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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

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. $70,290,000.00 4 filings
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $55,310,000.00 24 filings
  4. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $42,680,000.00 5 filings
  5. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $42,200,000.00 90 filings
  6. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $32,220,000.00 9 filings
  7. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $31,110,000.00 43 filings
  8. AARP $28,740,000.00 42 filings
  9. PFIZER INC. $27,940,000.00 21 filings
  10. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION $27,150,000.00 31 filings
  11. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $24,965,000.00 47 filings
  12. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $24,210,000.00 22 filings
  13. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $23,310,000.00 26 filings
  14. FEDEX CORPORATION $21,441,000.00 52 filings
  15. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $21,250,000.00 54 filings
  16. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $20,280,123.00 24 filings
  17. CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION $19,870,000.00 25 filings
  18. ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC $19,338,000.00 86 filings
  19. APPLE INC $17,960,000.00 7 filings
  20. SOUTHERN COMPANY $17,810,000.00 39 filings
  21. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) $17,230,000.00 4 filings
  22. VISA, INC. $16,820,000.00 18 filings
  23. COMCAST CORPORATION $16,554,000.00 120 filings
  24. AMGEN INC $16,350,000.00 13 filings
  25. MERCK & CO INC $16,220,000.00 9 filings
 Top lobbying firms
  1. LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $180,000,000.00 11 filings
  2. BALLARD PARTNERS $91,730,000.00 1,358 filings
  3. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $76,125,000.00 1,501 filings
  4. BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $74,770,000.00 1,368 filings
  5. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $70,290,000.00 4 filings
  6. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $65,590,000.00 1,264 filings
  7. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $58,320,000.00 1,498 filings
  8. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $56,510,000.00 1,419 filings
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $54,110,000.00 4 filings
  10. MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $51,230,000.00 663 filings
  11. INVARIANT LLC $48,300,000.00 849 filings
  12. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $42,680,000.00 5 filings
  13. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $37,900,000.00 4 filings
  14. THORN RUN PARTNERS $32,780,000.00 1,010 filings
  15. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $32,060,000.00 5 filings
  16. CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $30,770,000.00 735 filings
  17. MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $29,864,700.00 543 filings
  18. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $29,540,000.00 5 filings
  19. MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. $28,470,000.00 541 filings
  20. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $28,450,000.00 676 filings
  21. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $28,161,702.76 494 filings
  22. AARP $27,490,000.00 5 filings
  23. PFIZER INC. $27,080,000.00 9 filings
  24. FORBES-TATE $26,790,000.00 620 filings
  25. CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $26,010,000.00 703 filings

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

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