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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 171 also fund a PAC

Companies don’t just donate — they hire lobbyists to push (or block) legislation. Federal law makes them disclose it. This ranks the companies and groups that spent the most lobbying Washington in 2025, drawn from Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend is the company’s total for the year across everything they lobbied on (the law doesn’t break it down per bill). The ◆ PAC column shows what the same company’s political action committee gives to candidates — the ones doing both, spending to shape laws and funding the people who write them, are worth a closer look.

Filtered to Defense & Aerospaceclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
3301Palo Alto Networks
CA
$2.3M
3302Goodyear Tire & Rubber
OH
$2.3M
3303Philips
MA
$2.3M
3304Albemarle
DC
$2.3M
3305Viatris
DC
$2.3M
3306Emergent Biosolutions
DC
$2.3M
3307American Electric Power
DC
$2.3M
3308Gun Owners Of America
VA
$2.3M
3309Booz Allen Hamilton
VA
$28K$2.4M
3310Business Roundtable
DC
$2.4M
3311Aerospace Industries Association Of America
VA
$2.4M
3312Mortgage Bankers Association
DC
$95K$2.4M
3313Oklo
CA
$2.4M
3314Growth Energy
DC
$70K$2.5M
3315Axon Enterprise
AZ
$2.5M
3316Meta
DC
$2.5M
3317Geo
FL
$2.5M
3318Basf
NJ
$76K$2.5M
3319Phrma
DC
$2.5M
3320National Education Association
DC
$2.6M
3321General Dynamics
VA
$318K$2.7M
3322Entergy
DC
$97K$2.7M
3323Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company & Affiliates
DC
$2.7M
3324Motion Picture Association
DC
$2.7M
3325National Mining Association
DC
$2.7M
3326American Dental Association
DC
$140K$2.7M
3327Thermo Fisher Scientific
MA
$60K$2.8M
3328American Academy Of Dermatology Association
DC
$101K$2.8M
3329National Venture Capital Association
DC
$2.8M
3330American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees
DC
$2.9M
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