By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing complete automobiles and light duty motor vehicles (i.e., body and chassis or unibody) or (2) manufacturing automobile and light duty motor vehicle chassis only. Vehicles made include passenger cars, light duty trucks, light duty vans, pick-up trucks, minivans, and sport utility vehicles.
FY2025 obligations
$374.1M
Contract actions
4,550
IDVs
52
Top buying agencies
- General Services Administration$266.0M
- Department of Defense$58.9M
- Department of State$47.1M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$1.2M
- Department of the Interior$409.8K
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
NAICS 336110 obligated $374 million in FY2025 across 4,550 contract actions, and GSA leads at $266 million, or 71 percent. That is GSA Fleet buying vehicles for the entire federal government, and it makes this one of very few manufacturing codes where a civilian agency is the dominant customer. DoD follows at $59 million, State at $47 million for overseas post vehicles. The code's real size is much larger: the retired 2017 codes 336111 and 336112 together took in about $1.9 billion in FY2025.
What belongs here
Complete automobiles and light duty motor vehicles, or their chassis alone: passenger cars, light duty trucks and vans, pickups, minivans, and sport utility vehicles.
- Adding or building bodies onto purchased chassis is 336211.
- Heavy duty trucks and chassis are 336120.
- Purpose-built armored military vehicles are 336992.
Competing in this code
52 IDVs against 4,550 actions means the vehicle purchases flow through GSA's standing arrangements with manufacturers, and there is very little room for a new entrant at the manufacturer level. Where the market opens is in specialty and low-volume vehicle types, alternative fuel and electric platforms, and vehicles built to a federal specification that mainstream production does not cover. GSA publishes its vehicle standards and solicits against them annually, which is a predictable entry point. Reconcile all three codes when sizing this market, because the current code holds only about a sixth of the total.
Frequently Asked
NAICS 336110 questions, answered.
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 336110?
SBA sets it at 1,500 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 336110 solicitations and eligible for the set-asides in this code.
Which agencies buy vehicles under NAICS 336110?
FY2025 obligations: GSA ($266 million), DoD ($59 million), State ($47 million), VA ($1 million). GSA at 71 percent is the federal fleet program buying for agencies governmentwide, and these figures exclude roughly $1.9 billion still recorded under the retired codes 336111 and 336112.
Why is federal vehicle spending split across three NAICS codes?
Because NAICS 2022 merged the 2017 codes 336111 and 336112 into 336110, and federal systems keep obligating against the older numbers. FY2025 shows $374 million under 336110, $1.5 billion under 336111, and $453 million under 336112. The current code holds only about a sixth of the actual market.
Where can a smaller vehicle manufacturer compete here?
In specialty and low-volume platforms, alternative fuel and electric vehicles, and configurations built to a federal specification that mainstream production does not cover. GSA publishes its vehicle standards and solicits against them on an annual cycle, which is a predictable and open entry point compared with the mainstream fleet buy.
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