United States · Federal contract register · Supplier record

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Line: Professional, communications (R426)Register loaded to September 2026Compiled 6 October 2026

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — United States · Federal contract register · Supplier record: 153 contracts, all years ($43,995,236 · Aug 2003 – Sep 2026); $1.9M since January 2024 (9 contracts · 2 agencies); 72nd rank in the line (of 406 suppliers · 0.14%); 24 agencies never served ($177M on the line without THE ASSOCIATED PRESS).

Assay record ASY-US-0B794EG1K3 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in the USAspending register”, https://assay-systems.com/register/us/the-associated-press/

153
contracts, all years
$43,995,236 · Aug 2003 – Sep 2026
$1.9M
since January 2024
9 contracts · 2 agencies
72nd
rank in the line
of 406 suppliers · 0.14%
24
agencies never served
$177M on the line without THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Own record by year

2019 onward
$2.4M
$548K
$167K
$10.2M
$456K
$118K
$6.3K
$1.8M
20192020202120222023202420252026

Who buys from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

since January 2024
2agencies
$1.9Mpaid
96.4%top buyer
U.S. Agency for Global Media96.4%
$1,838,382
Department of State3.6%
$69,151

Before 2024 only: Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Securities and Exchange Commission, Smithsonian Institution.

The line

since January 2024
$1.2Bline value
1,404contracts
30agencies
406suppliers
68.6%held by top ten

Professional, communications (R426)

$762M
$221M
$223M
202420252026Jan–Sep
72ndof 406 suppliers
$1,628,667THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in the line
0.14%share of the line
7.2%of $22,729,735 spent by U.S. Agency for Global Media

Agencies that buy the line and never bought from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

24agencies
417contracts
$177,233,517since January 2024
Department of Veterans Affairs76 contracts
$76,054,588
Department of Homeland Security31 contracts
$20,989,367
Department of Justice206 contracts
$17,126,136
Department of Transportation8 contracts
$14,325,221
Department of the Interior12 contracts
$10,575,097
Department of Energy5 contracts
$8,191,755
Agency for International Development16 contracts
$7,917,886
General Services Administration7 contracts
$7,041,473
Department of Housing and Urban Development3 contracts
$2,492,710
Consumer Product Safety Commission7 contracts
$1,920,499
National Science Foundation3 contracts
$1,855,761
National Aeronautics and Space Administration1 contract
$1,610,451
Federal Communications Commission2 contracts
$1,590,000
Small Business Administration3 contracts
$1,520,713
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau5 contracts
$966,511
Department of the Treasury3 contracts
$949,478
Federal Trade Commission4 contracts
$519,991
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled1 contract
$464,529
United States Chemical Safety Board2 contracts
$460,363
Department of Agriculture16 contracts
$310,592
National Endowment for the Humanities1 contract
$172,256
District of Columbia Courts1 contract
$79,346
Department of Commerce3 contracts
$60,160
Selective Service System1 contract
$38,633

How the line is bought

by value, since 2024
26%no competition
9%one applicant
0of these to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Competed, several suppliers applied451 contracts
$782,417,368 · 64.9%
Awarded directly, no competition438 contracts
$317,368,686 · 26.3%
Competed, one supplier applied515 contracts
$105,258,043 · 8.7%

Contracts reaching their end dates

Oct 2026 – October 2027
231contracts
$567,842,890end by October 2027
32end in March 2027 · $212M
85in agencies never served · $68.3M
$7.6M
$8.4M
$9.8M
$10.6M
$4.8M
$212M
$9.4M
$32.9M
$171M
$55.9M
$7.5M
$38.5M
Oct 268 contractsNov 269 contractsDec 2621 contractsJan 2722 contractsFeb 2716 contractsMar 2732 contractsApr 2730 contractsMay 2722 contractsJun 2719 contractsJul 2713 contractsAug 2716 contractsSep 2723 contracts

Suppliers next to it in the line

since January 2024
CRUXDCG LLC1 contract · 1 agency
$1,641,231
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
$1,628,667
YOUMAIL, INC.2 contracts · 1 agency
$1,590,000
KETCHUM INC.2 contracts · 1 agency
$1,537,108

All 406 suppliers in the line

Fastest-growing supplier in the line

same line
+267%growth

Supplier UEI QJJVNMLVNAA3

2024 to date
$171,705,643
2022–2023
$46,761,466

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Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, usaspending.gov, accessed 30 September 2026.The data is available to copy, adapt, redistribute, or otherwise use for non-commercial or for commercial purposes (USAspending.gov, Licensing); no Dun & Bradstreet data is shown.