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Where the federal trucking and hauling 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.

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Federal trucking and hauling spending

$1.0B

Contracts ending in 12 months

714

Openings (green states)

13

Alabama: Crowded, $5.8M federal spendingAlaska: Small market, $1.1M federal spendingArizona: Opening, $31.3M federal spendingArkansas: Small market, $1.7M federal spendingCalifornia: Crowded, $11.3M federal spendingColorado: Opening, $46.9M federal spendingConnecticut: Small market, $1.3M federal spendingDelaware: Small market, $600K federal spendingFlorida: Opening, $42.5M federal spendingGeorgia: Crowded, $18.2M federal spendingHawaii: Crowded, $5.5M federal spendingIdaho: Small market, $1.2M federal spendingIllinois: Opening, $60.4M federal spendingIndiana: Crowded, $3.6M federal spendingIowa: Small market, $562K federal spendingKansas: Opening, $68.4M federal spendingKentucky: Opening, $126M federal spendingLouisiana: Small market, $1.7M federal spendingMaine: Small market, $775K federal spendingMaryland: Opening, $36.4M federal spendingMassachusetts: Opening, $16.3M federal spendingMichigan: Small market, $3.3M federal spendingMinnesota: Small market, $2.7M federal spendingMississippi: Crowded, $4.0M federal spendingMissouri: Crowded, $6.4M federal spendingMontana: Small market, $351K federal spendingNebraska: Small market, $2.4M federal spendingNevada: Small market, $1.3M federal spendingNew Hampshire: Small market, $2.2M federal spendingNew Jersey: Small market, $791K federal spendingNew Mexico: Opening, $11.1M federal spendingNew York: Crowded, $7.2M federal spendingNorth Carolina: Crowded, $3.4M federal spendingNorth Dakota: Small market, $813K federal spendingOhio: Crowded, $4.5M federal spendingOklahoma: Crowded, $5.4M federal spendingOregon: Small market, $2.9M federal spendingPennsylvania: Small market, $2.2M federal spendingRhode Island: Small market, $235K federal spendingSouth Carolina: Opening, $22.8M federal spendingSouth Dakota: Small market, $845K federal spendingTennessee: Opening, $345M federal spendingTexas: Opening, $34.0M federal spendingUtah: Small market, $1.5M federal spendingVermont: Small market, $1.0M federal spendingVirginia: Crowded, $6.9M federal spendingWashington: Crowded, $4.2M federal spendingWest Virginia: Small market, $1.1M federal spendingWisconsin: Small market, $1.8M federal spendingWyoming: Small market, $699K federal spendingDistrict of Columbia: Opening, $50.8M 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 trucking and hauling

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$36.4M33%1937Opening
District of Columbia$50.8M28%2977Opening
Florida$42.5M10%2235Opening
Kentucky$126M0%443Opening
Tennessee$345M0%422Opening
Texas$34.0M8%2548Opening
Georgia$18.2M22%1728Crowded
California$11.3M45%1842Crowded
Arizona$31.3M5%1015Opening
Colorado$46.9M2%1114Opening
Illinois$60.4M0%1021Opening
Nebraska$2.4M32%22Small market
Maine$775K71%11Small market
Kansas$68.4M1%67Opening
South Carolina$22.8M1%813Opening

"Companies holding work" counts the companies whose federal trucking and hauling 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.