Lobbying
18,018 companies · $6.8B · 606 also fund a PACCompanies 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.
| # | Company | Sectors | PAC donations | Lobbying spend ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | WASHINGTON COLLEGE MD | — | $7K | |
| 62 | CITY OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND, ALASKA AK | — | $7K | |
| 63 | NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION DC | — | $7K | |
| 64 | GV SPRING HILL MA | — | $7K | |
| 65 | INSTITUE FOR CETACEAN RESEARCH | — | $7K | |
| 66 | INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH | — | $7K | |
| 67 | MAPETSI POLICY GROUP LLC DC | — | $7K | |
| 68 | MVP STRATEGIES (OBO WALMART) DC | — | $7K | |
| 69 | THE OCEAN FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF THE CLIMATE STRONG ISLANDS NETWORK DC | — | $7K | |
| 70 | SANTA CRUZ METAL TECH TX | — | $7K | |
| 71 | ASTRA IL | — | $8K | |
| 72 | BLACK HILLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SD | — | $8K | |
| 73 | BLACK KNIGHT MEDICAL, LLC GA | — | $8K | |
| 74 | BLUE RIBBON COALITION INC. ID | — | $8K | |
| 75 | CASCADE COMPANY LLC TX | — | $8K | |
| 76 | ELEGANT STITCHES MA | — | $8K | |
| 77 | FLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE FL | — | $8K | |
| 78 | GENE CAPTURE AL | — | $8K | |
| 79 | HB STRATEGIES (ON BEHALF OF GENESIS SYSTEMS) DC | — | $8K | |
| 80 | HORSE PLUS HUMANE SOCIETY TN | — | $8K | |
| 81 | INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 270 TN | — | $8K | |
| 82 | KENTUCKY PROPERTIES II, LLC KY | — | $8K | |
| 83 | LET EXPERIENCED PILOTS FLY IL | — | $8K | |
| 84 | LINKTREE PTY LTD CA | — | $8K | |
| 85 | LVIS CORPORATION CA | — | $8K | |
| 86 | MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA CA | — | $8K | |
| 87 | MARKHAM IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AZ | — | $8K | |
| 88 | NHCO, LLC. PA | — | $8K | |
| 89 | PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND PA | — | $8K | |
| 90 | PETER DAMON GROUP ON BEHALF OF DRIVERDO, LLC DBA DRAIVER DC | — | $8K |