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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. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $56,450,000.00 3 filings
  2. STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION $40,000,000.00 2 filings
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $30,640,000.00 12 filings
  4. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $22,063,000.00 12 filings
  5. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $21,890,000.00 46 filings
  6. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $15,670,000.00 22 filings
  7. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $14,540,000.00 2 filings
  8. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $13,150,000.00 4 filings
  9. CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION $11,380,000.00 12 filings
  10. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION $11,270,000.00 13 filings
  11. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $9,300,000.00 12 filings
  12. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $9,260,000.00 28 filings
  13. NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION $8,630,000.00 8 filings
  14. RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES $8,560,000.00 11 filings
  15. AARP $8,435,000.00 17 filings
  16. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) $8,330,000.00 2 filings
  17. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $8,328,850.00 21 filings
  18. ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC $7,909,500.00 43 filings
  19. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION $7,842,000.00 26 filings
  20. COMCAST CORPORATION $7,670,000.00 57 filings
  21. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE $7,588,027.00 25 filings
  22. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION $7,510,000.00 25 filings
  23. PMI US CORPORATE SERVICES INC. (FKA PMI GLOBAL SERVICES INC.) $7,450,000.00 5 filings
  24. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION $7,210,000.00 13 filings
  25. GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC $7,140,000.00 20 filings
 Top lobbying firms
  1. BALLARD PARTNERS $63,970,000.00 777 filings
  2. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $56,450,000.00 3 filings
  3. BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $43,155,000.00 805 filings
  4. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $42,280,000.00 795 filings
  5. LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $40,000,000.00 2 filings
  6. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $35,930,000.00 659 filings
  7. MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $32,440,000.00 387 filings
  8. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $31,530,000.00 789 filings
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $30,040,000.00 2 filings
  10. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $28,430,000.00 726 filings
  11. CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $26,020,000.00 310 filings
  12. INVARIANT LLC $24,860,000.00 442 filings
  13. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $22,746,634.00 368 filings
  14. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $21,583,000.00 4 filings
  15. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $19,570,000.00 2 filings
  16. THORN RUN PARTNERS $19,490,000.00 562 filings
  17. CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $16,220,000.00 379 filings
  18. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $15,440,000.00 374 filings
  19. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $14,840,000.00 2 filings
  20. MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. $14,570,000.00 275 filings
  21. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $14,540,000.00 2 filings
  22. SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS $14,525,000.00 392 filings
  23. MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $14,250,000.00 284 filings
  24. CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $13,960,000.00 361 filings
  25. S-3 GROUP $13,900,000.00 271 filings

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

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