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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
1021University At Albany Suny Dba The Research Foundation
NY
$240K
1022University Of Louisville
KY
$240K
1023University Of Minnesota
MN
$240K
1024University Of Rhode Island
RI
$240K
1025Unstructured Technologies
CA
$240K
1026Visa
DC
$240K
1027Vls Environmental Solutions
TX
$240K
1028White Cane Inc. Dba Teleidoscope
CA
$240K
1029Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb
AL
$240K
1030X-bow Launch
NM
$240K
1031Old Dominion University
VA
$235K
1032Aerostar
VA
$230K
1033American Fintech Council
DC
$230K
1034Andrenam
CA
$230K
1035Blackwatch
VA
$230K
1036Centrient Pharmaceuticals
CA
$230K
1037Chaos Industries
DC
$230K
1038Csi Aviation
NM
$230K
1039Expression Networks
DC
$230K
1040Georgia Institute Of Technology
GA
$230K
1041Kc2026
MO
$230K
1042Kratos Defense And Security Solutions
CA
$50K$230K
1043National Guard Association Of The United States
DC
$230K
1044North Carolina State University
NC
$230K
1045Rs Technologies $230K
1046Silencer Central
SD
$230K
1047Smith & Wesson Brands
MA
$230K
1048Systems Planning & Analysis
VA
$230K
1049Zerofox
MD
$230K
1050Eastern Shipbuilding
FL
$228K
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