USAspending Contracts Scraper | Federal Award Data
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USAspending Contracts Scraper | Federal Award Data
Pull federal contract awards from USAspending.gov with recipient name, awarding agency, NAICS code, obligation amount, and award dates. Filter by agency, NAICS code, and period. Great for government contractors, market researchers, and analysts tracking US federal spending.
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🏛 USAspending Contracts Scraper
🚀 Export federal contracts in seconds. Recipients, agencies, amounts, dates, and award descriptions from USAspending.gov — straight to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.
🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-25 · 📊 11 fields per record · Federal scale · All US agencies & award types
USAspending.gov is the official source of accountability data on the United States federal government's contract, grant, and loan awards. This actor turns that data into a clean dataset, with one row per award and 11 fields covering recipient, agency, amount, and timing.
Coverage spans every US federal agency, every fiscal year from 2008 onwards, contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, other financial assistance, and IDVs, with full recipient and sub-agency attribution.
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Government contractors | Find competitor awards |
| Journalists & researchers | Track federal spending trends |
| Compliance & policy teams | Audit recipient activity |
| Sales & BD teams | Identify federal buyers |
📋 What the USAspending Contracts Scraper does
- Pulls awards from the official USAspending search API
- Filters by award type group, recipient keyword, and fiscal year
- Returns recipient, awarding agency and sub-agency, amount, outlays, and description
- Provides a direct link to each award page on USAspending.gov
💡 Why it matters: Federal spending is public record. This scraper makes it usable.
🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)
⚙️ Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| maxItems | integer | Cap on rows (free plan: 10) |
| awardTypeGroup | enum | contracts, grants, loans, direct_payments, other_financial_assistance, idvs |
| recipientSearch | string | Optional recipient keyword filter |
| fiscalYear | integer | Fiscal year (2008-2030) |
⚠️ Good to Know: The USAspending API serves data with a delay of up to several days. Awards may also be modified retroactively.
📊 Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📌 awardId | string | USAspending award identifier |
| 🏢 recipientName | string | Award recipient |
| 🏛 awardingAgency | string | Top-level federal agency |
| awardingSubAgency | string | Sub-agency |
| awardType | string | Type code/description |
| 💲 awardAmount | number | Award total |
| totalOutlays | number | Outlays paid to date |
| description | string | Award description |
| startDate | string | Period of performance start |
| endDate | string | Period of performance end |
| 🔗 url | string | Award detail page |
| 🕒 scrapedAt | string | ISO timestamp |
✨ Why choose this Actor
- Direct USAspending API: no scraping fragility
- Real-time data, no cached responses
- Works with Make, Zapier, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets
📈 How it compares to alternatives
| Approach | Cost | Maintenance | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| This actor | Pay per result | None | Full |
| Manual USAspending download | Free | High | Limited UI |
| GovWin / FedConnect | $$$ | None | Curated |
🚀 How to use
- Create a free account w/ $5 credit
- Open the actor page
- Set
awardTypeGroup,maxItems, optional filters - Run
- Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML
💼 Business use cases
Competitor monitoring
Watch which contractors are winning awards in your sector.
Pipeline expansion
Identify federal agencies actively buying related goods or services.
Compliance
Validate that vendors received federal funds before due diligence.
Market sizing
Aggregate spend per sub-agency or fiscal year for TAM analysis.
🔌 Automating USAspending Contracts Scraper
Connects with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.
🌟 Beyond business use cases
Research
Academic studies on federal procurement patterns.
Personal
Curious citizens tracking how tax dollars are awarded.
Non-profit
Watchdog organizations auditing recipient categories.
Experimentation
Train models on labelled federal spending data.
🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot can explain inputs, sample outputs, and integration patterns.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is the data real-time? A: USAspending publishes with a several-day lag.
Q: Can I get prime + sub awards? A: This actor returns prime awards. Sub-awards are a future enhancement.
Q: How far back does data go? A: FY2008.
Q: Is recipient name standardized? A: It is the recipient name as reported.
Q: Can I filter by NAICS? A: Not yet in this actor.
Q: Are dollar amounts inflation-adjusted? A: No, nominal dollars.
Q: Does this include classified contracts? A: No, only publicly disclosed records.
Q: What is an IDV? A: Indefinite Delivery Vehicle, parent contract with task orders.
Q: How accurate is the data? A: As accurate as the USAspending source data.
Q: Are loans separated from grants? A: Yes, via awardTypeGroup.
🔌 Integrate with any app
Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks.
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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with USAspending.gov or the US Government. Only publicly available data collected.
