Top SBIR/STTR Awardees — Department of Energy
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.
- 1,744 firms ranked
- $3,004,327,164 total on record
- 6,525 awards
- 21.2% held by top 25
Top awardees — Top SBIR/STTR Awardees — Department of Energy
| Rank | Firm | Total $ awarded | Awards |
Top agency | Top technology | Most recent |
| 1 |
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC. |
$77,475,806 |
151 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 2 |
RADIABEAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
$47,030,932 |
97 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 3 |
TDA RESEARCH, INC. |
$36,638,853 |
79 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 4 |
TECH-X CORPORATION |
$34,173,305 |
71 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 5 |
RADIABEAM SYSTEMS, LLC |
$31,233,218 |
56 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 6 |
RADIASOFT LLC |
$29,935,466 |
56 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 7 |
ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC |
$29,006,224 |
53 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 8 |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. |
$26,938,539 |
61 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 9 |
EUCLID TECHLABS, LLC |
$24,922,580 |
56 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2021 |
| 10 |
KITWARE INC |
$23,674,343 |
44 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 11 |
MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP |
$22,911,881 |
50 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 12 |
MESA PHOTONICS LLC |
$20,001,860 |
36 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 13 |
AERODYNE RESEARCH INC |
$19,881,267 |
43 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 14 |
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED |
$19,691,924 |
47 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 15 |
ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATION |
$19,363,823 |
34 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 16 |
INCOM, INC. |
$19,315,343 |
29 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 17 |
Sydor Instruments, LLC |
$19,079,058 |
25 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 18 |
Faraday Technology, Inc. |
$18,328,665 |
37 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 19 |
NANOSONIC INC. |
$17,972,236 |
35 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 20 |
Physical Optics Corporation |
$17,971,430 |
40 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2020 |
| 21 |
INNOSENSE CORPORATION |
$17,035,263 |
34 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 22 |
Niowave, Inc. |
$16,375,000 |
33 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2020 |
| 23 |
Reservoir Labs, Inc. |
$16,175,482 |
22 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2021 |
| 24 |
ILLINOISROCSTAR LLC |
$15,915,902 |
30 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2022 |
| 25 |
STARFIRE INDUSTRIES LLC |
$15,815,657 |
27 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 26 |
GINER INC |
$15,643,401 |
36 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 27 |
PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. |
$14,228,671 |
28 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 28 |
HUMMINGBIRD PRECISION MACHINE CO. |
$13,999,464 |
25 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2022 |
| 29 |
TETRAMER TECHNOLOGIES LLC |
$13,415,133 |
26 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 30 |
ADELPHI TECHNOLOGY INC |
$13,271,380 |
27 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 31 |
Coreform LLC |
$13,018,246 |
19 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 32 |
VISTA CLARA INC. |
$12,859,265 |
18 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 33 |
VOXTEL, INC. |
$12,648,975 |
28 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2020 |
| 34 |
CALABAZAS CREEK RESEARCH, INC. |
$12,587,936 |
34 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 35 |
QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC |
$12,385,264 |
27 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2022 |
| 36 |
ULTRAMET |
$12,251,967 |
32 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 37 |
TRITON SYSTEMS, INC. |
$12,135,710 |
28 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 38 |
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC |
$11,764,976 |
21 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2022 |
| 39 |
ADVANCED CONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC |
$11,565,224 |
23 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 40 |
ALPHACORE INC |
$11,536,687 |
23 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 41 |
CAPESYM INC |
$11,358,678 |
23 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 42 |
CREARE LLC |
$11,294,789 |
26 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 43 |
NEXTECH MATERIALS, LTD. |
$11,270,028 |
23 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2022 |
| 44 |
SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC |
$11,149,101 |
28 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 45 |
HYPER TECH RESEARCH INC |
$10,948,317 |
31 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 46 |
FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC |
$10,726,122 |
17 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2021 |
| 47 |
OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC |
$10,356,433 |
20 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2022 |
| 48 |
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
$10,321,484 |
21 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
| 49 |
COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC. |
$10,235,324 |
23 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2021 |
| 50 |
AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC |
$10,176,091 |
18 |
Department of Energy |
— |
2023 |
Awardees by technology domain
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