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Federal obligations in automobile manufacturing (NAICS 336111)

Federal contract obligations tagged NAICS 336111 — automobile manufacturing — total $3,129,945,548.22 across 59,478 awards, according to USAspending.gov aggregates on SpendingVault. Census places this code on complete automobile manufacturing, not motor vehicle body manufacturing (336211) and not automotive repair. Fifty-nine thousand four hundred seventy-eight awards is a thick action file relative to body-plant 336211. The figure is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards often omit NAICS and do not add to this total.

Key figures

  • NAICS 336111 contract obligations total $3,129,945,548.22 on USAspending.gov.
  • The rollup covers 59,478 awards and is not cash outlays.
  • 336111 is complete automobile manufacturing, not body plants or repair.
  • Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted from this total.

Complete automobiles, not body plants 336211

NAICS 336111 covers establishments that manufacture complete automobiles. Federal fleet sedan and similar complete-vehicle buys can land here when the award is tagged 336111. Body manufacturing (336211) and light-truck manufacturing sit on other 3361 lines. The $3,129,945,548.22 total is the automobile-manufacturing tag, not “all federal vehicles.”

An ambulance-body award tagged 336211 will not raise this complete-car row. A sedan-manufacturing vehicle tagged 336111 will. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not an NHTSA VIN census and not an FEC employer string such as “auto.”

59,478 awards: a thick complete-vehicle file

Fifty-nine thousand four hundred seventy-eight awards produced $3,129,945,548.22 in obligations. That action count is much thicker than body-plant 336211’s 7,658 awards in this batch. Delivery orders against vehicle schedules can stack. The packet does not publish unique-vendor counts inside the 59,478 figure.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,129,945,548.22 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow performance. The industry page does not convert obligations into a cash calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. state fleet grants and many EV-assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 59,478 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded activity in this industry.

The label is a Census NAICS classification. It is not a VIN census and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,129,945,548.22 and the 59,478-award count.

What the 336111 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 crash test failed, that a recall issued, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,129,945,548.22 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontractors may be missing if the prime coded 336111. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 3361 vehicle codes

Motor vehicle body manufacturing (336211) is a separate page. Adding it to $3,129,945,548.22 would mix bodies with complete automobiles. That recode is not this page. Light trucks and armored vehicles sit on other 336 lines.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 59,478-award count. For a recipient that also holds grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 336111 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Complete cars versus bodies and repairs

A body-plant award tagged 336211 will not raise the 59,478-award count. A complete-automobile vehicle tagged 336111 sits in $3,129,945,548.22 even if the same prime also holds a 336211 body shop. SpendingVault does not merge those rows. Automotive repair sits in 8111.

Searchers who want “all federal motor vehicles” must add bodies, trucks, and armored-vehicle codes and will still miss grants. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 336111 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called autoworker. The $3,129,945,548.22 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cancel a schedule line will lower the running total without publishing a fleet-age statistic on this hub. Open award rows for model descriptions. Neighboring 3361 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 336111.

A sedan buy tagged 336111 still sits in $3,129,945,548.22; an ambulance body tagged 336211 does not. The 59,478 awards remain an action count, not a plant census. Keep repair NAICS 8111 on their own pages. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 336111 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. State fleet grants without NAICS stay outside this contract rollup. Do not add 336211 into $3,129,945,548.22 without documenting a recode. The 59,478 awards stay an action file, not a VIN 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 336111. 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 336111?
USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,129,945,548.22 in obligations across 59,478 awards tagged automobile manufacturing. 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 motor vehicle body manufacturing?
Motor vehicle body manufacturing is NAICS 336211. Those awards will not add to the $3,129,945,548.22 total unless tagged 336111. The 59,478 awards are the automobile-manufacturing contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 336211 is a recode you must document on this page.
Does this include auto repair?
Automotive repair sits in 8111, not 336111. Those awards will not add to the $3,129,945,548.22 total unless tagged 336111. The 59,478 awards are the complete-automobile manufacturing contract tag. Open repair-industry pages for maintenance NAICS, not this manufacturing rollup from USAspending.gov.
Are these figures outlays or obligations?
They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,129,945,548.22 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 59,478 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.

NAICS from USAspending contract awards. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS.