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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. 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 $21,845,000.00 45 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 24 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. GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC $7,140,000.00 20 filings
  25. CVS HEALTH (AND SUBSIDIARIES) $7,130,000.00 6 filings
 Top lobbying firms
  1. BALLARD PARTNERS $63,970,000.00 765 filings
  2. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $56,450,000.00 3 filings
  3. BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $43,115,000.00 778 filings
  4. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $42,280,000.00 780 filings
  5. LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $40,000,000.00 2 filings
  6. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $35,930,000.00 655 filings
  7. MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $32,120,000.00 377 filings
  8. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $31,530,000.00 784 filings
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $30,040,000.00 2 filings
  10. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $28,400,000.00 711 filings
  11. CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $25,950,000.00 299 filings
  12. INVARIANT LLC $24,840,000.00 432 filings
  13. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $22,587,558.00 344 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 $19,490,000.00 557 filings
  17. CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $16,020,000.00 376 filings
  18. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $15,440,000.00 367 filings
  19. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $14,840,000.00 2 filings
  20. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $14,540,000.00 2 filings
  21. SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS $14,525,000.00 389 filings
  22. MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. $14,520,000.00 273 filings
  23. CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $13,960,000.00 360 filings
  24. MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $13,910,000.00 264 filings
  25. S-3 GROUP $13,660,000.00 262 filings

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

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