8a Certification for Construction Contractors
The Federal Government spends approximately $6B annually with 8(a) construction firms. This amount is approximately 20% of the Federal Governments annual construction budget of $30B. I have broken down the budget by States/US territory to show the total amount of Federal Spending in each location. Included is also transactional data with the average revenue per 8(a) firm in that State. This data is valuable in determining which states provide the most opportunities for 8(a) construction firms.
State |
2014 Federal Government Wide |
2014 Transactions |
2014 8(a) Spending |
2014 Transactions |
Current # 8(a) Construction Firms |
Percentage of Construction 8(a) |
Average 8(a) Firm Spending |
AK |
932,226,101 |
4,283 |
212,342,142 |
701 |
69 |
22.8% |
3,077,422 |
AL |
2,101,839,624 |
2,373 |
128,256,971 |
1,021 |
32 |
6.1% |
4,008,030 |
AR |
141,979,203 |
592 |
6,300,368 |
35 |
6 |
4.4% |
1,050,061 |
AZ |
607,018,191 |
2,641 |
178,791,571 |
960 |
75 |
29.5% |
2,383,888 |
CA |
3,117,579,856 |
10,885 |
733,873,665 |
4,445 |
326 |
23.5% |
2,251,146 |
CO |
815,689,521 |
3,800 |
231,404,901 |
1,542 |
71 |
28.4% |
3,259,224 |
CT |
82,099,823 |
593 |
5,410,290 |
21 |
4 |
6.6% |
1,352,573 |
DC |
382,072,603 |
5,898 |
25,873,826 |
263 |
26 |
6.8% |
995,147 |
DE |
36,275,723 |
173 |
4,648,787 |
12 |
3 |
12.8% |
1,549,596 |
FL |
1,809,379,266 |
6,042 |
369,959,672 |
2,014 |
159 |
20.4% |
2,326,790 |
GA |
635,423,330 |
2,919 |
181,428,700 |
1,251 |
78 |
28.6% |
2,326,009 |
GU |
115,768,680 |
362 |
43,104,543 |
199 |
14 |
37.2% |
3,078,896 |
HI |
830,093,345 |
2,270 |
174,603,217 |
666 |
47 |
21.0% |
3,714,962 |
IA |
89,182,516 |
469 |
7,724,746 |
121 |
3 |
8.7% |
2,574,915 |
ID |
233,790,945 |
2,000 |
45,884,675 |
445 |
15 |
19.6% |
3,058,978 |
IL |
1,286,584,862 |
3,460 |
47,780,630 |
344 |
39 |
3.7% |
1,225,144 |
IN |
86,357,729 |
984 |
4,030,266 |
55 |
11 |
4.7% |
366,388 |
KS |
250,671,356 |
1,347 |
23,087,625 |
216 |
11 |
9.2% |
2,098,875 |
KY |
313,504,345 |
1,589 |
105,865,510 |
344 |
9 |
33.8% |
11,762,834 |
LA |
782,677,405 |
1,555 |
97,191,482 |
548 |
63 |
12.4% |
1,542,722 |
MA |
464,350,935 |
2,280 |
134,336,497 |
600 |
16 |
28.9% |
8,396,031 |
MD |
1,884,213,338 |
7,820 |
462,289,418 |
3,548 |
90 |
24.5% |
5,136,549 |
ME |
102,721,930 |
561 |
65,023,474 |
168 |
4 |
63.3% |
16,255,869 |
MI |
386,939,460 |
2,192 |
99,876,333 |
706 |
28 |
25.8% |
3,567,012 |
MN |
223,205,344 |
1,334 |
5,932,590 |
113 |
6 |
2.7% |
988,765 |
MO |
706,040,160 |
2,916 |
85,650,542 |
769 |
31 |
12.1% |
2,762,921 |
MS |
406,519,367 |
1,114 |
34,233,985 |
253 |
29 |
8.4% |
1,180,482 |
MT |
110,745,878 |
972 |
13,380,500 |
180 |
13 |
12.1% |
1,029,269 |
NC |
551,328,029 |
2,627 |
71,599,328 |
523 |
39 |
13.0% |
1,835,880 |
ND |
54,449,332 |
678 |
17,719,196 |
243 |
2 |
32.5% |
8,859,598 |
NE |
225,913,349 |
975 |
14,265,249 |
174 |
9 |
6.3% |
1,585,028 |
NH |
59,366,095 |
481 |
19,558,449 |
123 |
3 |
32.9% |
6,519,483 |
NJ |
646,274,102 |
2,443 |
130,160,001 |
543 |
22 |
20.1% |
5,916,364 |
NM |
205,885,458 |
1,495 |
178,651,788 |
968 |
57 |
86.8% |
3,134,242 |
NV |
105,628,819 |
570 |
18,122,280 |
155 |
16 |
17.2% |
1,132,643 |
NY |
740,605,148 |
2,733 |
75,679,066 |
383 |
29 |
10.2% |
2,609,623 |
OH |
444,189,431 |
2,240 |
84,337,495 |
569 |
45 |
19.0% |
1,874,167 |
OK |
569,735,871 |
2,718 |
169,990,466 |
711 |
26 |
29.8% |
6,538,095 |
OR |
184,439,188 |
1,705 |
4,800,060 |
98 |
20 |
2.6% |
240,003 |
PA |
639,157,488 |
3,100 |
88,888,430 |
594 |
24 |
13.9% |
3,703,685 |
PR |
61,924,242 |
415 |
20,778,199 |
180 |
31 |
33.6% |
670,264 |
RI |
47,562,932 |
237 |
– |
– |
3 |
0.0% |
– |
SC |
245,821,926 |
1,520 |
58,049,106 |
471 |
19 |
23.6% |
3,055,216 |
SD |
45,680,674 |
689 |
3,630,117 |
37 |
6 |
7.9% |
605,020 |
TN |
230,281,529 |
1,494 |
103,275,288 |
422 |
27 |
44.8% |
3,825,011 |
TX |
1,352,747,778 |
7,045 |
385,283,844 |
2,445 |
248 |
28.5% |
1,553,564 |
UT |
353,641,050 |
1,622 |
81,704,355 |
592 |
28 |
23.1% |
2,918,013 |
VA |
2,179,684,533 |
8,723 |
556,100,031 |
3,419 |
97 |
25.5% |
5,732,990 |
VI |
1,238,957 |
41 |
293,458 |
4 |
– |
23.7% |
|
VT |
6,443,884 |
169 |
– |
– |
– |
0.0% |
|
WA |
1,164,733,403 |
3,831 |
115,194,788 |
750 |
66 |
9.9% |
1,745,376 |
WI |
286,474,441 |
2,566 |
13,127,239 |
92 |
10 |
4.6% |
1,312,724 |
WV |
38,554,114 |
457 |
3,192,964 |
47 |
1 |
8.3% |
3,192,964 |
WY |
45,008,534 |
382 |
18,397,400 |
246 |
8 |
40.9% |
2,299,675 |