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Top federal contractors in Massachusetts

2,926 SAM.gov-registered federal contractors based in Massachusetts. Ranked by lifetime federal award amount. Updated 2026-08-08.

Firms tracked
2,926
Top-50 lifetime $
$21.34B
Top NAICS
8

Top 50 federal contractors in Massachusetts

# Firm City NAICS Lifetime $ Contracts
1 Raytheon Company Andover 334511 $3.36B 471
2 Raytheon Company Marlborough 541330 $2.42B 661
3 General Electric Company Boston 332119 $2.24B 27
4 General Electric Company Lynn 336412 $1.58B 3,714
5 Massachusetts Department Of Elementary & Secondary Education Malden 541720 $1.32B 5
6 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Lexington — $857.75M 35
7 Raytheon Company Woburn — $801.45M 98
8 Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc Waltham 621492 $676.76M 138
9 Noble Supply & Logistics, Llc Boston 339940 $663.15M 205,399
10 The General Hospital Corporation Boston 611310 $630.43M 91
11 The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. Cambridge 481212 $598.81M 234
12 Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. Wakefield 541330 $473.19M 109
13 The Mitre Corporation Bedford 541990 $422.45M 21
14 Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc Boston 611310 $397.62M 139
15 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Cambridge 611310 $385.74M 266
16 Raytheon Company Tewksbury 334511 $351.50M 89
17 University Of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester 622110 $290.03M 335
18 Crane & Co., Inc. Dalton — $213.06M 347
19 General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. Pittsfield 541330 $189.13M 286
20 Ameresco Inc Framingham 541330 $182.01M 64
21 Trustees Of Boston University Boston 611310 $168.52M 121
22 President And Fellows Of Harvard College Boston 541990 $163.02M 39
23 University Of Massachusetts Amherst 541611 $161.47M 37
24 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. Boston 622310 $156.66M 4
25 The Broad Institute, Inc Cambridge 541380 $153.76M 34
26 Trustees Of Boston University Boston 541715 $152.52M 80
27 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. Boston 611310 $147.73M 23
28 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole 541715 $144.93M 167
29 Oasis Systems, Llc Burlington 541330 $143.85M 167
30 Goodrich Corporation Westford 336413 $127.99M 112
31 President And Fellows Of Harvard College Cambridge 611430 $126.28M 78
32 Brighton Marine, Inc. Brighton 524114 $122.30M 3
33 President And Fellows Of Harvard College Boston 611310 $121.67M 44
34 Smithsonian Institution Cambridge 541715 $120.83M 19
35 Perini Management Services, Inc. Framingham 236220 $111.69M 42
36 Trustees Of Tufts College Boston 611310 $110.82M 67
37 Start2 Group, Inc. Cambridge 541714 $105.22M 1
38 Government Properties Income Trust Llc Newton 561720 $94.71M 1,133
39 Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc. Braintree 334220 $89.45M 95
40 Assurance Technology Corp Carlisle 541330 $78.82M 37
41 Eastern Research Group Inc Concord 541620 $76.98M 1,116
42 Rtx Bbn Technologies, Inc. Cambridge 541715 $76.50M 407
43 Systems & Technology Research Llc Woburn 541715 $73.66M 70
44 Teledyne Flir Defense, Inc. North Billerica — $68.31M 671
45 Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Wilmington 541990 $66.23M 1,487
46 Physical Sciences Inc. Andover 541714 $65.69M 445
47 Modernatx, Inc. Cambridge 325412 $64.96M 3
48 University Of Mass At Boston Dorchester 541990 $63.32M 20
49 Noresco, Llc Westborough 541330 $62.78M 132
50 General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. Dedham 541519 $57.18M 602

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How many federal contractors are based in Massachusetts?

BesaGov tracks 2,926 SAM.gov-registered firms whose physical state of business is Massachusetts. The list updates weekly as new entities register or update their SAM profile.

Who are the largest federal contractors in Massachusetts?

By lifetime federal award amount, the largest Massachusetts-based contractors include RAYTHEON COMPANY, RAYTHEON COMPANY, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. See the full top-50 list above.

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