Free Federal Contractor Search

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   Enter the company

   Type the company's name, or its 12-character UEI if you have it. A UEI finds one company exactly, and a name is matched against registered company names.

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   We read the federal record

   The entry is searched in the federal government's public spending database, and the one company that clearly fits is chosen.

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   Read the answer

   You see whether the company holds federal contracts, the contract dollars over the last three federal fiscal years and the agency that paid it most.

Bulk contractor checks run the same search on a whole list with one CSV file.

The free tool searches one company at a time. With a 1Lookup account you upload a CSV file in the dashboard, pick the column that holds the company names or UEIs and download the same file back with the result columns filled in on every row. These rows are invented.

• 3 credits for each company that holds federal contract dollars in the window, and nothing for a name that fits several companies, a company with no contract dollars or one that is not found.
• Up to 2 million rows in one CSV file.
• Up to 200 API requests per 10 seconds for each API key, and each account can make up to 1,000 requests a minute in total across all its keys.

The Federal Contractor Lookup API returns the same record as JSON from one request.

Send the company name, or its UEI, to the endpoint with your API key. A company that is clearly identified and holds contract dollars in the window costs 3 credits, and one that fits several companies, is not found, holds no contract dollars or is mistyped costs 0. The outcome is in classification.outcome, and the dollars are in classification.total_obligated_usd.

curl -X POST https://app.1lookup.io/api/v1/federal-contractor-lookup \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company": "Sample Aerospace Systems"}'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.1lookup.io/api/v1/federal-contractor-lookup",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"company": "Sample Aerospace Systems"},
)
data = response.json()["data"]
print(data["classification"]["outcome"])

const response = await fetch('https://app.1lookup.io/api/v1/federal-contractor-lookup', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ company: 'Sample Aerospace Systems' })
})
const { data } = await response.json()
console.log(data.classification.outcome)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "classification": {
      "found": true,
      "outcome": "found",
      "name": "SAMPLE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS INC",
      "uei": "SMPLE0000001",
      "level": "parent",
      "small_business": false,
      "state": "TX",
      "window": "FY2024 to FY2026",
      "total_obligated_usd": 1284500000,
      "contract_count": 412,
      "top_agency": "Department of Defense",
      "top_industry": "Aircraft Manufacturing"
    },
    "metadata": { "credits_used": 3, "cache_hit": false }
  }
}

To check every company on a list from your own software, see our Federal Contractor Lookup API.

• The years behind the total are named in every answer.

  The total covers the last three completed federal fiscal years (October 1 to September 30), written as FY2024 to FY2026, so it is never an unlabelled lifetime figure.

• A company with no contract dollars is told apart from one that is not listed.

  A registered company that holds only older awards or grants shows $0 for the window, and a name nobody holds says so, so a blank is never read as no contracts.

• A name that fits several companies is not guessed.

  You are told several companies fit and asked for more of the legal name or the UEI, so a look-alike registration is not mistaken for the company you meant.

• The agency that paid the most is shown by its own name.

  You see which federal agency awarded the company the most contract dollars, so you know who the customer is.

• 01

  Sales teams qualifying a company that sells to government

  Check whether a lead really holds federal contracts, how large they are and which agency is the main customer.

• 02

  Procurement and vendor-risk teams checking a vendor's claim

  See whether a vendor that says it works for the federal government appears in the public award record, and how much.

• 03

  Reporters and researchers sizing a company's federal business

  Read the contract dollars over a named window and the largest agency without searching the database by hand.

• 04

  Analysts checking a counterparty's reliance on federal customers

  Get the contract dollars awarded over three fiscal years in one number, with the years written beside it.

• Federal Contractor Lookup APICheck a whole list of companies by name or UEI, with the award count, top agencies and industries and small-business status.
• 1Lookup vs USAspending.govThe free official source with every award, against one finished answer for one company.
• 1Lookup vs HigherGovA government market platform on annual plans, against a contractor check billed only when the company has awards.
• 1Lookup vs GovTribePer-seat annual plans for capture teams, against a price for each company checked.
• 1Lookup vs GovWin IQA quote-only analyst platform with no price printed, against a published price per company with awards.

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