Economic benefit of Federal Procurement to US Small Businesses in the Software Industry

 

Note   1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
GDP       $m 3,902,400 4,180,700 4,422,200 4,692,300 5,049,600 5,438,700 5,743,800 5,916,700 6,244,400 6,558,100 6,947,000 7,265,400 7,636,000
Firms All industry 2   4442983 4560954 4639010 4807540 4954645 5021315 5073795 5051025 5095356 5193642 5276964 5369068 5491335
SB 3   4430660 4548304 4626143 4794206 4941821 5007442 5059772 5037048 5081234 5179013 5261967 5353624 5476104
Software 4   9170 10271 11594 13041 14443 16312 18751 21198 23725 26848 27358 30367.38 33707.79
Software SB 5   9050 10136 11442 12871 14254 16099 18506 20921 23415 26486 27010 29970 33266
Receipts All industry 6 $m 8,447,499 9,049,934 9,572,707 10,157,391 10,930,636 11,773,118 12,433,566 12,961,444 13,605,184 14,098,572 14,840,452 15,751,365 16,529,599
SB 7 $m 3,699,995 3,963,861 4,192,835 4,448,926 4,786,804 5,156,557 5,445,834 4,909,700 6,112,880 6,395,452 6,679,975 7,023,980 7,239,945
Software 8 $m 16,852 18,874 21,305 23,965 26,540 29,976 34,457 38,954 43,598 49,336 54,983 61,032 67,745
Software SB 9 $m 8,340 9,340 10,543 11,860 13,135 14,835 17,053 19,278 21,576 27,799 23,440 30,204 33,526
Procurement All industry 10 $m 168,004 172,669 177,334 182,000 180,755 179,511 178,266 179,837 181,408 182,980 182,033 181,086 180,139
Software 10 $m 0 5 10 14 449 884 1,318 1,285 1,251 1,217 1,246 1,275 1,304
SB 10 $m 25,520 26,374 27,228 28,082 27,813 27,544 27,274 28,212 29,149 30,087 30,901 31,716 32,531
Software SB 10 $m 0 3 5 8 165 323 480 425 370 315 333 351 369
Procurement firms All industry 10   409,097 416,497 423,898 431,298 422,795 414,292 405,789 439,123 472,458 505,792 502,970 500,149 497,327
Software 10   6 21 35 50 1,840 3,630 5,420 5,352 5,285 5,217 5,309 5,402 5,494
SB 10   171,800 176,965 182,130 187,295 188,301 189,306 190,312 209,157 228,002 246,847 242,753 238,659 234,565
Software SB 10   5 18 31 44 801 1,557 2,314 2,276 2,238 2,200 2,322 2,445 2,567

                                   

Effect 2: Direct contribution to small software companies
SB Software receipts 8,340 9,340 10,543 11,860 13,135 14,835 17,053 19,278 21,576 27,799 23,440 30,204 33,526
SB Other receipts 3,691,655 3,954,520 4,182,291 4,437,066 4,773,670 5,141,722 5,428,782 4,890,422 6,091,304 6,367,652 6,656,536 6,993,777 7,206,419
SB Software procurement 0 3 5 8 165 323 480 425 370 315 333 351 369
SB Other procurement 25,520 26,371 27,223 28,074 27,647 27,221 26,795 27,787 28,779 29,771 30,568 31,365 32,162
SB Software procurement / software receipts 0.00% 0.03% 0.05% 0.07% 1.26% 2.17% 2.81% 2.20% 1.72% 1.13% 1.42% 1.16% 1.10%
SB Other procurement / other receipts 0.69% 0.67% 0.65% 0.63% 0.58% 0.53% 0.49% 0.57% 0.47% 0.47% 0.46% 0.45% 0.45%
SB Software industry gain in year -57 -60 -63 -67 89 244 396 316 268 185 225 215 219
SB As proportion of software industry receipts -0.7% -0.6% -0.6% -0.6% 0.7% 1.6% 2.3% 1.6% 1.2% 0.7% 1.0% 0.7% 0.7%
Annual growth of GDP per company 11     104.4% 104.0% 102.4% 104.4% 106.3% 104.5% 103.5% 104.6% 103.0% 104.3% 102.8% 102.8%
Growth of cumulative gain (at GDP / company rate) 0 -60 -124 -192 -271 -193 53 465 816 1,117 1,358 1,628 1,894
New gain for year -57 -60 -63 -67 89 244 396 316 268 185 225 215 219
Cumulative gain -57 -120 -188 -259 -182 51 449 780 1,084 1,303 1,584 1,843 2,113
As proportion of software SB receipts -0.7% -1.3% -1.8% -2.2% -1.4% 0.3% 2.6% 4.0% 5.0% 4.7% 6.8% 6.1% 6.3%