Federal obligations in other warehousing and storage (NAICS 493190)

Residual warehousing, not general public storage

NAICS 493190 covers warehousing and storage that Census does not place in general warehousing, refrigerated warehousing, or farm-product warehousing. Special-purpose storage — documents, household goods, or other residual classes — can land here when the award is tagged that way. The $4,652,602,300.41 total is that residual tag, not a square-footage census of federal depots.

General warehousing (493110) is a separate SpendingVault industry page with its own obligation total. Adding 493110 to 493190 would be a recode. A logistics contractor whose SAM primary NAICS is 493110 can still appear under 493190 on a single task order. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not the firm’s full registration.

221,590 awards: high volume on a residual code

Two hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred ninety awards produced $4,652,602,300.41 in obligations. That line count resembles medical-wholesale and miscellaneous-food codes more than sparse manufacturing vehicles. Delivery orders against storage schedules, short-term space, and recurring warehouse services can stack. The packet does not publish unique-vendor counts inside the 221,590 figure.

A high award count does not prove each action is small, and it does not prove the $4,652,602,300.41 is mostly micro-purchases. It means the contract file has many tagged actions. Obligations still move with modifications and deobligations. Outlays are a different USAspending field. Reading 221,590 as “221,590 warehouses” would misread a residual storage class.

Contract NAICS versus logistics grants

USAspending.gov attaches NAICS to contract actions. Surplus property, food-aid logistics, and many disaster-storage grants are assistance and often lack NAICS. Those dollars will not add to $4,652,602,300.41 even when the work is warehousing. Open program pages for grant-funded storage.

The code is a Census residual warehousing class. It is not an FEC employer string such as “logistics,” not a GSA inventory of leased depots, and not a PSC rollup. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for the contract obligation total and the 221,590-award count.

Using the 493190 table

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

Because 221,590 is a large line count, duplicate names, UEI changes, and schedule call-offs will appear often. Use award IDs rather than the $4,652,602,300.41 headline to tell two companies apart. Subcontracted 3PLs may be invisible if the prime coded a different industry.

493190 versus 493110

General warehousing and storage (493110) sits on its own page. Refrigerated and farm-product warehousing are other 493 lines. The residual 493190 total of $4,652,602,300.41 does not include those named classes unless an award was miscoded here. Open the all-industries index for the named warehousing pages.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 221,590-award count. For a logistics firm that holds both storage contracts and grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 493190 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays: the headline is commitments, not cash paid for space.

Why a residual storage code can show a thick award file

Residual classes sometimes collect many oddly described actions that contracting officers will not put on 493110. That tagging habit can make 493190 look busier in award count than a named general-warehousing row. The packet reports 221,590 awards and $4,652,602,300.41; it does not prove that hypothesis. Compare the 493110 page as a separate rollup rather than assuming one is a subset of the other.

Federal medical, munitions, and household-goods storage can also appear here when the award is tagged residual rather than a commodity-specific code. The industry hub will not split those uses. Researchers who need commodity detail must open award descriptions. SpendingVault still cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS only. Do not treat 493190 as an FEC occupation called warehousing. Compare 493110 as a sibling page, not a remainder subtracted from $4,652,602,300.41. The 221,590 awards are the residual 493190 contract tag on USAspending.gov. Do not read the row as a GSA warehouse inventory or as cash rent.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 493190?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $4,652,602,300.41 in obligations across 221,590 awards tagged other warehousing and storage. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not general warehousing (493110), not an FEC logistics string, and not a depot square-footage census.

Is this the same as general warehousing NAICS 493110?

No. Census keeps general warehousing on 493110. NAICS 493190 is the residual warehousing class. An award tagged 493110 will not add to the $4,652,602,300.41 total. The 221,590 awards are the 493190 contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding the two codes is a recode you must document.

Why are there 221,590 awards?

The packet reports 221,590 awards and $4,652,602,300.41 in obligations. Residual storage contracting often uses many delivery orders and schedule call-offs. The file does not split order size or unique vendors. A high action count is a characteristic of this NAICS tag, not a count of federal warehouses. Outlays remain a different field.

Are these figures cash rent payments?

No. They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $4,652,602,300.41 rollup. A storage vehicle can obligate a large amount while invoices go out over many months. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 221,590 awards, not a rent-cash extract.