# Contractors Analyze Agency Spending

The signal recommends that contractors use USAspending Advanced Search to evaluate an agency’s past purchases before pursuing new business. By filtering awards by agency and NAICS, reviewing obligations by fiscal year, and checking awardees and contract end dates, businesses can assess historical demand, identify incumbents, and gauge when existing awards may conclude. No target agency, solicitation, contract value, or procurement contact is identified.

- Contractors can use the agency and NAICS filters to check whether historical spending aligns with their offerings.
- Reviewing obligations by fiscal year can help assess the scale and consistency of past demand.
- Checking awardees and contract end dates can help identify incumbents and inform the timing of business development outreach.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Published:** November 04, 2026

### Sources
- [Before you chase a new agency, look at what it already buys. In USAspending Advanced Search, filter by agency and NAICS, check obligations by fiscal year, then sort the awards to see who won and when each one ends. Want a second look at a target agency? https://t.co/HjMCLE6xnY](https://x.com/kghaynes/status/2118048469688467654) - twitter-govtech