HillSignal
$IBMListed company

International Business Machines Corporation

Its government footprint in one place: federal money, influence and market activity, each row linked to its source. Federal figures gathered Oct 25, 2026.

In plain words

The federal government obligated $1.2B in contracts to International Business Machines Corporation in the 12 months to Jun 2026, about 1.7% of its revenue over the same months. The most came from Department of Defense. 38 of its contracts, with $2.9B obligated on them so far, end in the next 18 months and may be competed again. It appears on 62 Senate lobbying filings from 2018 to 2026; 13 of the lobbyists on them once held government posts. In the last 12 months insiders sold 1 time ($5.8M) and bought 0 times ($0); 0 of the 1 sales whose filing shows the plan box were planned in advance.

Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page. No opinion, no prediction.

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Federal obligations, 12 months
$1.2B
1.7% of revenue (a guide, not a split)
See the money
Contracts ending in 18 months
38
$2.9B obligated on them so far
See the list
Lobbying filings
62
13 lobbyists held government posts
See who
Insider trades, 12 months
1 sold · 0 bought
0 of 1 sales planned (10b5-1)
See the trades

Government money
ⓘObligations: money an agency has formally committed to pay under a contract. Not the same as money already paid, and not revenue.

SEC revenue and federal obligations

SEC revenue, 12 months to Jun 30, 2026
$69.1B
10-Q, filed Jul 23, 2026
Federal contract obligations, same 12 months (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026)
$1.2B
Plus grants $1.4M, other $250K
Contract obligations vs revenue
1.7%
A guide, not a revenue split. Subcontracts and classified work are not included: see the note below.
Contracts obligated, federal fiscal yearCompany revenue, its fiscal year ending in that year (10-K)
  • FY2026
    Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
    $1.2B · grants $4.4M
    $67.5B year to Dec 31, 2025
  • FY2025
    Oct 2024 to Sep 2025
    $1.4B · grants $39.3M
    Revenue for this year not on file
  • FY2024
    Oct 2023 to Sep 2024
    $1.3B · grants $3.3M
    $61.9B year to Dec 31, 2023
  • FY2023
    Oct 2022 to Sep 2023
    $1.1B · grants $2.4M
    $60.5B year to Dec 31, 2022
  • FY2022
    Oct 2021 to Sep 2022
    $1.1B · grants $5.1M
    $57.4B year to Dec 31, 2021
What these numbers are

Obligated means an agency committed the money to this company in that period (a signed contract action), as reported to USAspending. It is not a payment and not revenue: a contract can be funded for several years at once, and revenue is booked as the work is done. Some years can exceed revenue for that reason.

Prime contracts only, and only what is published. Work the company does as a subcontractor is not in these figures, and classified contracts are not published on USAspending at all. A low share can mean either. Contract values, ceilings and options are never added in.

Which units count: the USAspending recipient that is the company's SEC registrant; units of the company that USAspending's own records place under it (as parent, or in its family tree); and subsidiaries from the company's SEC Exhibit 21 that carry its name. Joint ventures, units now owned by someone else, and records that only share a name are held back. Both lists are below.

Earlier years count the units the company owns today. A unit we checked by hand (its USAspending parent is out of date) counts from the date the company bought it, or, where no filing gives that date, from the first date a filing shows the company owning it. Other units count for every year shown until their purchase dates are loaded.

Revenue bars are the company's own fiscal year from its 10-K, placed in the federal year it ends in; its fiscal year can end in a different month than the government's.

Fiscal year 2022 onward. Federal fiscal years run October to September; the company's own fiscal year may differ.

Units counted (24), held back (2)

Held back: a matching name we could not tie to this company firmly enough. A miss is better than a wrong link.

  • RED HAT, LLC (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • IBM WORLD TRADE CORPORATION (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)

Top agencies, contracts obligated in FY2026

  • Department of Defense$335.8M
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$226.5M
  • Social Security Administration$178.8M
  • General Services Administration$155.3M
  • Department of Homeland Security$101.8M
  • Department of the Treasury$73.1M
  • Department of Justice$19.1M
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$12.8M

Largest contracts active in the last 12 months

Amount: obligated to date on the contract, all years. Ranked by that amount among contracts with any action in the last 12 months. Counts only consolidated subsidiaries.

Contracts ending in the next 18 months

Amount: obligated to date. From the contracts in HillSignal's records tied to this ticker; the full list of contracts ending across government is on Recompetes.

Influence

Revolving door: 13 lobbyists on its filings held government posts

Every post as the lobbyist listed it on the company's Senate LDA filings, one per line.

  • Michael J Hettingerlast filed 2026 · 12 filings
    Hettinger Strategy Group LLC
    • Staff Director, House Committee on Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management (2003-07)
    • Chief of Staff, former Rep. Tom Davis (VA) (1998-99)
  • Jon Adamelast filed 2025 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • CoS, LD, GC (Sen. Blackburn)
    • Counsel (Rep. Blackburn)
    • Policy Coordinator (House E&C)
    • Intern (Sen. Domenici)
  • Joseph Edward Brown IIIlast filed 2025 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Sr Prof Staff (EPW Comm Maj/Sen. Moore Capito)
    • Prof Staff (EPW Comm Min/Ranking Mem Sen. Moore Capito)
    • Leg Asst (Sen. Boozman)
    • Maj Leg Asst (EPW Comm Maj/Sen. Jim Inhofe)
    • Maj Research Asst (EPW Comm Maj/Sen. Jim Inhofe)
    • Intern (Rep. Jim Renacci)
  • Naveen Parmarlast filed 2024 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Chief Counsel (Sen. Hickenlooper)
    • General Counsel (House Comm on Sm Bus/Velazquez)
    • Tax Counsel, (House Comm on Sm Bus/Velazquez)
    • Economic Policy Counsel (Sen. Amy Klobuchar)
    • Ways and Means Counsel (Rep. Lloyd Doggett)
See all 13
  • Annie Wolflast filed 2024 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Dep Floor Dir (Maj Leader Scalise)
    • CoS (Chief Dep Min Whip Ferguson)
    • Dep Floor Dir (Min Whip Scalise)
    • Prof Staff (House Rules/Sessions)
    • Floor Asst (Speakers Ryan & Boehner)
    • Staff Asst (Speaker Boehner)
    • Intern (Rep. Sullivan)
  • Alyene Mlinarlast filed 2023 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise)
    • Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise)
    • Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm)
    • Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso)
    • Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)
  • Erica Jay Chabotlast filed 2023 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy)
    • Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm)
    • LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus)
    • Dep COS (Senate Consult)
    • Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
  • Lisa Goldmanlast filed 2022 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce
    • Chief Counsel, Sr Counsel (E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce)
    • Counsel House Comm on E&C
  • Caitlin Van Santlast filed 2022 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)
  • Lamar Smithlast filed 2021 · 1 filing
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    • Mbr of Cong, 1987-2019
  • Ed Paganolast filed 2021 · 1 filing
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    • Advsr, Sen Harkin, 2014
    • Dep Asst to the President for Leg Affairs and Sen Liaison, Exec Ofc of the President, 2012-14
    • CoS, Sen Leahy, 2005- 11
    • Sr Cnsl, Sen Judiciary Comm, 1997-04
  • Virgil Millerlast filed 2021 · 1 filing
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    • Policy Fellow, Rep. Edolphus Towns, Aug06 - Feb07
    • Prof Staff Mber, Commit on Eng and Com, Feb 07 - Jan 11
    • Health Policy Advisor, Rep. John D. Dingell, Jan 09 - Jan 11
    • CoS, Rep. Cedric Richmond, Jan 11 - Mar 19
  • Zachary Mallovelast filed 2021 · 1 filing
    Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
    • Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray)
    • Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc

Foreign agents (FARA)
ⓘFARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): people who work in the US for a foreign government, party or company must register and report what they do and what they are paid.

Lobbying firms working for this company also represent these foreign principals. These are separate engagements: the firm's foreign work is not done for this company.

  • Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP · latest FARA filing, Oct 21, 2026lobbied for this company to 2021

    Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP lobbies the federal government for International Business Machines Corporation: 3 filings, 2021, on science/technology and education (for example, “Issues related to quantum computing and the QUEST Act of 2020, (H.R.8303).”). Separately, it is registered as an agent of 4 foreign principals. In its latest six-month FARA report (to Jun 30, 2025) it reported $6,322,192 received from foreign principals.

    • Promotora de Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (PROCOMER) for the benefit of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica (COMEX) · Costa Rica$60,000 a monthagreement filed Sep 18, 2025
    • Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands · Marshall Islandspay not stated in the agreementfiled Jul 30, 2020
    • Embassy of the United Arab Emirates · United Arab Emiratespay not stated in the agreementfiled May 22, 2009
    • Embassy of Japan · Japan$50,000 a yearagreement filed May 25, 2021

    Agents registered at this firm, not necessarily assigned to this specific client: Shiva Aminian, Christopher Armstrong Treanor, Thomas Krueger, Lauren Rubin, Geoffrey Khourie Verhoff, Lamar Smith

Lobbying

62 filings, 2018 to 2026. Paid lobbying firms $780K. In-house lobbying spend $2.4M.

Firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Hettinger Strategy Group LLC, Mehlman Consulting, Inc., Red Hat Inc

Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Computer Industry, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Defense, Education, Government Issues, Homeland Security, Immigration

Contacted: Senate, House Of Representatives, Executive Office Of The President (Eop), General Services Administration (Gsa), Patent & Trademark Office (Pto), Commerce, Dept Of (Doc), Office Of Management & Budget (Omb), Defense, Dept Of (Dod)

From the company's Senate LDA filings. Firm fees and in-house spend are reported on different filings, so they are shown apart. Lobbying is legal and common; it shows what the company paid to be heard on, not what it got.

PAC giving

No corporate PAC tied to this company in the FEC records we hold.

Market
ⓘA 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, so sales under it say less about the insider’s view.

Insider trades

Bought, last 12 months
$0
0 trades
Sold, last 12 months
$5.8M
1 trade
Sells under a 10b5-1 plan
0.00%
0 of 1 sells whose filing has the plan box
Largest trade
$5.8M
Sold by Thomas Robert David, Aug 26, 2026
  • Thomas Robert David Senior Vice PresidentSold $5.8M · Aug 26, 2026

Open-market buys and sells from SEC Form 4 filings; grants and option exercises left out, and trades whose filed price failed our market check. A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule set in advance, so those sells say little about the insider's view. The plan box is on filings from April 2023 on.

Members of Congress who traded it

Fund holders with contract wins (13F)
ⓘ13F: a quarterly SEC filing in which large investment managers list the US stocks they hold, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.

  • E Ohman J:or Asset Management AbE Ohman J:or Asset Management Ab disclosed a $62.0M position in IBM ($IBM) in its 2026-06-30 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$62.0M
  • Florida Trust Wealth ManagementFlorida Trust Wealth Management disclosed a $29.2M position in IBM CORP. ($IBM) in its 2026-03-31 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$29.2M
  • Argent TrustArgent Trust disclosed a $27.3M position in INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES ($IBM) in its 2026-03-31 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $52.0M contract by Department of Justice.$27.3M
  • First Financial Bank - Trust DivisionFirst Financial Bank - Trust Division disclosed a $12.9M position in IBM ($IBM) in its 2026-06-30 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$12.9M
  • Generali Investments Cee Investicni Spolecnost AsGenerali Investments Cee Investicni Spolecnost As disclosed a $11.4M position in International Business Machines Corp ($IBM) in its 2026-06-30 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$11.4M
  • Hall Laurie J TrusteeHall Laurie J Trustee disclosed a $7.4M position in INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES ($IBM) in its 2026-06-30 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$7.4M
  • Abacus Wealth PartnersAbacus Wealth Partners disclosed a $0.7M position in IBM Corp ($IBM) in its 2026-03-31 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $61.5M contract by Department of Homeland Security.$689K
  • EvansbrookEvansbrook disclosed a $0.4M position in IBM CORP ($IBM) in its 2026-03-31 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$419K
  • Corefirst Bank & TrustCorefirst Bank & Trust disclosed a $0.4M position in International Business Machines ($IBM) in its 2026-03-31 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $157.8M contract by Department of Homeland Security.$404K
  • Cypress Financial PlanningCypress Financial Planning disclosed a $0.3M position in INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS ($IBM) in its 2026-06-30 13F filing. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION was separately awarded a $14.5M contract by General Services Administration.$315K

People and connections

Key people

  • KRISHNA ARVINDChairman, President & CEO
  • Thomas Robert DavidSenior Vice President
  • Robinson AnneSenior Vice President
  • Laguarta RamonDirector
  • LIVERIS ANDREW NDirector
  • Gorsky AlexDirector
  • Miebach MichaelDirector
  • Brown Marianne CatherineDirector
  • MCNABB FREDERICK WILLIAMDirector
  • VOSER PETER RDirector
  • Buberl ThomasDirector
  • ZOLLAR ALFRED WDirector

Connections

Connections to other companies, executives and members of Congress, from disclosed trades, shared officers and public filings, are part of Pro. See Pro

Activity

Every record that names this company by ticker, newest first: awards, bills, executive actions, SEC filings, news, private raises and patents.

Sources and limits

USAspending (prime contracts only; no subcontracts or classified work; defense contracts can arrive up to 90 days after signing), SEC EDGAR, Senate LDA, FEC, House and Senate disclosures, the Federal Register and the White House. Companies are tied to records by exact name, a verified alias or a subsidiary in the company's own Exhibit 21; a miss is better than a wrong link. A shared date is not proof of cause, and nothing here is investment advice.