Where federal tax dollars land around BROOMFIELD

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing BROOMFIELD, CO — the yearly total, the biggest agencies and the largest recipients.

USAspending.gov API, federal awards by place of performance.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

$408.5M in federal awards was spent in Broomfield County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $408.5M — $5,439 per county resident

Federal awards in Broomfield County, by fiscal year

2016: 214254572
2017: 247850773
2018: 273240927
2019: 291408600
2020: 413132826
2021: 354619499
2022: 349049541
2023: 339903844
2024: 363056866
2025: 408529283

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 314274995
Department of Veterans Affairs: 39042942
Department of Defense: 23779345
Department of Agriculture: 9509884
General Services Administration: 7220776
Department of Homeland Security: 3920718

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 353455414
HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC: 9479318
EXXEL OUTDOORS, LLC: 9425253
DIRECT CHARTER SERVICE, INC: 7354219
OUTSIDE ANALYTICS INC: 7220776
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.: 3624267

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $314.3M of the $408.5M total.

That works out to about $5,439 for every resident of the county, counting contracts, grants, loans and direct payments.

Place of performance means the work happened here — the money may be awarded to a company or agency headquartered elsewhere, and multi-year awards can land in a single year's total.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most

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