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The Federal Marketplace Index: measuring the federal marketplace in the open
ASBCC's open, reproducible compilation of the government's own procurement data — roughly 30 million contract actions, reconciled to SBA's published figures. It is the evidence base under every filing we make.
ASBCC Report Sounds Alarm on Vanishing Small Business Federal Suppliers
A sobering new report reveals a catastrophic 49% decline in small businesses participating in federal contracting since FY 2008. Despite an overall 27.5% increase in small businesses nationwide, the number of small firms securing federal contracts has dropped from 144,774 in 2008 to just 73,833 in 2023.