Federal obligations in electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors (NAICS 238210)

A named electrical trade, not HVAC 238220

NAICS 238210 covers electrical contractors and other wiring-installation contractors. Panel upgrades, fire-alarm wiring, and related trade work can land here when the award is tagged 238210. Plumbing and HVAC (238220) and residual specialty trades (238990) are separate six-digit lines. The $3,879,721,820.69 total is the electrical-trade tag, not “all mechanical and electrical contractors.”

A general builder tagged 236220 can still appear under 238210 on an electrical task order. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not the firm’s SAM primary NAICS and not an FEC employer string such as “electrician.”

6,403 awards on a $3.88 billion obligation stock

Six thousand four hundred three awards produced $3,879,721,820.69 in obligations. That action count is similar in scale to the plumbing/HVAC row in this batch. Service calls and larger plant-electrical packages can share the tag. The packet does not split those types. The table shows tagged dollars and the 6,403-award count.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments for work performed and are not this $3,879,721,820.69 rollup. A multi-year electrical vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow work tickets. The industry page does not convert obligations into a job calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. School-rewire grants and many energy-efficiency assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 6,403 awards even when wire is pulled. Open program pages for grant-funded electrical work.

The label is a Census specialty-trade classification. It is not a licensed-electrician roster and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,879,721,820.69 and the 6,403-award count.

What the 238210 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a panel failed inspection, that a shock occurred, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score electrical performance from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,879,721,820.69 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontracted low-voltage shops may be missing if the prime coded 238210. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 2382 trade codes

Plumbing/HVAC (238220) and residual specialty trades (238990) are separate pages. Adding them to $3,879,721,820.69 would mix pipe trades and catch-all trades with electrical wiring. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 6,403-award count. For an electrical firm that also performs grant-funded rewires, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 238210 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Wiring trades versus building-construction primes

A new-building package tagged 236220 will not raise the 6,403-award count. A switchgear replacement tagged 238210 sits in $3,879,721,820.69 even if the same prime also holds a building-construction vehicle. SpendingVault does not merge those rows. Power-line construction (237130) is heavy civil, not this specialty trade.

Searchers who want “all electrical work” must still add power-line construction, residual trades, and assistance. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 238210 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called electrician. The $3,879,721,820.69 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cut a rewire will lower the running total without publishing an outage statistic on this hub. Open award rows for system-level descriptions. Neighboring 2382 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 238210.

A panel upgrade tagged 238210 still sits in $3,879,721,820.69; a chiller swap tagged 238220 does not. The 6,403 awards remain an action count, not a license census. Keep residual 238990 on its own page. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 238210 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Heavy-civil power-line construction tagged 237130 stays outside this specialty-trade rollup unless the award itself carries 238210. Do not add 238220 or 237130 into $3,879,721,820.69 without documenting a recode. The 6,403 awards stay an action file, not a journeyman roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 238210. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 238210?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,879,721,820.69 in obligations across 6,403 awards tagged electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include plumbing and HVAC contractors?

Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors are NAICS 238220. Those awards will not add to the $3,879,721,820.69 total unless tagged 238210. The 6,403 awards are the electrical-wiring contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 238220 is a recode you must document.

Is residual specialty trade 238990 included?

No. All other specialty trade contractors is a separate residual code. An award tagged 238990 will not add to the $3,879,721,820.69 figure. The 6,403 awards are NAICS 238210 only. Open the 238990 industry page for the residual trade rollup on USAspending.gov.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,879,721,820.69 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 6,403 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.