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Carl Zeiss, Inc.

Carl Zeiss, Inc. has lobbied on its own behalf and been represented by 1 lobbying firm in 7 filings in 2026, with $250,000 in reported spending; the newest was posted October 20, 2026.

As filed: CARL ZEISS, INC. Client based in New York.

Optics manufacturing company

$250,000 Reported spend

7 Filings counted

1 Outside firm hired

1 Bill named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 7 filings. 1 further filing for this client was restated by a later amendment and is left out of every total here. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 2 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

Who filed for this client 2

Carl Zeiss, Inc. $180,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 4 filings
Alpine Group Partners, LLC. $70,000 Outside firm · 3 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings 1

H.R. 8170
MATCH Act

2 filings

Reported by year 1 year

2026 $250,000 7 filings

Issues lobbied 5

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4
SENATE 4
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 2
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 1
Natl Security Council (NSC) 1

Recent filings 8 total

Q3 amendment

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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Carl Zeiss, Inc.

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $70,000 expenses · posted Oct 19, 2026

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Alpine Group Partners, LLC. Amended

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 17, 2026

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Alpine Group Partners, LLC.

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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Alpine Group Partners, LLC.

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · posted Jul 18, 2026

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Carl Zeiss, Inc.

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $70,000 expenses · posted Jul 15, 2026

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Carl Zeiss, Inc.

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $40,000 expenses · posted May 18, 2026

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Carl Zeiss, Inc.

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted May 1, 2026

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Foreign entities disclosed 2

CARL ZEISS AG Germany named on 1 filing · highest disclosed ownership 100% · largest disclosed contribution $0
CARL ZEISS, INC. Germany named on 1 filing · highest disclosed ownership 100% · largest disclosed contribution $0

Section 7 of the LD-2: a foreign company or government that owns part of the client, pays toward the lobbying, or benefits from it. Figures are the highest single disclosure across these filings, not a sum: the same stake is re-disclosed each quarter.

Affiliated organisations 1

CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY, LLC United States of America named on 1 filing

Section 6 of the LD-2: organisations that contribute to or take part in this client's lobbying.

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.