NAICS 481212: Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation — Federal Contracts

What NAICS 481212 covers

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard the federal government uses to classify the industry of every contractor and every procurement. NAICS 481212 identifies businesses primarily engaged in nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation. When a contracting officer publishes a solicitation on SAM.gov, they tag it with the NAICS code that best matches the work — which is why getting your NAICS portfolio right inside SAM is the single most important step for showing up in agency searches.

Who buys NAICS 481212?

The federal agencies awarding the most contract value to vendors in this NAICS, based on 5 contractors tracked in the Mindy contractor database:

1. 1Dept Of The Air Force
2. 2National Aeronautics And Space Administration
3. 3Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
4. 4Ustranscom

Source: aggregated from the Mindy contractor database (prime contractor disclosures via SBA + agency directories).

Top contractors in NAICS 481212

The largest prime contractors associated with NAICS 481212, ranked by total reported federal contract value. These are your most likely incumbents — and your most likely teaming partners on recompetes:

1. 1
   Space Exploration Technologies CORP.

   $3.4B total reported value
2. 2
   United Launch Alliance L.L.C.

   $1.6B total reported value
3. 3
   Blue Origin LLC

   $264.1M total reported value
4. 4
   Lynden Incorporated

   $7.5M total reported value
5. 5
   Blue Origin Florida LLC

   $5.0M total reported value

Values reflect each contractor's aggregate reported federal contract value (across all of their NAICS codes, not just 481212). Use as a ranking signal, not as a per-NAICS award total.