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 | NOVO NORDISK, INC. DC | ◆ $10K | $10M | |
| 62 | CVS HEALTH (AND SUBSIDIARIES) DC | ◆ $30K | $10M | |
| 63 | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION DC | ◆ $721K | $9.9M | |
| 64 | RAI SERVICES COMPANY DC | — | $9.6M | |
| 65 | AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC. DC | — | $9.4M | |
| 66 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CO | — | $9.4M | |
| 67 | PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY DC | — | $9.4M | |
| 68 | NVIDIA CORPORATION CA | — | $9.2M | |
| 69 | SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION DC | ◆ $20K | $9.2M | |
| 70 | GENERAL ATOMICS DC | ◆ $140K | $9.2M | |
| 71 | CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) VA | — | $9.1M | |
| 72 | EXXON MOBIL CORP. DC | ◆ $30K | $9.0M | |
| 73 | RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA DC | — | $9.0M | |
| 74 | SK AMERICAS, INC. NY | — | $9.0M | |
| 75 | NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION CT | ◆ $69K | $8.8M | |
| 76 | AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE DC | ◆ $8K | $8.8M | |
| 77 | AFLAC INCORPORATED GA | ◆ $118K | $8.8M | |
| 78 | CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. DC | — | $8.8M | |
| 79 | NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS) DC | — | $8.8M | |
| 80 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION CA | ◆ $365K | $8.7M | |
| 81 | ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY DC | — | $8.7M | |
| 82 | ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. IN | ◆ $175K | $8.7M | |
| 83 | ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS DC | — | $8.7M | |
| 84 | BYTEDANCE INC. CA | — | $8.6M | |
| 85 | CONOCOPHILLIPS TX | — | $8.6M | |
| 86 | COINBASE, INC. CA | — | $8.5M | |
| 87 | AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION DC | ◆ $70K | $8.4M | |
| 88 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS DC | — | $8.3M | |
| 89 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC TX | ◆ $21K | $8.2M | |
| 90 | PHILLIPS 66 TX | ◆ $205K | $8.2M |