🏛️ USASpending.gov Federal Awards Scraper — US Contracts, Grants & Awards to JSON & CSV

Scrape US federal contracts, grants, loans and direct payments straight from the official USASpending.gov API. This USASpending scraper covers every federal award — trillions of dollars in spending — with recipient, amount, outlays, award type, agency, dates and place of performance. No login, no API key, no blocking — one run can return hundreds of thousands of award records. Export federal spending data to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Because it runs on the official U.S. Treasury API, the data is authoritative and the Actor doesn't break when websites change layout. It's built for GovCon business development, B2B lead generation, market intelligence and watchdog research.

✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 🏛️ Official U.S. Treasury API — authoritative, reliable data straight from USASpending.gov, never blocked.
• 🔑 No API key needed — just configure your filters and run.
• 💰 Massive coverage — every federal contract, grant, loan and direct payment, fully paginated; a single run can return hundreds of thousands of records.
• 📋 Rich data per award — award ID, recipient, award amount, total outlays, award type, description, start/end dates, awarding agency and sub-agency, and place of performance.
• 🔎 Powerful filters — by award type, action date range and free-text keyword.
• 🎯 Flexible scope — set maxAwards to 0 to pull every matching award, or cap it for a smaller, faster run.
• ⏰ Built for scheduling — new awards post daily, so a rolling date range keeps an always-current feed.
• 📦 Export-ready output — flat JSON downloadable as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, with a pre-built Federal Awards dataset view.

🔍 Input

Field	Type	Description
awardTypes	array of strings	Which award types to scrape: contracts, grants, direct-payments, loans, other. Prefilled with ["contracts"].
startDate	string	Earliest award action date (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave empty for the last 12 months.
endDate	string	Latest award action date (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave empty for today.
keyword	string	Free-text keyword to filter awards by recipient, description or agency. Leave empty for all.
maxAwards	integer	Maximum number of awards to save. 0 = all matching (can be hundreds of thousands).

🚀 Example input

{
  "awardTypes": ["contracts", "grants"],
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-05-14",
  "keyword": "cybersecurity",
  "maxAwards": 10000
}

📦 Output

One Apify dataset record per federal award. Records are flat JSON and can be exported to CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pulled via the Apify API. A pre-built Federal Awards dataset view shows the key columns.

Field	Description
awardId	Federal award identifier
recipientName	Name of the award recipient
awardAmount	Total obligated award amount
totalOutlays	Total outlays paid out so far
awardType	Award type (contract, grant, loan, direct payment, other)
description	Award description / purpose
startDate	Award period start date
endDate	Award period end date
awardingAgency	Federal agency that issued the award
awardingSubAgency	Sub-agency that issued the award
placeOfPerformanceState	State where the work is performed
placeOfPerformanceCountry	Country where the work is performed
url	Link to the award detail page on USASpending.gov
scrapedAt	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp

💡 Use cases

• GovCon business development — see who is winning federal contracts, by agency, recipient and dollar amount.
• B2B sales & lead generation — build prospect lists of federal contractors and grant recipients for outreach.
• Market & competitive intelligence — track federal spending trends by agency, program and recipient over time.
• Journalists & watchdogs — analyze where federal money goes at scale and surface notable awards.
• Researchers & analysts — study federal procurement patterns, geographic distribution and agency budgets.
• Subcontracting & teaming — identify prime awardees to approach for partnership opportunities.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is this Actor allowed / legal? Yes. USASpending.gov publishes federal award data as public information through an official open API, and this Actor reads only that public data. Use it freely and responsibly.

Do I need an API key or login? No. The USASpending.gov API is public and unauthenticated — no API key, no login and no proxy required.

How much data can I get in one run? The Actor is fully paginated and can return hundreds of thousands of award records in a single run. Set maxAwards to 0 for everything matching your filters, or cap it for a faster run.

Which award types can I scrape? Contracts, grants, direct payments, loans and "other" — pick any combination via the awardTypes input.

Can I filter by date or keyword? Yes. Use startDate / endDate to bound the award action date range, and keyword to filter by recipient, description or agency text.

Can I schedule it for an always-fresh database? Yes. New federal awards post daily — schedule the Actor with a rolling date range to keep a continuously updated awards dataset.

What output formats are supported? Every run produces a structured dataset you can export to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or access through the Apify API.

⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to keep an always-fresh federal awards database with a rolling date range. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the Apify API and webhooks to push new awards into Google Sheets, a CRM, a database or a BI dashboard.