GovBidReport → set-asides → Small business
Total Small Business set-aside contracts
2,372 open federal solicitations are reserved for Small business firms — of 8,554 open overall. If you hold the certification, these are the bids where large businesses can't compete with you.
Reserved for firms that qualify as small under the solicitation's NAICS size standard. No special certification beyond an accurate SAM.gov registration and size representation — but misrepresenting size is a false-statement offense, and many of these still layer on licenses, bonding, and experience minimums.
Small business set-asides by trade
Small business set-asides by state
Where the work is performed. Another 1,736 Small business bids list no fixed location — any qualifying firm can compete regardless of state.
Closing soonest
A set-aside win still dies on a technicality
Reserved competition is smaller — but the compliance bar is identical, plus the status representations the set-aside itself requires. The $249 breakdown reads every solicitation document and lists each required form, pass/fail requirement, and non-responsive trigger.