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Government Vendor Payments by Agency (Open Checkbooks: Delaware, Vermont, LA, Dallas, Riverside County & More): 2026 statistics from 30,136 public records
The most common category is delaware: 3,461 of 30,136 records (11.5%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders
Key findings
- Zalwin's GovVendorSpendPulse dataset holds 30,136 GovVendorSpendPulse records dated 2026-07-30 to 2026-10-27 (as of 2026-10-28; source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders). #
- The most common category is delaware: 3,461 of 30,136 records (11.5%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders). #
- Across 30,136 records with a stated 90-day spend, the total is $8,482,699,625 and the median is $17,564; the largest is $665,120,078 (Gainwell Technologies LLC) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders). #
- The top 10% of records by 90-day spend (3,014 of 30,136) account for 88.3% of the total (as of 2026-10-28; source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders). #
- 7,406 of 30,136 records (24.6%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-10-28 (source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders). #
GovVendorSpendPulse records by category
| Group | Records | Share | Total 90-day spend |
|---|---|---|---|
| delaware | 3,461 | 11.5% | $2,027,627,062 |
| los_angeles_ca | 3,313 | 11.0% | $1,744,602,373 |
| montgomery_county_md | 2,951 | 9.8% | $1,259,641,365 |
| austin_tx | 2,894 | 9.6% | $1,045,240,434 |
| riverside_county_ca | 2,812 | 9.3% | $348,189,091 |
| kansas_city_mo | 2,355 | 7.8% | $467,844,730 |
| dallas_tx | 2,083 | 6.9% | $346,716,906 |
| cincinnati_oh | 1,865 | 6.2% | $227,042,653 |
| vermont | 1,721 | 5.7% | $316,729,566 |
| baton_rouge_la | 1,446 | 4.8% | $145,827,046 |
| fulton_county_ga | 1,055 | 3.5% | $146,472,647 |
| atlanta_ga | 1,028 | 3.4% | $176,595,960 |
| pierce_county_wa | 940 | 3.1% | $50,083,784 |
| pittsburgh_pa | 880 | 2.9% | $93,218,542 |
| providence_ri | 705 | 2.3% | $29,153,077 |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 30,136 public records dated 2026-07-30 to 2026-10-27; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: Open checkbook payment ledgers: State of Delaware; cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Providence and Mesquite TX; Fulton County, GA; Montgomery County, MD; Riverside County, CA; Pierce County, WA; and State of Vermont purchase orders. Refreshed automatically about every 168 hours; figures above are as of 2026-10-28.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated 90-day spend.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "GovVendorSpendPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-10-28), https://zalwin.com/research/govvendorspendpulse
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