Contrax Pathway · Step 1 · Gap Map

Where the federal it services work is, and who already has it

Federal spending in fiscal year 2025, the share set aside for small businesses, the top buying agencies, contracts ending in the next 12 months, and how many companies hold the work now. Green states have big spending but few companies holding it. Source: USAspending.gov, by state.

JanitorialSecurity guardTrucking and haulingLandscapingConstructionHVAC and plumbingElectricalIT servicesCybersecurityWaste and trash hauling

Federal it services spending

$74.2B

Contracts ending in 12 months

24,041

Openings (green states)

13

Alabama: Opening, $1.3B federal spendingAlaska: Opening, $456M federal spendingArizona: Crowded, $616M federal spendingArkansas: Small market, $18.6M federal spendingCalifornia: Crowded, $2.3B federal spendingColorado: Opening, $1.6B federal spendingConnecticut: Small market, $75.8M federal spendingDelaware: Small market, $39.8M federal spendingFlorida: Opening, $2.1B federal spendingGeorgia: Crowded, $946M federal spendingHawaii: Crowded, $326M federal spendingIdaho: Small market, $14.7M federal spendingIllinois: Crowded, $704M federal spendingIndiana: Small market, $241M federal spendingIowa: Small market, $27.2M federal spendingKansas: Opening, $1.1B federal spendingKentucky: Small market, $276M federal spendingLouisiana: Small market, $106M federal spendingMaine: Small market, $10.3M federal spendingMaryland: Opening, $11.9B federal spendingMassachusetts: Crowded, $378M federal spendingMichigan: Small market, $162M federal spendingMinnesota: Small market, $49.7M federal spendingMississippi: Small market, $239M federal spendingMissouri: Crowded, $449M federal spendingMontana: Small market, $14.3M federal spendingNebraska: Opening, $436M federal spendingNevada: Small market, $104M federal spendingNew Hampshire: Small market, $183M federal spendingNew Jersey: Opening, $998M federal spendingNew Mexico: Small market, $154M federal spendingNew York: Crowded, $501M federal spendingNorth Carolina: Crowded, $637M federal spendingNorth Dakota: Small market, $8.4M federal spendingOhio: Crowded, $846M federal spendingOklahoma: Small market, $323M federal spendingOregon: Small market, $96.5M federal spendingPennsylvania: Crowded, $730M federal spendingRhode Island: Small market, $10.5M federal spendingSouth Carolina: Opening, $501M federal spendingSouth Dakota: Small market, $61.1M federal spendingTennessee: Small market, $145M federal spendingTexas: Opening, $2.0B federal spendingUtah: Opening, $573M federal spendingVermont: Small market, $60.6M federal spendingVirginia: Opening, $29.1B federal spendingWashington: Crowded, $338M federal spendingWest Virginia: Crowded, $496M federal spendingWisconsin: Small market, $35.8M federal spendingWyoming: Small market, $8.9M federal spendingDistrict of Columbia: Opening, $10.4B federal spending
Opening: Big spending, few companies holding the workCrowded: Big spending, many companies already inSmall market: Less federal spending in this trade

Best openings for it services

Big federal spending, few companies holding the work, ranked with the small-business share and contracts coming up.

StateSpendingSmall-business shareCompanies holding workEnding in 12 monthsRating
Maryland$11.9B25%10913933Opening
Colorado$1.6B48%234736Opening
Virginia$29.1B17%12486358Opening
District of Columbia$10.4B23%12504514Opening
Nebraska$436M40%3874Opening
Texas$2.0B32%349750Opening
New Jersey$998M22%115249Opening
Alaska$456M45%71111Opening
Alabama$1.3B19%152266Opening
West Virginia$496M49%100188Crowded
California$2.3B24%3951405Crowded
Illinois$704M33%152253Crowded
Florida$2.1B16%275521Opening
Kentucky$276M55%6393Small market
Hawaii$326M32%5974Crowded

"Companies holding work" counts the companies whose federal it services contracts in the state end in the next 18 months. Figures are by place of performance and state; county figures are not available from this source.