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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
2221Master Boat Builders
AL
$200K
2222Merlin
VA
$200K
2223Mexichem Fluor
MA
$200K
2224Michigan Wheel
MI
$200K
2225Mississippi State University
MS
$200K
2226Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials
PA
$200K
2227Mmv Medicines For Malaria Venture $200K
2228Monkton
VA
$200K
2229Moth+Flame
NY
$200K
2230National Audubon Society
DC
$200K
2231New American Industrial Alliance
DC
$200K
2232Next Defense Solutions
NJ
$200K
2233Nidec Americas
MO
$200K
2234Nlight
WA
$200K
2235North Carolina State Ports Authority
NC
$200K
2236North Dakota State University
ND
$200K
2237North Wind Test Llc (Fka Calspan Aero Systems Engineering Inc.)
MN
$200K
2238Noveon Magnetics
TX
$200K
2239Nyrstar Clarksville
TN
$200K
2240Ou Medicine
OK
$200K
2241Oxe Marine
GA
$200K
2242Pacific Defense
CA
$200K
2243Palantir
CO
$200K
2244Paramount Global (Formerly Viacomcbs Inc.)
DC
$15K$200K
2245Parker University
TX
$200K
2246Picerne Military Housing A/K/A Corvias
RI
$200K
2247Planet Labs Pbc (Formerly Planet Labs Federal Inc.)
DC
$200K
2248Port Of Seattle
WA
$200K
2249Printed Circuit Board Association Of America
VA
$200K
2250Qualis
AL
$200K
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