Small business government contractors

Profiles of small businesses registered on SAM.gov to win federal contracts: CAGE code, UEI, registration status, SBA certifications and federal contract history. 34,768 of them have won federal contracts or SBIR/STTR awards in the last few years.

Women-owned (WOSB) small businesses in California, with primary NAICS code 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), by federal contract dollars

Ranked by federal prime contract dollars as a small business since FY2024 (USAspending.gov, as of Nov 5, 2026).

How these are ranked

Prime contract dollars since fiscal year 2024 on contracts where USAspending.gov counts the firm as a small business. “Small” is set per NAICS code: these firms are registered small under their primary code (or SBA-certified). Firms that hold small business subcontracting plans, which only businesses that aren't small file, or have $1 billion or more in these contracts are left out. A profile's yearly totals count all of its prime contracts, so they can be higher.

  1. Nikira Labs Inc.Mountain View, CA · $17.1 million
  2. Arkham Technology LimitedIrvine, CA · $7.4 million
  3. Fifth Gait Technologies, Inc.Santa Barbara, CA · $3.5 million
  4. X-Therma Inc.Hercules, CA · $3.5 million
  5. NU-Trek, Inc.San Diego, CA · $3.3 million
  6. Tanner Research IncDuarte, CA · $2.9 million
  7. JFL Solutions, LLCLa Canada Flintridge, CA · $1.7 million
  8. Lookin, Inc.Los Angeles, CA · $1.5 million
  9. Mightyfly IncSan Leandro, CA · $1.3 million
  10. Water Illumination IncLake Forest, CA · $500,000
  11. American GNC CorpSimi Valley, CA · $374,902
  12. Space ER LLCLa Habra Heights, CA · $263,363
  13. General Engineering & Research, L.L.C.San Diego, CA · $225,000
  14. Olfera CorpMountain View, CA · $225,000
  15. Labsmith IncLivermore, CA · $224,157
  16. Mycsology Foods Inc.Canoga Park, CA · $185,784
  17. Annie TuckerSunnyvale, CA · $151,971
  18. Softsonics LLCPalo Alto, CA · $149,880
  19. Behzadi LLCStevenson Ranch, CA · $142,252
  20. The AirdPleasanton, CA · $120,000
  21. Licap Technologies IncSacramento, CA · $74,989
  22. Right Ascension, IncLake Balboa, CA · $3,479

Hiring small subcontractors?

If you're a prime looking for small businesses to team with, use the filters above to list small firms by state, NAICS code and certification, then open a profile for its SAM.gov registration, the codes it is small under and its contract history. Check any firm by name, UEI or CAGE code with the CAGE code and UEI lookup.

About these profiles

Every business registered on SAM.gov as small under at least one NAICS code, and every SBA-certified firm, has a profile; each profile says which codes it is small under. Registration details come from SAM.gov's public entity extract and contract figures from USAspending.gov. Contact names and street addresses are left out. Looking for partners to team with? See how to become a government subcontractor.

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