Trust & methodology
Data sources & methodology
Procurery is built on public procurement data. We think you should be able to see exactly where every listing comes from, what has been reviewed by a human and what has not, and how to correct anything about your own business. This page is our honest account of both.
The directory tier: public SAM.gov data
The directory is compiled from the U.S. government's SAM.gov PUBLIC Entity Management extract — the monthly bulk dataset of entities that have registered in the System for Award Management to do business with the federal government. The source of record is sam.gov, and the extract is documented at open.gsa.gov. We use only the fields marked public in that extract.
We refresh the directory on a monthly cadence, tracking the SAM.gov extract release schedule. Because the data reflects federal registration, listings can lag reality: a business may have changed, moved, or stopped operating since its last registration update.
Directory-tier (unassessed) vs. Procurery Insight (curated)
Directory-tier listings are unassessed. They are compiled automatically from public data and are not vetted, verified, rated, or endorsed by us. We show them so buyers can see the full landscape of registered vendors, with honest labeling about their confidence level rather than invented detail.
The Procurery Insight tier is curated. For the vendors buyers actually shortlist, we write an independent editorial assessment ourselves — never the vendor — focused on the factors that matter for a shortlist decision. It is our informed opinion, not a guarantee: it can be incomplete or become outdated, and buyers should do their own due diligence. That editorial layer is the judgment part of Procurery; the directory is the breadth part. Keeping the two clearly separated is the point.
A listing is not an endorsement
Appearing in the directory means only that a business has a public federal registration matching our criteria. It does not mean Procurery recommends the business, has done business with it, or has verified any claim it makes. Ranking, inclusion, and Insight assessments are never influenced by sponsorship — our editorial independence is described on about.
Claim or correct a listing
If you represent a business in the directory and something is wrong, out of date, or you would like to claim your profile, you can do that on the for vendors page. Claiming and correcting your profile is always free. For anything else about our data, reach us via contact.