NAICS 523140: Commodity Contracts Brokerage
NAICS 523140 - Commodity Contracts Brokerage covers businesses primarily engaged in arranging the purchase and sale of commodity contracts. This includes the brokerage of futures contracts, options on commodities, and other derivative instruments used for hedging and price risk management.
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NAICS 523140 - Commodity Contracts Brokerage covers businesses primarily engaged in arranging the purchase and sale of commodity contracts. This includes the brokerage of futures contracts, options on commodities, and other derivative instruments used for hedging and price risk management. In the co...
NAICS 523140 - Commodity Contracts Brokerage covers businesses primarily engaged in arranging the purchase and sale of commodity contracts. This includes the brokerage of futures contracts, options on commodities, and other derivative instruments used for hedging and price risk management. In the context of government contracting, this sector provides specialized financial intermediation services that allow entities to manage exposure to volatile commodity prices, such as energy, metals, or agricultural products, ensuring fiscal stability within procurement budgets.
Competition
How many companies historically bid on federal awards in NAICS 523140, from bidder counts reported on USAspending.
Half or more of reported awards drew exactly one bidder, usually a sign of incumbent-held work rather than an open field. · 599 reported awards
Median Bidders
1
Per reported award, all-time
Single-Bid Awards
62%
Share of reported awards with one bidder
10+ Bidder Awards
0%
Share of reported awards with 10+ bidders
Reported Awards
599
94% of 638 total awards
Share of reported awards in each bidder-count bracket per federal fiscal year.
How this code compares up the NAICS hierarchy. Parent cohorts pool every code under their prefix, so they are the steadier baseline when a 6-digit sample is thin.
| Industry Family | Competition | Median Bidders | Single-Bid | Bidder Mix | Reported Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
523140This Code Commodity Contracts Brokerage | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 62% | 59994% of 638 | |
52314NAICS Industry | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 62% | 59994% of 638 | |
5231Industry Group Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 60% | 1,00892% of 1,099 | |
523Subsector | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 76% | 29,57495% of 31,281 | |
52Sector Finance and Insurance | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 71% | 55,95985% of 65,779 |
Bidder counts reported on past federal awards in this NAICS (USAspending). An open opportunity has no bidders yet, so this is the historical norm for similar work, not a fact about this solicitation. Not all awards report bidder counts, and fewer bidders often means incumbent-held work rather than an easier win. Federal reporting of bidder counts fell from ~96% of awards (FY2016) to ~30% (FY2018 onward); the chart shows shares of reported awards, and washed-out stretches mark years with fewer than 30 of them.
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