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Blackstone

NY · 14 filings, 2025

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What the money shows

Blackstone reported $1.8M in federal lobbying for 2025 across 14 filings. The filings name 4 lobbying firms, led by Colton Street and AVOQ. The filing text lists 8 issue areas.

Sources: Senate LDA · FEC

Lobbying spend · 2025
$1.8M
to shape legislation
About the organization

Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate across the globe. Blackstone is also active in credit, infrastructure, hedge funds, secondaries, growth equity, and insurance solutions. As of September 2025, Blackstone had $1.2 trillion in total assets under management, making it the world's largest alternative investment firm. via Wikipedia ↗

1Lobbies on

Its filings list: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Copyright/Patent/Trademark · Economics/Economic Development · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products · Environment/Superfund · Housing · Budget/Appropriations

2Through these firms · 4

COLTON STREET GROUPAVOQ, LLCHARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC9TH STREET STRATEGIES

3Bills moving in its lanes

No bill names this company outright; these are recent bills in the sectors it lobbies.