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Federal obligations in internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals (NAICS 519130)

$792.8M in federal contract obligations is tagged to internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals, NAICS 519130, across 1,268 awards in USAspending.gov data indexed here. The information-sector code covers web publishers, internet broadcasters, and search portals—not wired telecom carriers and not generic information services. Dollars are obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS, so grant-funded web projects that never become contracts sit outside this total.

Key figures

  • NAICS 519130 contract obligations are $792.8M on 1,268 awards.
  • The code is internet publishing and search portals, not telecom carriers.
  • Average action size is about $625,000.
  • Figures are USAspending obligations, not outlays or website counts.
  • Assistance without NAICS is excluded.

Web publishing and search portals at $792.8M

Federal agencies buy content platforms, internet broadcasting, and search-portal services from establishments classified in 519130. Tagged obligations sum to $792.8M on 1,268 awards. The figure is not a count of websites and not a count of search queries.

Wired telecommunications carriers (517111) and all other information services (519190) are different codes. Public relations agencies (541820) are professional services, not this information NAICS. $792.8M follows the 519130 tag. Packet facts are the dollar total and the 1,268 count.

1,268 awards and a platform-scale average

One thousand two hundred sixty-eight awards against $792.8M averages about $625,000 per action. That size fits multi-year portal and publishing contracts better than a one-off content update. Modifications still increment 1,268, so the count is not unique vendors and not unique domains.

A few large search or publishing vehicles can account for most of $792.8M. Amount sort on the industry hub separates those from smaller content actions that pad the award count. The simple average is a divider, not a typical invoice.

Information-sector tagging is uneven across agencies. Some portal work lands in professional-services NAICS instead. This overlay does not re-tag those rows. $792.8M and 1,268 remain the 519130 harvest. Website inventories would require a different public dataset.

Information NAICS versus telecom and PR

519130 is internet publishing, broadcasting, and web search portals. Telecommunications resellers (517911) move access, not publishing. Marketing research (541910) is a professional service. Dual-role firms can be tagged either way. $792.8M stays with 519130 on 1,268 tagged actions.

Cite the extract as $792.8M in USAspending contract obligations tagged to NAICS 519130, internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals, on 1,268 awards. The packet has no fiscal year. Live hub tables can shift; the harvested pair remains $792.8M and 1,268.

Committed value on information contracts

Information-service contracts often obligate a period of performance and pay on deliverables. $792.8M is committed value on 1,268 tagged actions, not cash already paid for every portal month. Cancellations de-obligate. Outlays track payments separately.

Vendors that also sell telecom or PR may land in 519130 on some actions and in 517911 or 541820 on others. Keep $792.8M attached to 519130 as tagged. This overlay does not merge neighbor dollars into the internet-publishing cell.

Finding the 519130 rows

Open the internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals industry page for the 1,268 awards behind $792.8M. Use the all-industries directory for telecom and professional-service codes without folding those obligations into this total. Source: USAspending.gov contract awards.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside even when a grant funds similar web publishing. Internal links on this file point only to the 519130 industry page and the all-industries directory.

Search portals and web publishers are information establishments. Access networks are telecommunications. $792.8M on 1,268 awards does not include 517911 reseller dollars or 541820 PR dollars. Readers who need those neighbors should open them from the all-industries directory. The harvested pair is $792.8M and 1,268 in USAspending contract obligations tagged to 519130.

Information-sector tags versus telecom and PR neighbors

Web publishing, internet broadcasting, and search portals share an information-sector title that contracting officers still apply unevenly. $792.8M on 1,268 awards is the 519130 tag as recorded. Wired carriers, telecom resellers (517911), and public relations agencies (541820) are different establishments even when the same holding company appears in several codes.

The about $625,000 average fits multi-year portal vehicles. Task orders inflate 1,268 relative to unique domains. Amount sort on the internet publishing industry page shows whether a few large rows dominate $792.8M. Website counts and query volumes are not in the packet facts.

Cite $792.8M in USAspending contract obligations tagged to NAICS 519130, internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals, on 1,268 awards. Assistance without NAICS remains outside. No fiscal year is in the packet. Internal links are the 519130 hub and the all-industries directory. Source: USAspending.gov contract awards.

Questions

How much federal contracting is coded to internet publishing NAICS 519130?
NAICS 519130 shows $792.8M in obligations on 1,268 USAspending contract awards. That is internet publishing, broadcasting, and web search portals as tagged, not telecom carriers. The unit is obligations, not outlays or website counts. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS, so grants remain outside the 1,268-award extract behind $792.8M.
Does 519130 include wired telephone carriers?
No. Wired telecommunications carriers sit in 517-series codes. Telecommunications resellers are 517911. This page’s $792.8M is the 519130 information tag on 1,268 awards. Public relations agencies (541820) are a professional-service neighbor, not this publishing code.
What does the $625,000 average represent?
Dividing $792.8M by 1,268 awards yields about $625,000 per action. That fits multi-year portal contracts, but modifications also increment count. It is not unique vendors and not unique domains. Sort the hub by amount to see whether a few large rows make up most of the tagged total.
Are web-publishing grants included?
Usually not. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS, so they fall outside this 1,268-award contract extract. Use program pages for grants. This industry guide covers tagged contracts only: $792.8M obligated on 1,268 internet publishing, broadcasting, and web search portal awards in USAspending. Outlays are a different field.

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