# USAspending Federal Contracts & Grants Scraper (`seemuapps/usaspending-federal-contracts-scraper`) Actor

Search official US government spending data to find which companies won federal contracts and grants, by recipient, agency, or NAICS code, with amounts and dates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/usaspending-federal-contracts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## USAspending Federal Contracts & Grants Scraper

Search official US government spending records to find which companies and organizations are winning federal contracts and grants — by recipient name, agency, or industry (NAICS code) — with award amounts, dates, and locations. No login, no API key.

### What you get

- Award ID, recipient name, and award amount
- Awarding agency and sub-agency
- Award start and end dates, and a short description
- NAICS industry code and description
- Recipient location (state, city, address, ZIP)
- Direct link to the award's page on USAspending.gov

### Use cases

- **Procurement and lead-gen intelligence** — find every company winning contracts or grants from a specific agency
- **Competitive research** — see what federal work a competitor holds, and how much it's worth
- **Market sizing** — total up federal spend in an industry via NAICS code
- **Grant research** — find which organizations are receiving federal grant funding in a given field
- **Due diligence** — check a company's federal contracting history before a partnership or investment

### How to use

1. Enter a **Recipient Name** (e.g. `Boeing`), a **NAICS Code**, and/or an **Awarding Agency** — leave all blank to browse broadly
2. Choose **Award Type**: Contracts, Grants, or Both
3. Optionally set a **Start Date** / **End Date** range (data is available back to 2007-10-01)
4. Set **Max Items** (default 200; set `0` for unlimited)
5. Run the actor — results appear in the **Dataset** tab

#### Fetching more than one run's worth

The actor paginates automatically to fill your **Max Items**. To keep going past that, open the **Key-value store** tab after the run → copy the `NEXT_PAGE_ID` value → paste it into **Page ID** on your next run. If `NEXT_PAGE_ID` is `null`, you've fetched every matching award.

### Output format

Each dataset record:

```json
{
  "awardType": "contracts",
  "awardId": "FA862511C6600",
  "recipientName": "THE BOEING COMPANY",
  "awardAmount": 31972918249.03,
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Department of the Air Force",
  "startDate": "2011-05-01",
  "endDate": "2032-12-31",
  "description": "F-15 EAGLE AIRCRAFT",
  "naicsCode": "336411",
  "naicsDescription": "AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING",
  "recipientState": "WA",
  "recipientCity": "SEATTLE",
  "recipientAddress": "7755 E MARGINAL WAY S",
  "recipientZip": "98108",
  "usaspendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA862511C6600_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-"
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `recipientName` (type: `string`):

Company or organization name to search for (partial match), e.g. 'Boeing'. Leave blank to browse all recipients matching the other filters.

## `naicsCode` (type: `string`):

Optional. Filter to a specific 6-digit NAICS industry code, e.g. '336411' for Aircraft Manufacturing.

## `agencyName` (type: `string`):

Optional. Filter to a top-tier federal agency by exact name, e.g. 'Department of Defense'.

## `awardType` (type: `string`):

Search federal contracts, grants, or both. Contracts and grants use different USAspending record types, so 'Both' runs two passes.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Earliest award start date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format. USAspending's search API only covers data back to 2007-10-01; earlier dates are clamped to that floor. Leave blank for the earliest available date.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Latest award start date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to today.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of award records to push. Set 0 for unlimited (the run paginates until every match is fetched or the run times out).

## `pageId` (type: `string`):

Optional. Paste NEXT\_PAGE\_ID from the previous run's Key-value store to continue where that run stopped.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "recipientName": "Boeing",
  "awardType": "contracts",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Each record: { awardType, awardId, recipientName, awardAmount, awardingAgency, awardingSubAgency, startDate, endDate, description, naicsCode, naicsDescription, recipientState, recipientCity, recipientAddress, recipientZip, usaspendingUrl }

## `nextPageId` (type: `string`):

NEXT\_PAGE\_ID record in the default key-value store. Paste into Page ID on the next run to resume; null when the search is exhausted.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "recipientName": "Boeing",
    "naicsCode": "",
    "agencyName": "",
    "startDate": "",
    "endDate": "",
    "maxItems": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/usaspending-federal-contracts-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "recipientName": "Boeing",
    "naicsCode": "",
    "agencyName": "",
    "startDate": "",
    "endDate": "",
    "maxItems": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/usaspending-federal-contracts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "recipientName": "Boeing",
  "naicsCode": "",
  "agencyName": "",
  "startDate": "",
  "endDate": "",
  "maxItems": 200
}' |
apify call seemuapps/usaspending-federal-contracts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/usaspending-federal-contracts-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/656QdhZrIBCJEhMCh/builds/WXOWTe03Gv3Ibqlxs/openapi.json