Starbase Louisiana supplier registry

A public list of Louisiana businesses that can do work at Pecan Island, and what to have in place before a buyer looks you up. Free to be listed.

Checked 29 August 2026

If a spaceport gets built at Pecan Island, the firms that win work there will mostly be firms that were already trading in Louisiana. This page is how you make sure a buyer can find yours.

Where this stands today

The registry is being built, and it is close to empty. Saying otherwise would waste your time and a buyer's. The directory is seeded from Louisiana Secretary of State records parish by parish, and the Vermilion and Acadiana pass is the one being worked on now.

What that means practically is that being early is the advantage. A claimed, complete listing outranks an empty one, and right now almost nothing is claimed.

The work a build like this buys

Nothing has been tendered and no scope has been published, so this is not a list of awarded packages. It is the ordinary shape of industrial construction on the Gulf Coast, which is what a 125,000 acre site in a marsh will need before it needs anything exotic.

• Site work and earthmoving. Clearing, fill, access roads, levee and drainage work in marsh conditions.
• Marine and barge. Barge transport, dock and bulkhead work, dredging support, crew boats.
• Welding and fabrication. Structural steel, pipe, pressure work, on site repair.
• Cranes and rigging. Lifts, heavy haul, specialized transport permits.
• Electrical and instrumentation. Industrial power, controls, high voltage, cable.
• Trucking and logistics. Aggregate, equipment, fuel, oversize loads, yard space.
• Environmental and survey. Wetland delineation, permitting support, boundary and topographic survey.
• Industrial services. Scaffolding, insulation, coatings, hydroblasting, waste handling.
• Camp, catering and lodging. Feeding and housing a workforce in a parish with almost no rooms.
• Security and traffic. Site security, gate control, flagging, escort.
• Safety and medical. Safety staffing, training, on site medical, drug testing.
• Fuel, water and rentals. Bulk fuel, potable and non potable water, equipment and trailer rental.

When each of these gets bought is the other half of the question, and the estimated development timeline lays out the phases.

Being contract ready

This is worth doing whether or not a single rocket is ever launched at Pecan Island. It is the same paperwork that wins state work, federal work, and any job where a general contractor has to justify the choice.

1. A company in good standing. Registered with the Secretary of State, annual report filed, registered agent current. A lapsed charter is the first thing a procurement check finds.
2. Your contractor license, at the right classification. Louisiana requires a State Licensing Board for Contractors license above the statutory thresholds, and the board's public search is where a buyer will verify you.
3. Insurance a general contractor will accept. General liability, auto, workers compensation, and for marine scopes the coverage that shore policies exclude. Ask for the certificate wording before you bid, not after you win.
4. SAM.gov registration. Free, and the prerequisite for any federal contracting. It takes longer than people expect.
5. Hudson Initiative or Veteran Initiative certification. Louisiana's small and veteran owned business certifications. They matter on state work and on the state funded portions of large projects.
6. A capability statement. One page: what you do, what you have done, who to call.

What is not true yet

No packages have been tendered. No prime contractor has been named. There is no supplier portal. Anyone telling you they can register you with SpaceX for a fee is selling you something that does not exist.