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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 2016

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 $180,000,000.00 11 filings
  2. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $90,040,000.00 5 filings
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $71,070,000.00 30 filings
  4. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $55,545,000.00 113 filings
  5. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $50,270,000.00 6 filings
  6. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $42,920,000.00 54 filings
  7. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $40,390,000.00 28 filings
  8. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $39,340,000.00 11 filings
  9. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION $33,600,000.00 38 filings
  10. AARP $32,817,500.00 51 filings
  11. PFIZER INC. $32,630,000.00 25 filings
  12. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $29,345,000.00 57 filings
  13. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $27,970,000.00 32 filings
  14. CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION $27,280,000.00 31 filings
  15. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $25,860,000.00 68 filings
  16. FEDEX CORPORATION $25,041,000.00 63 filings
  17. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $24,460,123.00 30 filings
  18. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) $22,550,000.00 5 filings
  19. SOUTHERN COMPANY $20,610,000.00 46 filings
  20. COMCAST CORPORATION $20,454,000.00 153 filings
  21. APPLE INC $20,440,000.00 8 filings
  22. MERCK & CO INC $20,420,000.00 11 filings
  23. ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC $19,917,500.00 108 filings
  24. VISA, INC. $19,550,000.00 22 filings
  25. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION $19,470,000.00 64 filings
 Top lobbying firms
  1. LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $180,000,000.00 11 filings
  2. BALLARD PARTNERS $122,120,000.00 1,766 filings
  3. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $96,695,000.00 1,903 filings
  4. BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $96,005,000.00 1,777 filings
  5. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $90,040,000.00 5 filings
  6. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $83,010,000.00 1,597 filings
  7. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $73,900,000.00 1,895 filings
  8. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $71,860,000.00 1,820 filings
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $69,570,000.00 5 filings
  10. MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $66,490,000.00 856 filings
  11. INVARIANT LLC $60,530,000.00 1,082 filings
  12. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $50,270,000.00 6 filings
  13. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $50,110,000.00 5 filings
  14. THORN RUN PARTNERS $42,270,000.00 1,302 filings
  15. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $40,920,000.00 6 filings
  16. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $39,140,000.00 6 filings
  17. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $39,070,000.00 6 filings
  18. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $38,966,730.76 673 filings
  19. CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $38,620,000.00 928 filings
  20. CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $37,670,500.00 521 filings
  21. MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $36,674,700.00 684 filings
  22. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $36,060,000.00 873 filings
  23. MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. $35,610,000.00 683 filings
  24. FORBES-TATE $33,300,000.00 779 filings
  25. CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $32,870,000.00 893 filings

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

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