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The City’s payees

$16.8B

paid through the City’s financial system in

to 6,654 payees

+ 9.6% on FY2024

Year by year

$2.9B in FY2007 · $16.8B in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Every settled payment, all funds. The jump at FY2018 comes from the City’s new accounting system, which put more kinds of payments in this file. Hatched: the year is not closed yet.

What this page counts

Payments to vendors, from DataSF’s vendor payments data. This is money going out, not what a department costs the City: the Airport and the Public Utilities Commission, for example, pay for much of their spending from their own revenue. What each department is budgeted

Payments in FY2025

Click a category to see who was paid for it.

Construction contracts162 payees$1.6B Community-based organization services790 payees$1.4B Building and structure improvements – direct purchase33 payees$907.4M Other professional services1,002 payees$568.5M Other medical services251 payees$400.4M Electricity bought for resale30 payees$357.9M

All 162 kinds of purchase

University of California medical services5 payees$290.1M In-home care workers' pay (IHSS)2 payees$190.3M Cars, trucks and other vehicles49 payees$176.9M Management consulting services173 payees$164.2M Engineering services142 payees$137.2M Software licenses197 payees$133.7M Medicines27 payees$133.5M Property rent160 payees$111.3M In-home care (IHSS) – public authority administration1 payee$96.0M Other equipment maintenance363 payees$76.0M Computer systems consulting168 payees$68.6M Inventories – purchase208 payees$64.2M Power distribution and transmission6 payees$57.8M Insurance6 payees$52.2M Vehicle maintenance (non central shops)110 payees$50.3M Construction management services35 payees$44.8M In-home care (IHSS) – contract payments1 payee$35.3M Other materials and supplies518 payees$33.7M Security services22 payees$32.8M Other hospital, clinics and lab supply242 payees$31.4M Data processing equipment30 payees$30.5M Architectural services68 payees$29.3M Paratransit contract1 payee$28.4M Fuel and lubricants54 payees$25.3M Investment services6 payees$22.2M Scavenger services34 payees$22.1M Water and wastewater treatment chemicals15 payees$20.9M Transportation services30 payees$19.8M Other building maintenance services217 payees$19.2M Env contractor – consulting services68 payees$18.6M Minor data processing equipment44 payees$17.8M Laboratory supplies107 payees$16.9M Financial services34 payees$16.9M Other equipment104 payees$16.4M Training costs paid to vendors459 payees$16.0M Food130 payees$15.1M Electrical99 payees$13.8M Vehicle parts – supplies182 payees$13.5M Other facility rentals73 payees$13.0M Data processing supplies52 payees$12.9M Electronic collection – library only32 payees$12.4M Other current expenses410 payees$12.4M Rent paid on behalf of clients166 payees$11.9M Social services contracts46 payees$11.7M Other equipment maintenance supplies329 payees$11.2M Medical supplies133 payees$11.0M Medical equipment maintenance51 payees$11.0M Minor furnishings117 payees$10.3M Cleaning supplies73 payees$9.9M Other building maintenance supplies187 payees$9.7M Minor medical equipment138 payees$9.6M Routine maintenance elevator – escalator7 payees$9.4M Other equipment rentals80 payees$9.2M Plumbing supplies95 payees$8.9M Uniforms60 payees$8.7M Physical collections – library only27 payees$7.9M Dp – wp equipment maintenance59 payees$7.8M Other safety expenses168 payees$7.8M Membership fees317 payees$7.5M Registry – nurses3 payees$7.4M Other construction materials90 payees$7.0M Capital lease principal repayment1 payee$7.0M Registry – medical other8 payees$6.9M Medical equipment rental18 payees$6.7M Other office supplies161 payees$6.3M Interpreters38 payees$6.3M Registry11 payees$6.2M Land purchases1 payee$5.4M Grounds maintenance36 payees$5.4M Auditing and accounting13 payees$5.3M Vehicle rental9 payees$4.8M Attorney fees – criminal56 payees$4.8M Communication supplies64 payees$4.7M Hardware154 payees$4.0M Sludge removal8 payees$3.7M Painters supplies25 payees$3.4M Small tools and instruments140 payees$3.2M Communications equipment8 payees$3.1M Safety and rescue equipment10 payees$3.1M Water and sewage treatment supply32 payees$3.0M Other current expenses – budget6 payees$2.7M Tire rent1 payee$2.6M Agricultural supplies58 payees$2.6M Buildings,structures and improvements project – budget16 payees$2.6M Garage rent11 payees$2.5M Shop, building and field maintenance equipment24 payees$2.2M Pest control9 payees$2.1M Ordnance16 payees$2.0M Office equipment26 payees$1.9M Library starter kits – library USE ONLY8 payees$1.9M Janitorial services21 payees$1.8M Family and Children’s Services: special services6 payees$1.8M Professional and specialized services – budget11 payees$1.7M Equipment purchase – budget14 payees$1.6M Data processing equipment rental6 payees$1.5M Water sewage treatment equipment11 payees$1.5M Stipends225 payees$1.3M Sale of water – SF consumers46 payees$1.3M Elec heat water15 payees$1.3M Air travel – employees6 payees$1.3M Office machine rental10 payees$1.2M Recreation and athletic supplies59 payees$1.2M Fire fighting rescue supplies30 payees$1.2M Special inspection and testing services48 payees$1.1M Promotional and entertainment exp101 payees$1.0M Witnesses72 payees$1.0M Lighting22 payees$932,266 Rebate program – water conservation4 payees$834,243 Office supply – citywide contract9 payees$810,170 Other events64 payees$794,466 Dependencies and conservators4 payees$766,928 Maintenance services – buildings and improvements – budget29 payees$757,296 Legal services23 payees$670,649 Radiology supplies17 payees$670,239 Sewer service5 payees$662,316 Employee recognition70 payees$643,340 Community-based organization services, budget line5 payees$642,791 Other fees82 payees$636,752 Payments to poll workers2 payees$628,523 Aps – basic services19 payees$620,229 Prisoner institutional items9 payees$613,803 Lumber19 payees$567,087 Office equipment maintenance20 payees$527,611 Intangible asset depreciable9 payees$512,436 Marine3 payees$490,296 Capital renewal projects8 payees$488,878 Bank service fee11 payees$479,897 Facilities maintenance – budget1 payee$351,668 Attorney fees – serious cases1 payee$350,000 On-call services payments1 payee$326,138 Buildings structures and improvement exp3 payees$325,592 Minor video equipment16 payees$317,086 Institutional linen4 payees$314,007 Veterinary20 payees$312,679 Attorney fees – juvenile13 payees$299,468 Paes transportation services2 payees$288,094 Construction equipment rental8 payees$276,260 Grand jury1 payee$250,459 Realty services10 payees$236,621 Rail vehicle supplies5 payees$224,953 Audio – visual equipment and supplies-5K and <29 payees$197,875 Artwork14 payees$192,032 Exhibitions3 payees$185,595 Local field exp11 payees$162,374 Forms16 payees$147,729 Registry – administration1 payee$145,094 Travel costs paid to vendors15 payees$140,304 Books – non library only38 payees$136,399 Training – budget9 payees$134,654 Food preparation equipment5 payees$112,973

Programmatic projects (budget line)5 payees$87,728

Chn services6 payees$72,775

Non-air travel – non-employees13 payees$41,966

Physicians4 payees$21,888

Recreation and athletic equipment1 payee$16,932

Construction equipment maintenance3 payees$4,014

Not a purchase: bond repayments, benefit plans, taxes withheld, other governments$8.8B

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What counts as a payment here?

Every payment through the City’s financial system, including to related public bodies (the retirement system, the health service system, the community college district) and for the City’s debt.

Why bond repayments and payroll deductions are not in “By payee”

The banks that receive bond repayments and payroll deductions pass that money on to bondholders, tax authorities and pension funds. “By kind of payee” shows them on their own line.

$5.5B (32.6%) went to other public bodies linked to the City

Separate public bodies the City pays: its pension system, its health service system, its community college. Their money is in the total.

General City Responsibilities$1.7B

Retirement System$1.4B

Health Service System$1.2B

San Francisco Community College District$483.1M

How payees are classified

Each payee is sorted into one kind (companies, nonprofits, health care and health plans, other governments and public agencies, bond repayments, payroll deductions passed on, individuals) from the IRS registry, its name and the City’s own coding of what it was paid for; the amounts are the City’s.

Individual payees

Some payees are individual people, mostly landlords paid under master leases. They are labeled “individual payee” and appear only when you search their name: rankings and suggestions leave them out.

Where do these figures come from?

The SF Controller’s record of payments to vendors on DataSF: every settled payment, its payee, its department and its spending line. The fiscal year runs from July to June.

Vendor Payments (Vouchers) · DataSF ↗ · top_payees.json ↗ · payment_breakdowns.json ↗ · Method and sources →

Next sectionContractsPaid on 7,863 contracts in FY2025$8.0B

Source: SF Controller's Office, “Vendor Payments (Vouchers)” dataset on DataSF. Settled payments, all funds, fiscal year July to June.

Payments in FY2025

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