Who buys NAICS 711510 (Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers) 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 | 42 | $2.8M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 43 | $855K | -69% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 43 | $883K | +3% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 92 | $4.4M | +395% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 33% of this market's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY REHABILITATION INDUSTRIES, INC | $1.3M | 15.2% |
| 2 | NELSON PREFERRED PAINTING, INC. | $1.1M | 12.4% |
| 3 | PROPPER INTERNATIONAL INC | $953K | 10.7% |
| 4 | MYERS CONSERVATION | $386K | 4.3% |
| 5 | BHPE LLC | $264K | 3.0% |
| 6 | PARMA CONSERVATION, LTD. | $264K | 3.0% |
| 7 | HUMAN DOMAIN SOLUTIONS, LLC | $260K | 2.9% |
| 8 | ATELIER 4, LLC | $233K | 2.6% |
| 9 | OLIN CONSERVATION, INC. | $162K | 1.8% |
| 10 | BR HOWARD & ASSOCIATES INC | $159K | 1.8% |
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 Defense | $2.9M | 32.7% |
| Department of State | $2.5M | 27.9% |
| General Services Administration | $2.4M | 27.0% |
| Department of the Interior | $439K | 4.9% |
| Department of the Treasury | $319K | 3.6% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $244K | 2.7% |
| U.S. Agency for Global Media | $45K | 0.5% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $37K | 0.4% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $19K | 0.2% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $486K | 8.5% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $260K | 4.6% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $5.0M | 86.9% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 64% 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.
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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.