Competitor analysis tools: government contracts

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Many competitor analysis tools are publicly available, often for free. One category of tools are databases that list government contracts and the companies to whom these are awarded. When researching competitor sales activity, these can provide useful insights.

Below are some of the sources in this category that we use when conducting competitive analysis:

UK Freedom of Information
FedSpending
Subsidy tracker
GovWin
GSA Advantage
Onvia
USA Spending
FPDS
US Freedom of Information

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