By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus, such as magnetic resonance imaging equipment, medical ultrasound equipment, pacemakers, hearing aids, electrocardiographs, and electromedical endoscopic equipment.
FY2025 obligations
$752.2M
Contract actions
2,581
IDVs
162
Top buying agencies
- Department of Veterans Affairs$668.9M
- Department of Defense$67.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$13.2M
- Department of the Treasury$919.1K
- Department of Justice$506.8K
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
NAICS 334510 obligated $752 million in FY2025 across 2,581 contract actions, and VA accounts for $669 million of it. At 89 percent from one agency, this is the most VA-concentrated manufacturing code in the federal government. DoD is $68 million, HHS $13 million, and nothing else registers. For a medical device manufacturer, that means federal strategy in this code is VA strategy.
What belongs here
Electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus: magnetic resonance imaging equipment, medical ultrasound, pacemakers, hearing aids, electrocardiographs, and electromedical endoscopic equipment.
- Equipment using ionizing radiation is 334517.
- Non-powered surgical and medical instruments are 339112.
- Prosthetics, orthotics, and surgical appliances are 339113.
Competing in this code
162 IDVs against 2,581 actions understates how consolidated this market is, because VA buys medical equipment through national and regional contracts designed to standardize across the enterprise, plus the Federal Supply Schedule for medical equipment. A device without a schedule contract and without an FDA clearance matching the intended VA use is not purchasable regardless of clinical merit. The distinctive VA requirement is hearing and audiology equipment, where the agency is among the largest single buyers in the world, and that demand is stable, recurring, and evaluated on clinical outcomes rather than unit price.
Frequently Asked
NAICS 334510 questions, answered.
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 334510?
SBA sets it at 1,250 employees, counted as a 24-month average headcount across your company and every affiliate, not revenue. At or under that number you are small on NAICS 334510 solicitations and eligible for the set-asides in this code.
Which agencies buy electromedical equipment under NAICS 334510?
FY2025 obligations: VA ($669 million), DoD ($68 million), HHS ($13 million). VA at 89 percent makes this a single-customer market, and the DoD remainder is military treatment facility equipment bought on similar terms.
How do medical device manufacturers sell to VA under NAICS 334510?
Through the Federal Supply Schedule for medical equipment and VA's national and regional standardization contracts. VA obligated $669 million in the code in FY2025. A device without a schedule contract and matching FDA clearance for the intended use is effectively unpurchasable, no matter how well it performs clinically.
What is VA's most distinctive requirement in this code?
Hearing and audiology equipment. VA is among the largest single buyers of hearing devices in the world because of service-connected hearing loss, and that demand is stable and recurring. Evaluation weights clinical outcomes and fitting support above unit price.
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