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Top federal contractors in Kentucky

902 SAM.gov-registered federal contractors based in Kentucky. Ranked by lifetime federal award amount. Updated 2026-06-23.

Firms tracked
902
Top-50 lifetime $
$8.86B
Top NAICS
8

Top 50 federal contractors in Kentucky

# Firm City NAICS Lifetime $ Contracts
1 Humana Government Business Inc Louisville 524114 $4.71B 83
2 Kentucky Department Of Education Frankfort 541720 $1.29B 4
3 Lockheed Martin Corporation Lexington 561990 $493.07M 853
4 University Of Kentucky Research Foundation, The Lexington 541940 $244.32M 77
5 United Parcel Service Co. Louisville 492110 $159.79M 1,412
6 Wieland Rolled Products North America, Llc Louisville 331420 $148.76M 133
7 Boeing Sikorsky Aircraft Support, Llc Fort Campbell 488190 $135.93M 29
8 Dismas Charities Inc Louisville 623990 $114.07M 379
9 Education & Training Resources Llc Bowling Green 611519 $113.65M 19
10 Arbor E & T Llc Louisville 611519 $95.70M 10
11 Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, A Joint Venture Richmond 562211 $93.95M 9
12 University Of Louisville Louisville 611310 $91.64M 129
13 Semper Tek Inc Lexington 236220 $83.46M 78
14 Conco, Inc. Louisville 332439 $71.53M 39
15 Pds Consultants, Inc Louisville 339115 $65.35M 558
16 University Of Kentucky Lexington 622110 $65.27M 84
17 Fibrotex USA Inc Stearns 314910 $61.75M 22
18 Strategic Communications Llc Louisville 541519 $58.90M 645
19 Reliable Contracting Group, Llc Louisville 237120 $58.83M 41
20 Creation Gardens, Inc Louisville 311991 $43.71M 62,038
21 Eastern Kentucky University Richmond 541850 $39.80M 29
22 Federal Prison Industries, Inc Lexington 339115 $38.34M 29,399
23 Western Kentucky University Bowling Green 541990 $35.25M 9
24 Aaecon General Contracting Llc Louisville 236220 $34.36M 90
25 Jett'S Specialty Contracting, Llc Paducah 238220 $33.78M 27
26 Senture Llc London 541519 $32.88M 10
27 Sigo Valiant Jv Llc Louisville 237990 $30.72M 9
28 Boneal, Incorporated Means 336413 $30.44M 423
29 Clarke Power Services Inc Henderson 332722 $26.66M 355
30 Kentucky Community & Tech College System Louisville 611310 $25.62M 1
31 Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government Louisville 813311 $24.06M 7
32 Carter Industries Inc Olive Hill 315210 $21.29M 95
33 Semper Tek Cms Jv Llc Lexington 236220 $21.08M 1
34 Intec Group Llc Lexington 238210 $21.05M 49
35 National Contracting Services, Llc Louisville 236220 $20.14M 115
36 Hardin County Water District No. 1 Radcliff 221310 $19.86M 3
37 Ocs-Ncs Jv Ii, Llc Louisville 238990 $19.57M 10
38 Murray State University Murray 923110 $19.34M 14
39 Morehead State University Morehead — $18.11M 1
40 University Of Kentucky Lexington 611310 $18.03M 33
41 Kentucky Community And Technical College System Bowling Green 611310 $13.99M 1
42 Department Of Vocational Rehabilitation Frankfort 722310 $13.76M 39
43 Cepeda Associates, Inc. Louisville 339991 $13.73M 439
44 Howard W. Pence, Inc. Elizabethtown 236220 $13.34M 78
45 Bluegrass Contracting Corp Lexington 237310 $12.66M 22
46 Swift & Staley Inc. Kevil 561210 $12.59M 12
47 Armag Corp Bardstown 332311 $11.79M 411
48 Raytheon Company Fairdale 335999 $11.44M 1,765
49 Stantec Consulting Services Inc Lexington 541330 $10.67M 113
50 Ashland, City Of Ashland 562998 $10.58M 1

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How many federal contractors are based in Kentucky?

BesaGov tracks 902 SAM.gov-registered firms whose physical state of business is Kentucky. The list updates weekly as new entities register or update their SAM profile.

Who are the largest federal contractors in Kentucky?

By lifetime federal award amount, the largest Kentucky-based contractors include HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION. See the full top-50 list above.

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