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SPACE INDEX / INSIGHTS

The space economy, by the numbers.

Live rollups derived from the Space Index directory, US federal contract data, and the LaunchLibrary2 feed. Every figure links back to the underlying entities.

COMPANIES274
SECTORS26
COUNTRIES31
PRODUCTS1,719
LAUNCHES7,879
FED CONTRACTS3,800
FED $ AWARDED$748.4B
AS OF2026-06-04

01 / FUNDING

Funded companies by sector and country

Where disclosed-funding companies are concentrated, and which sectors attract the most.

02 / FEDERAL CONTRACTS

Top US federal space contractors

Ranked by total dollars awarded. Broken down by awarding agency, NAICS code, and year.

03 / LAUNCHES

Launch cadence and success rate

Operator, rocket family, orbit, and year, sourced from LaunchLibrary2.

04 / GEOGRAPHY

Where space companies are headquartered

Country and US-state distribution, with the number of sectors each region covers.

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ABOUT THESE NUMBERS

Companies are curated by Space Index. Sectors, tags, and country/state assignments come from the directory. Federal contract data is pulled from USAspending.gov and attributed to companies when a recipient match exists. Launch data is sourced from the LaunchLibrary2 public API.

Numbers refresh on each page render against the live database. Counts are filtered to published (non-draft) records.