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Money in politics

Lobbying

18,018 companies · $6.8B · 606 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.

#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
1951United States Pharmacopeial Convention
MD
$540K
1952Total Military Management
FL
$540K
1953Transcanada Pipelines
AB
$540K
1954Usagainstalzheimers Action
DC
$540K
1955Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association
VA
$540K
1956Wabtec
PA
$540K
1957Reset Tech Action
DC
$533K
1958Consumer Reports
NY
$530K
1959Cook Inlet Region
AK
$530K
1960Fair Isaac
MI
$530K
1961Masco
MI
$530K
1962Pyxus
NC
$530K
1963Ssab
AL
$530K
1964Toy Association
NY
$530K
1965Tom James
NY
$530K
1966Usa Rice Federation
VA
$18K$530K
1967Vesper Energy Development
TX
$530K
1968Wolfspeed
NC
$530K
1969Alliance Of Dedicated Cancer Centers
TX
$528K
1970Ut Southwestern Medical Center
TX
$526K
1971Grupo Elektra S.a.b. De C.v. $525K
1972S&p Global
DC
$525K
1973White Star Capital
NY
$525K
1974Advion (Formerly National Association For The Support Of Long Term Care)
DC
$524K
1975North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
NC
$523K
1976American Urological Association
MD
$10K$522K
1977Soo Line Railroad
DC
$522K
1978Agustawestland Philadelphia
PA
$520K
1979American Association Of Colleges Of Nursing
DC
$520K
1980American Gastroenterological Association
MD
$520K
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