USAspending Sub-Award Scraper

Extract US federal sub-awards from USAspending.gov, every subcontract and subgrant flowing from prime federal awards back to October 2007

27 fields per record

United States coverage

JSON / CSV / Excel output formats

Updated 2026-06-22

What you get

Each record is one federal sub-award, the money a prime contractor or grantee passes down to a sub-recipient, linked back to its prime award. Use it to map subcontracting networks, find second-tier suppliers and build lead lists of sub-recipients.

• subAwardId: the sub-award identifier
• subRecipientName: the company or organization that received the sub-award
• subRecipientUei: the sub-recipient Unique Entity Identifier
• subAwardAmount: sub-award amount in US dollars
• subAwardDate: sub-award action date
• subAwardType: sub-award type such as sub-contract or sub-grant
• subAwardDescription: free-text description of the sub-award
• primeAwardId: identifier of the prime award this sub-award flows from
• primeRecipientName: the prime recipient that issued the sub-award
• primeAwardGeneratedId: the unique USAspending id of the prime award
• awardingAgency: top-tier awarding agency of the prime award
• awardingSubAgency: sub-tier awarding agency of the prime award
• naicsCode: industry classification code
• naicsDescription: industry classification description
• pscCode: Product and Service Code
• pscDescription: Product and Service Code description
• subRecipientLocation: sub-recipient country, state, city, county, ZIP and congressional district
• placeOfPerformance: where the sub-award work is performed
• primeAwardUrl: link to the prime award page on USAspending.gov
• primeAwardAmount*: total obligated amount of the prime award
• primeAwardDescription*: description of the prime award
• primeAwardCategory*: prime award category such as contract or grant
• primeAwardTypeDescription*: detailed prime award type description
• primeRecipientUei*: prime recipient Unique Entity Identifier
• primeParentRecipientName*: ultimate parent company of the prime recipient
• primeParentUei*: Unique Entity Identifier of the prime recipient's parent company
• primeRecipientAddress*: prime recipient street address, city, state, county, ZIP and congressional district
• primeExecutiveCompensation*: top five officer names and their reported pay for prime recipients that disclose it
• primePeriodStart*: prime award period of performance start
• primePeriodEnd*: prime award period of performance end
• primeNaicsDescription*: prime award industry classification description
• observedAt: when this sub-award was last seen by the scraper

*These fields only appear when Fetch prime award details is enabled.

Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Map subcontracting networks under a prime	Government contractors and analysts
Find second-tier federal suppliers to target	B2B sales and partnership teams
Track which firms subcontract on a keyword	BD and competitive intelligence teams
Research subgrant flows from federal grants	Nonprofits and researchers
Feed sub-award data into a data warehouse	Data engineers and analysts

Frequently Asked Questions

Which countries and time range does this cover? It covers United States federal sub-awards reported to USAspending.gov. Sub-award action dates go back to October 1, 2007, which is the earliest date the search API supports.

What is the difference between a sub-award and a prime award? A prime award is the money the government gives directly to a recipient. A sub-award is money that prime recipient then passes to another company or organization. This scraper returns the sub-awards and links each one to its prime award.

How do I filter the sub-awards I want? Use any combination of keyword, prime award types (contracts or grants), awarding agency, prime recipient name and a date range. Sub-awards exist only for contracts and grants.

Why is placeOfPerformance empty on some records? Sub-award place of performance is reported by the prime recipient and is not always filled in. When it is missing the field is null while the sub-recipient location is still returned.

Can I get details about the prime award? Yes. Enable Fetch prime award details and the scraper adds the prime award amount, description, recipient UEI, parent company and period of performance, looked up once per prime award.

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with USAspending.gov or the US government. It only accesses data that is publicly available on the platform. USAspending.gov publishes federal spending data in the public domain.