By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating Web sites that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format (and known as Web search portals) or providing other information services not elsewhere classified. Establishments known as Web search portals often provide additional Internet services, such as email, connections to other Web sites, auctions, news, and other limited content.
NAICS 519290 obligated $252 million in FY2025 across 1,296 contract actions, and the buyer spread is remarkably flat for a technology code: DoD at $69 million, Commerce at $26 million, VA at $25 million, DHS at $22 million, Treasury at $17 million. DoD holds only 27 percent, which is the lowest defense share of any technology code in this reference set and makes the market genuinely accessible to firms without defense credentials.
What belongs here
Operating web search portals that generate and maintain searchable databases of internet addresses and content, and providing other information services not classified elsewhere. In federal practice that captures data aggregation and subscription information products, news and media monitoring, and specialized reference databases.
- The 2017 code for other information services is 519190.
- Internet publishing and broadcasting under the 2017 structure was 519130, which NAICS 2022 split across several codes including this one.
- Hosting and data processing services are 518210.
Competing in this code
84 IDVs against 1,296 actions at an average near $194,000 describes subscription and data licensing purchases made directly by program offices. That is an unusually short sales cycle for federal work, because the buyer is a library, analyst shop, or program team with a specific information need and a modest budget. Section 508 accessibility of the delivered interface and clear data rights language are the two places these deals get stuck, and a vendor whose standard terms already handle both closes faster than a larger competitor negotiating from a commercial template.
Frequently Asked
NAICS 519290 questions, answered.
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 519290?
SBA sets it at 1,000 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 519290 solicitations and eligible for the set-asides in this code.
Which agencies buy information services under NAICS 519290?
FY2025 obligations: DoD ($69 million), Commerce ($26 million), VA ($25 million), DHS ($22 million), Treasury ($17 million). At 27 percent, DoD's share is the smallest of any technology code here, which makes this an unusually open market.
Which older codes map into NAICS 519290?
The 2017 code 519190, all other information services, plus the web search portal portion of 519130, internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals. FY2025 obligations were $252 million under 519290, $65 million under 519190, and $134 million under 519130. Sizing this market means reconciling all three.
What slows down federal deals in this code?
Section 508 accessibility of the delivered interface and data rights terms. These are subscription and data licensing purchases made directly by program offices at an average near $194,000, so the negotiation is short unless standard commercial terms collide with federal requirements. Vendors whose contract language already handles both close materially faster.
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