Which SDVOSB lane is actually worth competing in
Every govcon product answers “what’s open for bid?” None of them answer the question that comes first: is this market real for a firm my size, or does someone already own it? That answer is public. Here it is for the 20 largest SDVOSB set-aside markets in FY2025.
The spread is enormous and it is not what the totals suggest. Computer Facilities Management Services (541513) has 94.4% of its award value in five companies’ hands. Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220) — the single biggest lane by obligations — sits at 16.6%. And if you just want to win something small first, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112) has a median award of $69,664.
Largest FY2025 obligations first
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Open — no dominant holderWho is already holding this work
- RICHARD GROUP LLC — $517.0M
- AC JV ONE LLC — $333.9M
- HURLEY JV, LLP — $257.5M
- ESA SOUTH, INC. — $252.1M
- HSGS-AMERESCO, LLC — $201.6M
Award range in this lane: $2k to $201.6M.
541519 Other Computer Related Services
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- V3GATE, LLC — $1.3B
- FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. — $1.2B
- MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC — $821.0M
- COLOSSAL CONTRACTING LLC — $553.4M
- THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC — $553.1M
Award range in this lane: $2k to $576.9M.
541512 Computer Systems Design Services
Competitive, but tiltedWho is already holding this work
- IT CONCEPTS, INC. — $433.1M
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION — $397.8M
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC — $330.4M
- FAVOR TECHCONSULTING, LLC — $221.5M
- SIERRA7, INC. — $196.0M
Award range in this lane: $27k to $408.6M.
541330 Engineering Services
Open — no dominant holderWho is already holding this work
- STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS LLC — $266.1M
- PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC. — $115.5M
- SPEES LLC — $79.6M
- KT CONSULTING, INC. — $76.7M
- ALEXANDRIA INSIGHTS, INC. — $68.7M
Award range in this lane: $3k to $112.2M.
541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- SPREZZATURA MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, LLC — $380.0M
- MAVERIS LLC — $208.2M
- VETERANS EZ INFO INC. — $132.1M
- ODDBALL, INC. — $105.6M
- IDEAL INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED — $65.2M
Award range in this lane: $5k to $380.0M.
541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
Competitive, but tiltedWho is already holding this work
- CLEAR VANTAGE POINT SOLUTIONS II LLC — $154.9M
- TRILOGY FEDERAL, LLC — $150.7M
- TITAN ALPHA LLC — $130.6M
- QUALITY SUPPORT, INC. — $125.9M
- YORKTOWN SYSTEMS GROUP INC — $115.5M
Award range in this lane: $3k to $154.9M.
238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
Open — no dominant holderWho is already holding this work
- BLUE PACIFIC JV LLC — $34.2M
- SERVIAM CONSTRUCTION LLC — $25.5M
- JETT'S SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC — $22.9M
- AMERITECH CONTRACTING LLC — $19.7M
- VENERGY GROUP LLC — $15.5M
Award range in this lane: $820 to $34.2M.
561210 Facilities Support Services
Competitive, but tiltedWho is already holding this work
- CRITERION CORPORATION — $121.0M
- FRONTLINE KING GEORGE JV LLC — $39.8M
- SAWTST LLC — $30.2M
- T SQUARE LOGISTICS SERVICES CORPORATION — $26.3M
- ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC — $24.8M
Award range in this lane: $4k to $67.4M.
237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
Competitive, but tiltedWho is already holding this work
- SEABEE CONSTRUCTION, INC. — $84.1M
- SGC SERVICES 2, LLC — $75.4M
- C & C CONTRACTORS LLC — $69.5M
- RANDY KINDER EXCAVATING INC — $66.1M
- MGC SERVICES A JOINT VENTURE LLC — $50.8M
Award range in this lane: $34k to $78.9M.
561320 Temporary Help Services
Competitive, but tiltedWho is already holding this work
- GHOST RX INC. — $40.5M
- MIRACORP INC — $37.8M
- MILLBROOK SUPPORT SERVICES INC — $34.3M
- ANSIBLE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC — $27.5M
- EGA ASSOCIATES, LLC — $26.9M
Award range in this lane: $508 to $37.8M.
561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- THE WHITESTONE GROUP, INC. — $81.0M
- COGAR GROUP, LTD., THE — $37.9M
- CULPEPPER & ASSOCIATES SECURITY SERVICES INC — $37.1M
- VISION QUEST SOLUTIONS INC — $34.8M
- SERVEXO — $19.2M
Award range in this lane: $5k to $51.8M.
561720 Janitorial Services
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- OS-DB-JV-2 LLC — $60.4M
- ALCAZAR TRADES, INC — $36.4M
- HAMHED LLC — $35.6M
- NINETY FIVE SOUTH, INC — $17.7M
- PHI GROUP LLC — $16.0M
Award range in this lane: $1k to $60.4M.
339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- TRILLAMED LLC — $26.2M
- MEDICAL PLACE INC — $16.5M
- BEACON POINT ASSOCIATES LLC — $15.8M
- FIRST NATION GROUP LLC — $9.2M
- L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED — $7.5M
Award range in this lane: $4k to $9.0M.
238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Competitive, but tiltedWho is already holding this work
- JXR CONSTRUCTORS INC — $21.6M
- INNOVATIVE SUPPORT SOLUTIONS, INC. — $21.4M
- 3LINKS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — $15.4M
- SOUTHERN BUILDING CO LLC — $12.8M
- SKYTEK LLC — $11.9M
Award range in this lane: $2k to $21.6M.
337215 Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing
Effectively closedWho is already holding this work
- JPL & ASSOCIATES, LLC — $35.2M
- SDV OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC — $27.3M
- VETERAN OFFICE DESIGN, LLC — $11.6M
- GOVSOLUTIONS, INC. — $6.7M
- CUNA SUPPLY LLC — $5.1M
Award range in this lane: $1k to $2.8M.
561990 All Other Support Services
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- LAMAIN INDUSTRIES LLC — $79.4M
- W. HARRIS, GOVERNMENT SERVICES CONTRACTOR, INC. — $29.2M
- L L BROOKS ENTERPRISES INC — $28.7M
- DAK PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC — $19.4M
- R&R COMMISSARY SERVICES, INCORPORATED — $18.1M
Award range in this lane: $3k to $17.8M.
238290 Other Building Equipment Contractors
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC — $71.3M
- JOHNSONDANFORTH, INC — $22.8M
- MODESTO MANAGEMENT LLC — $18.6M
- ARMSTRONG ELEVATOR COMPANY — $17.5M
- VETERAN ELEVATED SOLUTIONS, LLC — $13.4M
Award range in this lane: $2k to $13.6M.
541513 Computer Facilities Management Services
Effectively closedWho is already holding this work
- NETWORK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES INC. — $254.5M
- DECISIONPOINT CORPORATION — $61.9M
- LEADER COMMUNICATIONS INC. — $10.1M
- CTI RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. — $9.5M
- INTEPROS FEDERAL INCORPORATED — $8.1M
Award range in this lane: $6k to $254.5M.
237110 Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
ConcentratedWho is already holding this work
- HAWK-NIKING, LLC — $29.8M
- BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC — $15.1M
- BOYER COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION INC — $13.0M
- B2 CONSTRUCTORS, LLC — $9.9M
- AAECON GENERAL CONTRACTING LLC — $8.6M
Award range in this lane: $2k to $29.8M.
541310 Architectural Services
Open — no dominant holderWho is already holding this work
- SPUR DESIGN, LLC — $19.5M
- RDC JPA ARCHITECTURE, L.L.L.P. — $19.1M
- TOLAND MIZELL MOLNAR LLC — $15.4M
- ATRIAX, P.L.L.C. — $15.1M
- MILLER-REMICK, LLC — $15.0M
Award range in this lane: $3k to $7.5M.
How to read this
Everything here counts only contract awards carrying an SDVOSB set-aside code, in fiscal year 2025. Awards with zero or negative amounts are excluded — the federal award table is full of modifications and deobligations, and including them would drag every median toward nonsense.
Two dollar figures appear and they are not interchangeable. FY2025 obligations is what was obligated against that NAICS during the year. The median and quartiles describe award size — and an award’s value can span years outside this window, so award values sum to more than the year’s obligations. Reporting one as the other would overstate a lane by several times.
One honest limit: recipient names are used as USAspending reports them. Parent companies and joint ventures have not been de-rolled-up, so a high top-5 share is a strong signal to go look at the incumbents — not a precise measurement of how closed a lane is.
Questions
What does this tool actually tell me?
For each of the 20 biggest SDVOSB set-aside markets: what a typical award is worth, how much of the money the five largest firms already hold, how many distinct firms won anything, and who the incumbents are. That is enough to answer the question nobody selling govcon services wants to answer honestly — whether a lane is a real market for a firm your size or a lottery you will lose.
Where does the data come from?
USAspending.gov, fetched 2026-09-01, covering federal fiscal year 2025. It is public domain — the USAspending API repository is CC0-1.0 and federal works carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105(a). Filtered to contract awards carrying an SDVOSB set-aside code, then paginated in full so the median is a real median rather than a sample of the largest awards.
Why is the median award more useful than the total?
Because a total tells you how much money exists and nothing about whether you can reach it. A lane with billions in it and a median award of several million is not accessible to a three-person firm, however large the pot. The median tells you the size of the thing you would actually be bidding on, and the quartile range under it tells you how much that varies.
What does the top-5 share mean?
The proportion of award value in that lane held by its five largest recipients. Low means the work is spread across many firms and a new entrant has somewhere to land. High means a handful of companies have it and you are realistically looking at subcontracting to one of them rather than beating them. It is computed from every award in the lane grouped by recipient, not from a top-100 list.
Could the concentration numbers overstate how closed a lane is?
Yes, in one specific way, and it is worth knowing. Recipient names come through as USAspending reports them, and we have not de-rolled-up parent companies or joint ventures. If a large firm wins through several related entities, or a mentor-protege JV appears under its own name, the true concentration could differ from what is shown. Treat a high top-5 share as a strong signal to investigate the incumbents rather than as a precise measurement.
Does a closed lane mean I should give up on it?
No — it means the realistic route is different. A concentrated lane still spends money, and the firms holding it are exactly the ones carrying subcontracting obligations on their larger contracts. Being on the list of firms a prime can call is a better use of a closed lane than bidding against the holder cold.
If a lane looks closed
That is not the end of it. Primes holding contracts over $900,000 carry subcontracting plans with a separate SDVOSB goal — the firms at the top of a concentrated lane are precisely the ones with a regulatory reason to want you on their team.
- Subcontracting: why primes have to look for you
- Are you small under this code? — size is judged per NAICS, per solicitation
- Do you qualify for SDVOSB at all? — nine questions, no email
- SAM.gov registration — none of this works without it