Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce reported $5.4 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 22 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $5,443,326,016
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 22 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 0.1%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 013
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-commerce
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $4,516,713,369 | 83.0% |
| Grants | $1,009,024,010 | 18.5% |
| Loans | -$82,411,363 | -1.5% |
A negative figure means deobligations exceeded obligations for that instrument in this period: money previously committed was released rather than newly committed. It is not a payment in reverse.
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | $1,501,270,930 | 27.6% |
| 2 | Virginia | $989,244,558 | 18.2% |
| 3 | District Of Columbia | $522,497,888 | 9.6% |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | $230,908,931 | 4.2% |
| 5 | Florida | $209,448,174 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Alaska | $202,493,537 | 3.7% |
| 7 | Washington | $200,037,470 | 3.7% |
| 8 | Georgia | $143,657,654 | 2.6% |
| 9 | Colorado | $137,809,447 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Kentucky | $96,463,862 | 1.8% |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $95,383,780 | 1.8% |
| 12 | Louisiana | $90,888,805 | 1.7% |
| 13 | Oregon | $89,274,697 | 1.6% |
| 14 | Mississippi | $81,381,779 | 1.5% |
| 15 | California | $66,432,608 | 1.2% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $5,375,813,057, against an overall $5,443,326,016 for the agency. The difference was performed abroad or carries no reported location. The two figures come from separate USAspending aggregations and reconcile to within a fraction of a percent, not to the cent. Place of performance is what the recipient reported, not necessarily where work happened.
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql
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