SBIR/STTR Competitive Landscape

Research the SBIR/STTR competitive landscape: the top award-winning firms by agency and technology domain. Every figure is computed from public federal award records — free, with per-firm profiles and "firms like this" similarity.

16,968 firms ranked
$36,851,377,528 total on record
70,470 awards
16.7% held by top 25

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Top awardees

Rank	Firm	Total $ awarded	Awards	Top agency	Top technology	Most recent
1	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	$2,491,233,025	1	Department of Defense	Space & Satellite	2013
2	KRATOS S2, INC	$359,048,318	1	General Services Administration	Other	2020
3	FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY INC	$294,892,209	2	General Services Administration	Other	2022
4	PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.	$282,130,816	613	Department of Defense	Materials & Manufacturing	2026
5	Physical Optics Corporation	$202,574,158	657	Department of Defense	—	2020
6	CREARE LLC	$195,758,724	474	Department of Defense	Space & Satellite	2026
7	LINQUEST CORPORATION	$174,113,806	5	General Services Administration	Modeling & Simulation	2025
8	Intelligent Automation, Inc.	$167,220,001	534	Department of Defense	—	2021
9	LYNNTECH INC.	$156,311,456	400	Department of Defense	Other	2026
10	TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.	$155,301,069	433	Department of Defense	Other	2026
11	CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.	$153,339,990	439	Department of Defense	—	2023
12	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	$145,580,431	307	Department of Energy	Microelectronics	2026
13	CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION	$142,003,672	362	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
14	TDA RESEARCH, INC.	$136,489,756	349	Department of Defense	Space & Satellite	2025
15	LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED	$132,054,450	379	Department of Defense	Space & Satellite	2023
16	G2 OPS, INC.	$116,575,037	8	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2022
17	APTIMA INC	$103,288,636	209	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2025
18	KITWARE INC	$102,861,474	153	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2025
19	MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP	$98,965,620	262	Department of Defense	Materials & Manufacturing	2026
20	INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC	$97,200,365	233	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2026
21	CHESAPEAKE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, CORP.	$89,584,473	3	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
22	TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION	$88,592,713	268	Department of Defense	Other	2026
23	GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.	$88,224,842	4	Department of Defense	Cybersecurity	2024
24	SABEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC	$85,772,443	7	Department of Defense	Other	2025
25	CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC	$84,831,270	199	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2025
26	ARETE ASSOCIATES	$84,304,189	195	Department of Defense	Other	2025
27	VANTOR SERVICES INC.	$81,137,081	2	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2022
28	CORVID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	$74,940,106	145	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2025
29	DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC.	$71,903,419	6	Department of Defense	Cybersecurity	2023
30	NANOSONIC INC.	$70,755,426	218	Department of Defense	Materials & Manufacturing	2025
31	INFINITY LABS LLC	$68,565,410	13	Department of Defense	Other	2023
32	JJR SOLUTIONS LLC	$68,388,455	5	Department of Defense	Human Performance & Medical	2026
33	ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.	$67,949,310	72	Department of Defense	Materials & Manufacturing	2026
34	SOAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC	$67,093,927	140	Department of Defense	—	2023
35	SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS CO INC	$63,947,360	119	Department of Defense	—	2023
36	RADIABEAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	$61,321,323	127	Department of Energy	—	2023
37	OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC	$61,292,102	152	Department of Defense	Materials & Manufacturing	2026
38	GALOIS, INC.	$61,190,651	40	Department of Defense	Cybersecurity	2023
39	GINER INC	$61,065,594	163	Department of Health and Human Services	—	2023
40	ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC	$60,416,684	173	Department of Defense	Power & Energy	2025
41	SANARIA INC.	$59,066,895	39	Department of Health and Human Services	—	2023
42	DAVIDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC	$57,148,002	3	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
43	SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC	$56,800,575	124	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2025
44	PROGENY SYSTEMS, LLC	$56,682,422	116	Department of Defense	—	2019
45	VANA SOLUTIONS LLC	$55,929,437	7	General Services Administration	Other	2024
46	BEAST CODE LLC	$55,690,180	3	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2025
47	SA PHOTONICS, LLC	$55,193,905	156	Department of Defense	—	2022
48	BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC.	$53,445,416	125	Department of Defense	Maritime & Undersea	2024
49	NANOHMICS INC	$48,987,236	170	Department of Defense	Microelectronics	2026
50	Epicypher, Inc.	$48,732,885	52	Department of Health and Human Services	—	2023

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Awardees by technology domain

What the competitive landscape shows

The SBIR/STTR competitive landscape ranks the small businesses winning the most federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer funding, measured by total award dollars on record. Filter the ranking by agency, technology domain, program phase, or fiscal year to see who leads a specific slice of the market. Open any firm's awardee profile for its full award history, phase mix, funding agencies, and top technology domains — all free and derived directly from public federal award data.

Frequently asked questions

What is the SBIR/STTR competitive landscape?

It is a live, ranked view of the firms winning the most SBIR/STTR federal R&D dollars, built from public USASpending and SBIR.gov award records. You can filter the ranking by agency, technology area, phase, and fiscal year to see who leads a specific slice of the market.

How do I research a competitor's SBIR/STTR award history?

Open that firm's awardee profile to see its total awards and dollars, its Phase I vs. Phase II mix, which agencies fund it, its top technology domains, and its award timeline — all aggregated from public federal award data, free and without a login.

How does the 'firms like this' similarity work?

For a given firm we compare its set of technology domains and funding agencies against every other awardee using a weighted overlap (Jaccard) score, then rank the firms with the most shared domains and agencies. Sign in to see the full similar-firms list for any company.

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