USAspending Federal Contracts & Grants Search API

Find who wins U.S. federal contracts and grants by keyword, NAICS code and date, from the official USAspending.gov API: recipient, amount, agency, description. $3 per 1,000 awards.

What does it do?

USAspending Federal Award Search finds U.S. federal contracts and grants from the official USAspending.gov API. Search by keyword, NAICS code and date range and get recipient, award amount, awarding agency/sub-agency, description, period of performance and a link to each award.

• ✅ Official public data source: no login, no cookies, no proxies
• ✅ Fast: plain API calls, typical runs finish in seconds
• ✅ Clean, flat JSON / CSV / Excel output, ready for Sheets, BI tools or AI agents
• ✅ Pay only for results: no monthly rental

Use cases

• GovCon BD teams: see who's winning contracts in your NAICS codes.
• Sales prospecting: build lead lists of federal contractors.
• Journalists & analysts: track spending by topic or agency.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free. The input is prefilled with a working example.
2. Edit the input (see examples below) and click Start.
3. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or pull them via API.

Input examples

Defibrillator contracts, FY2026

{
  "keywords": [
    "defibrillator"
  ],
  "awardTypes": "contracts",
  "startDate": "2025-10-01",
  "endDate": "2026-09-30",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output

Sample rows:

Award ID	Recipient Name	Award Amount	Awarding Agency	Start Date	NAICS
36C26126P0922	AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, LLC	7681618.84	Department of Veterans Affairs	2026-08-05	{"code": "334510", "description": "ELECTROMEDICAL AND ELECTR
36C25626N0566	AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, LLC	4401574.69	Department of Veterans Affairs	2026-06-01	{"code": "334510", "description": "ELECTROMEDICAL AND ELECTR
36C25925F0430	AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, LLC	4027185.46	Department of Veterans Affairs	2025-07-01	{"code": "334510", "description": "ELECTROMEDICAL AND ELECTR

Sample JSON record (long fields shortened):

{
  "internal_id": 361091979,
  "Award ID": "36C26126P0922",
  "Recipient Name": "AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, LLC",
  "Award Amount": 7681618.84,
  "Awarding Agency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
  "Awarding Sub Agency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
  "Description": "VISN 21 BUNDLE DEFIBRILLATORS WITH TRADE INS",
  "Start Date": "2026-08-05",
  "End Date": "2026-12-31",
  "NAICS": {
    "code": "334510",
    "description": "ELECTROMEDICAL AND ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS MANUFACTURING"
  },
  "generated_internal_id": "CONT_AWD_36C26126P0922_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-",
  "awarding_agency_id": 561,
  "agency_slug": "department-of-veterans-affairs",
  "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C26126P0922_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-"
}

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.003 per award record ($3.00 per 1,000). No start fee, no monthly rental. Rows for not-found inputs and errors are free.

Results	Cost
100 award records	$0.30
1,000 award records	$3.00
10,000 award records	$30.00

Apify's free plan includes monthly platform credit, so you can try it at no cost.

Integrations

• Google Sheets: use Apify's Google Sheets integration, or import the dataset CSV link with =IMPORTDATA().
• Zapier & Make: trigger runs and receive the dataset via the official Apify apps.
• Webhooks & schedules: run daily or hourly and post results anywhere.
• AI agents (MCP): available to Claude, ChatGPT and other agents through the Apify MCP server.
• API & SDKs: call from Python, JavaScript or any HTTP client:

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/clearpathdata~usaspending-award-search/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"keywords": ["defibrillator"], "awardTypes": "contracts", "startDate": "2025-10-01", "endDate": "2026-09-30", "maxItems": 50}'

FAQ

Contracts or grants?

Set awardTypes to contracts or grants.

Data source?

USAspending.gov public API (U.S. Treasury).

Something not working?

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab, and it will be fixed quickly.

More details

Find who's winning federal contracts and grants in your niche, by keyword, NAICS, and date.

What it does

Queries the official USAspending.gov API v2 and returns recipient, amount, agency and sub-agency, description, NAICS, dates, and a direct USAspending link. Good for competitor research, lead lists for government sellers, and grant prospecting.