Who buys NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services) work, who wins it, and what's open right now — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 1,742 | $2.1B | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 237 | $1.2B | -45% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 243 | $485.4M | -59% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 204 | $631.6M | +30% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC. | $660.8M | 14.9% |
| 2 | METROPOLITAN SECURITY SERVICES, INC. | $529.4M | 11.9% |
| 3 | THE GEO GROUP, INC. | $448.9M | 10.1% |
| 4 | UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | $249.0M | 5.6% |
| 5 | CORECIVIC, INC. | $209.4M | 4.7% |
| 6 | SECURITAS AB | $207.4M | 4.7% |
| 7 | MVM, INC. | $188.4M | 4.3% |
| 8 | KERBEROS INTERNATIONAL INC | $141.4M | 3.2% |
| 9 | THE CHENEGA CORPORATION | $113.5M | 2.6% |
| 10 | TRIPLE CANOPY INC | $111.1M | 2.5% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Homeland Security | $3.2B | 72.4% |
| Department of Justice | $702.7M | 15.9% |
| Department of Defense | $190.3M | 4.3% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $86.8M | 2.0% |
| Department of State | $79.5M | 1.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $38.3M | 0.9% |
| Department of Commerce | $33.1M | 0.7% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $29.2M | 0.7% |
| District of Columbia Courts | $13.8M | 0.3% |
| Department of Agriculture | $12.4M | 0.3% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $67.9M | 6.6% |
| 8(a) | $55.9M | 5.4% |
| SDVOSB | $11.4M | 1.1% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $5.5M | 0.5% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $2 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $891.6M | 86.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 23% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 19. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.