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Lobbying spending

Who spends the most influencing Congress: top clients and lobbying firms by total reported spend, from federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend by issue

All years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Totals are by the name exactly as reported on each filing. We don't merge name variants of the same company, so one firm may appear more than once. "Spend" = reported income (fees paid to lobbyists) plus in-house lobbying expenses.

 Top clients
  1. STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION $220,000,000.00 13 filings
  2. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $126,740,000.00 7 filings
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $85,950,000.00 36 filings
  4. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $64,090,000.00 137 filings
  5. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $57,220,000.00 7 filings
  6. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $46,780,000.00 65 filings
  7. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $46,273,000.00 34 filings
  8. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $45,370,000.00 13 filings
  9. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION $38,420,000.00 44 filings
  10. AARP $37,175,000.00 59 filings
  11. PFIZER INC. $36,570,000.00 30 filings
  12. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $33,323,850.00 69 filings
  13. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $32,610,000.00 38 filings
  14. CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION $31,250,000.00 37 filings
  15. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $30,510,000.00 82 filings
  16. FEDEX CORPORATION $28,501,000.00 74 filings
  17. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $27,340,123.00 36 filings
  18. ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC $27,247,500.00 129 filings
  19. RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES $26,010,000.00 30 filings
  20. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) $25,560,000.00 6 filings
  21. COMCAST CORPORATION $24,224,000.00 177 filings
  22. SOUTHERN COMPANY $24,120,000.00 53 filings
  23. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION $23,190,000.00 76 filings
  24. APPLE INC $23,180,000.00 9 filings
  25. MERCK & CO INC $22,740,000.00 13 filings
 Top lobbying firms
  1. LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $220,000,000.00 13 filings
  2. BALLARD PARTNERS $155,700,000.00 2,135 filings
  3. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $126,740,000.00 7 filings
  4. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $118,405,000.00 2,296 filings
  5. BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $117,925,000.00 2,173 filings
  6. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $101,520,000.00 1,923 filings
  7. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $89,850,000.00 2,287 filings
  8. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $84,940,000.00 2,145 filings
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $84,150,000.00 6 filings
  10. MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $83,670,000.00 1,050 filings
  11. INVARIANT LLC $73,160,000.00 1,291 filings
  12. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $57,470,000.00 6 filings
  13. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $57,220,000.00 7 filings
  14. THORN RUN PARTNERS $52,270,000.00 1,572 filings
  15. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $51,148,336.76 868 filings
  16. CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $51,010,500.00 656 filings
  17. CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $46,990,000.00 1,114 filings
  18. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $45,130,000.00 7 filings
  19. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $44,713,000.00 8 filings
  20. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $44,380,000.00 7 filings
  21. MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $44,114,700.00 827 filings
  22. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $43,890,000.00 1,050 filings
  23. MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. $43,040,000.00 816 filings
  24. CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $39,970,000.00 1,064 filings
  25. FORBES-TATE $39,600,000.00 923 filings

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Money fields are self-reported by filers and often rounded or left blank.

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