Every check the state wrote in FY2026.
Delaware issued $17.03 billion in checks and payments across 1,544,463 public records — up 66% from $10.24 billion in FY2018. Here is where it went, straight from the state's open checkbook data.
Total checkbook spending
$17.03B
Per day
$46.7M
roughly $16,100 per resident
Since FY2018
+66%
from $10.24 billion
Where it went — top departments FY2026 · checkbook
The single biggest vendor
Gainwell Technologies LLC was the state's largest vendor relationship of FY2026.
Gainwell Technologies LLC received $3.65 billion across 1,782 payments on the FY2026 checkbook — 21.4% of everything the state paid out.
$3.65B
Spending by category MEDFAC EXPENSES $3.59B MEDICAL - EMPLOYER $1.55B SALARIES/WAGES-EMPLOYEES $1.09B TEACHERS $868.5M PENSIONS/EMPLOYER'S SHARE $815.3M HEALTH INS/EMPLOYERS' SH $782.5M INVESTMENTS $611.4M GRANTS $329.6M OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE $308.4M GRANTS IN AID $297.9M HGWY/BRIDGE RECONSTR $278.5M CONSULTANTS $277.8M
By fund type
GENERAL $7.41B · 43.5%
SPECIAL $5.10B · 30.0%
FEDERAL $3.60B · 21.2%
CAPITAL $918.0M · 5.4%
Monthly spending (fiscal period) $0 $500.0M $1.00B $1.50B $2.00B P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 Spending
What the money bought — top expense accounts MEDFAC EXPENSES $3.59B MEDICAL - EMPLOYER $1.55B SALARIES/WAGES-EMPLOYEES $1.09B TEACHERS $868.5M PENSIONS/EMPLOYER'S SHARE $815.3M HEALTH INS/EMPLOYERS' SH $782.5M INVESTMENTS $611.4M GRANTS $329.6M OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE $308.4M GRANTS IN AID $297.9M HGWY/BRIDGE RECONSTR $278.5M CONSULTANTS $277.8M
Top vendors paid in FY2026 # Vendor Paid Checks 1 Gainwell Technologies LLC
$3,648,221,544 1,782 2 Employee Compensation
$3,206,923,116 132,418 3 Other Employment Costs Benefits
$1,906,141,040 291,524 4 Highmark Health Services
$777,944,513 66 5 Northern Trust Company
$611,402,037 134 6 Cvs Pharmacy Inc.
$320,920,725 109 7 Silverscript Insurance Company
$230,074,512 41 8 University of Delaware
$214,470,212 2,306 9 Aetna
$201,861,859 86 10 Delaware Transit Corp.
$178,598,934 1,110 11 Dhss Child Care Direct Deposit Account
$132,403,345 2,845 12 City of Wilmington
$100,732,027 1,581 13 Voya Ret Ins & Annuity
$90,581,581 52 14 Div of Accounting
$83,428,440 190,282 15 Delaware State Housing Authority
$83,044,446 69 16 Wells Fargo Bank NA
$81,010,674 26 17 Vitalcore Health Strategies LLC
$76,737,233 34 18 Division of Statewide Benefits
$75,017,932 426 19 Guidesoft Inc. Dba Knowledge Services
$59,784,195 3,384 20 Mumford & Miller Concrete Inc.
$58,119,631 285 21 Richard E Pierson Construction Co. Inc.
$50,742,774 67 22 Delmarva Power
$47,934,919 32,886 23 Richard Y Johnson & Son Inc.
$47,707,232 123 24 Wagman Heavy Civil Inc.
$46,582,340 27 25 Dtcc Financial Aid
$45,979,737 280 26 Insurance Coverage Office of M&b
$43,158,971 114 27 Department of Health and Human Services
$41,927,304 48 28 Dti Controller's Office
$39,208,107 10,249 29 Allan Myers MD Inc.
$37,129,020 93 30 Deloitte Consulting Llp
$36,559,866 309 31 Carahsoft Technology Corporati
$34,682,132 874 32 New Castle County
$32,556,816 2,613 33 Deldot Finance
$31,766,385 36 34 Wels Systems Foundation LLC
$31,537,951 70 35 Dhss Office O/t Secretary
$30,227,722 6 36 Transcore LP
$30,021,523 84 37 A Del Construction Co. Inc.
$28,479,550 163 38 US Foods Inc.
$27,688,692 6,897 39 Greggo & Ferrara Inc.
$27,051,846 102 40 Del State Univ-operations
$26,838,474 56 41 Dtcc - Office O/t President
$26,514,631 406 42 Wohlsen Construction Company
$26,237,017 95 43 Shi International Corp.
$25,277,295 615 44 Omb Budget Administration
$24,620,426 4,504 45 Riverfront Development Corp.
$23,911,488 39 46 A3 Communications Inc.
$22,125,951 3,382 47 Century Engineering LLC
$21,898,691 1,259 48 Nelnet Business Solutions Inc.
$21,769,785 118 49 Highway Safety
$21,342,443 2 50 Sussex County Council
$20,109,468 435 51 Dhss Delaware Wic Program (food Account)
$20,095,366 44 52 Omb Fleet Management
$19,936,699 9,519 53 Kelmar Assocs LLC
$19,927,075 129 54 Aecom
$19,475,894 715 55 Delaware Racing Assn
$19,382,754 31 56 City of Dover
$18,849,790 4,712 57 Diamond State Port Corporation
$18,815,000 5 58 Children and Families First Delaware Inc.
$18,692,910 574 59 Dover Downs Inc.
$18,435,500 29 60 Deldot Finance Ttf Account
$18,320,745 3 61 Dscyf Client Payments
$18,260,129 177 62 Commonwealth Construction Co.
$18,252,123 57 63 Specialty Audit Services LLC
$18,215,333 28 64 Delta Dental of DE Inc.
$18,059,555 32 65 Bancroft Construction Co.
$18,049,060 77 66 Kent County Levy Court
$17,879,592 293 67 Master Interiors Inc.
$17,803,155 136 68 Grassbusters Landscaping Co.
$17,577,463 123 69 Nickle Electrical Co.
$17,380,081 84 70 Superior Electric Svc Co.
$17,325,839 100 71 Christiana Care Health Services Inc.
$17,228,026 658 72 Mercer Human Resource
$17,096,788 361 73 Application Software Inc. Dba Asiflex Dba
$17,045,176 861 74 Regulatory Insurance Services
$16,537,248 2,046 75 Delmarva Veteran Builders LLC
$15,982,912 53 76 Recovery Innovations Inc.
$15,396,053 57 77 Banc of America Public Capital
$14,952,763 362 78 Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr Llp
$14,940,194 268 79 Correct RX Pharmacy Services
$14,677,267 50 80 Dhss Stockley Center
$14,633,347 77 81 Worth and Company Inc.
$14,187,074 91 82 Employer Direct Healthcare LLC
$14,179,441 61 83 Parkowski Guerke & Swayze PA
$14,051,604 190 84 Whitman Requardt & Associates
$14,051,537 1,011 85 Conner Strong Companies Inc.
$13,940,111 200 86 Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
$13,816,330 146 87 Harrington Raceway
$13,809,240 47 88 Joseph M Zimmer Inc.
$13,632,442 14 89 Rummel Klepper & Kahl Llp
$13,572,613 1,053 90 Olympus Painting Contractors
$12,921,410 14 91 Aloysius Butler & Clark
$12,794,421 1,345 92 Acro Service Corp.
$12,708,558 5,438 93 Revenue Solutions Inc.
$12,471,016 32 94 Edis Company
$12,422,159 104 95 Aristocrat Technologies Inc.
$12,324,124 53 96 Hertrich Fleet Services Inc.
$12,219,484 368 97 Conexio Care Inc.
$12,099,258 438 98 Community Education Building Corp.
$12,035,460 9 99 Trane US Inc.
$11,978,215 56 100 Dell Marketing LP
$11,689,034 1,370
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