: Each record is keyed by federal Award ID (PIID). Task orders recorded as independent awards appear as separate rows. IDIQs and their task orders are tracked distinctly.

Why SCOUT dollar figures differ from published annual totals: Per-agency dollar figures on SCOUT intelligence pages aggregate all USASpending transaction records — including base contract awards, task orders, delivery orders, and modifications to existing contracts. Annual federal contract obligation figures cited in industry reports (e.g., FY2025: $833.8B per Bloomberg Government) count only new prime award actions in the fiscal year, excluding mods. An IDIQ vehicle (like OASIS+) carries no obligation at award — only task orders issued against it are counted. SCOUT's transaction-level aggregates are larger because they capture the full activity picture across a contract's lifecycle, making them useful for competitive analysis and pipeline sizing rather than year-over-year spending comparison.

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About NAICS 541611

Code541611

FamilyNAICS 5416

Avg Award$794K

Data throughSep 2026

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