Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 512240

Sound Recording Studios

Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 512240.

NAICS 512240 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$21.4M
Total awards
483 awards
Active obligations
$8.4M
Size standard
$11,000,000 receipts

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 512240 covers professional facilities that record, mix, edit, and master audio performances to produce master sound recordings and associated session files for distribution or archival.

Federal opportunities under 512240 typically involve contracting for studio time, on-site engineering, multitrack session capture, mixing and creation of final masters delivered as WAV or stems with session documentation and metadata.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$93.5K
Awards
5
Average award
$18.7K
Change from FY2024
-48.1%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$17,507

WHISPERROOM INC

Department of State

PIID
19AQMM26P0277
PSC
5835 - SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT

$30,000

EUGENE ADRIEN PEYROUX III

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C24625P1329
PSC
R799 - SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: OTHER

$21,050

BIAS RECORDING CO., INC.

Department of the Air Force

PIID
FA251725P0003
PSC
T016 - PHOTO/MAP/PRINT/PUBLICATION- AUDIO/VISUAL

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 512240?
  • Recording and delivering final masters and stems for training course narration, including isolation tracks and metadata.
  • Producing and archiving oral-history or interview sessions with multitrack capture, timecode, and delivered session files.
  • Studio-based post-production for spoken-word multimedia exhibits, including noise reduction, mixing, and final masters.
  • Providing mobile studio crews for controlled-location multitrack recordings that are later mixed and mastered in a studio.
When is NAICS 512240 a weak fit?
  • Audio equipment manufacturing and calibration: missing the production of finished sound recordings; this is product manufacturing not studio recording.
  • Music publishing, licensing, and rights administration: missing the physical creation of master recordings and studio engineering work.
  • Broadcast live production at a radio or television facility: missing production of packaged master recordings and post-production mixing for delivered masters.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 512240?
  • Line items specifying billable studio hours, named engineering labor categories, and deliverable final WAV masters or stems.
  • Requirement to deliver multitrack session files or native DAW project files and session documentation.
  • Performance standards that specify sample rate, bit depth, noise floor, and file-format delivery requirements for masters.

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