Lobbying
4,349 companies · $3.3B · 382 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.
Filtered to Banking & Financialclear sector
| # | Company | Sectors | PAC donations | Lobbying spend ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 781 | National Fisheries Institute › VA | — | $800K | |
| 782 | National Roofing Contractors Association › IL | — | $800K | |
| 783 | Neste › TX | — | $800K | |
| 784 | News › NY | — | $800K | |
| 785 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation › LA | — | $800K | |
| 786 | Pernod Ricard › DC | — | $800K | |
| 787 | Goldman Sachs › DC | — | $800K | |
| 788 | Transamerica Companies › DC | — | $800K | |
| 789 | U.s Sugar › FL | — | $800K | |
| 790 | National Milk Producers Federation › VA | ◆ $10K | $799K | |
| 791 | America's Health Insurance Plans › DC | — | $790K | |
| 792 | Centerpoint Energy › IN | — | $790K | |
| 793 | Daimler Truck North America › OR | — | $790K | |
| 794 | Economic Innovation › DC | — | $790K | |
| 795 | Fdd Action › DC | — | $790K | |
| 796 | Heineken › NY | — | $790K | |
| 797 | Highmark › PA | — | $790K | |
| 798 | Protective Life › AL | ◆ $50K | $790K | |
| 799 | Shopify › | — | $790K | |
| 800 | Sofi Technologies › CA | — | $790K | |
| 801 | Battery Advocacy For Technology Transformation (Batt) Coalition › DC | — | $790K | |
| 802 | Agricultural Retailers Association › VA | — | $780K | |
| 803 | Avis Budget › NJ | — | $780K | |
| 804 | Biogen › DC | — | $780K | |
| 805 | Bitdeer Technologies › | — | $780K | |
| 806 | Daiichi Sankyo › NJ | — | $780K | |
| 807 | Nelnet › NE | — | $780K | |
| 808 | Peabody Investments › MO | — | $780K | |
| 809 | Qvc › PA | — | $780K | |
| 810 | Samsung Sdi America › MI | — | $780K |