The HigherGov API is the most comprehensive source of U.S. federal government contract and grant opportunity and award data generated from public and proprietary sources. The API is easy to use and is fully supported with email, chat, and phone support. Currently, 300+ of the most popular fields are available through the API out of 5000+ datapoints tracked by HigherGov. HigherGov Business Development users can also access their pursuits via the API. If you require additional data not covered by our API, please do not hesitate to reach out.
| Endpoint | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Awardees | 1.5M+ (Including Parent / Child Subsidiary Relationships) |
| Contract IDVs | 1M+ |
| Prime Contract Awards | 61M+ |
| Subcontract Awards | 800K+ |
| Prime Grant Awards | 4M+ |
| Subgrant Awards | 3M+ |
| Contract Vehicles | 4K+ |
| Federal Contract Opportunities | 4M+ |
| DLA Contract Opportunities | 1M+ |
| SLED Contract Opportunities | 1M+ |
| Pre-RFP Contract Opportunities | 20K+ |
| Grant Opportunities | 60K+ |
| SBIR Opportunities | 10K+ |
| Documents | 3M+ (Contract and Grant RFPs, Federal Schedules, Protest Decisions) |
| Agencies | 3K+ |
| People | 130K+ |
| Defense Programs | 200+ |
| Tech Programs | 1K+ |
| Grant Programs | 6K+ |
| NAICS | 2.7K+ |
| PSC | 3.8K+ |
| Pursuits | User specific |
Access to the HigherGov API is on an invite-only basis for HigherGov subscribers. Please contact support re
To help enable search and dropdown functions within your applications, we also offer access to the APIs that drive HigherGov's Quick Search capabilities. These API endpoints are avaialable for free to all subscribers.
Data is generally updated shortly after the underlying data source. Some examples are shown below.
| Endpoint | Data Update Frequency |
|---|---|
| Prime Contract Awards | Daily |
| Contract Opportunities | 20 Minutes |
| Prime Grant Awards | Daily |
| Grant Opportunities | 2 Hours |
| Pursuits | Real Time |
The HigherGov API has no data limits, though we ask that if users have use cases that require more than 10 requests/second or 100,000 requests/day that they contact us beforehand.