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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
1981Blueforge Alliance
TX
$520K
1982Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
DC
$520K
1983Bossier Parish Police Jury
LA
$520K
1984Broadcast Music
TN
$520K
1985Certified Financial Planner Board Of Standards
DC
$520K
1986Coalition Of Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers
DC
$520K
1987Csl Behring
PA
$520K
1988Genentech
CA
$520K
1989Infinera
CA
$520K
1990Itg Brands
NC
$520K
1991Klal Yisroel
NY
$520K
1992Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
PA
$520K
1993National Stone Sand And Gravel Association
VA
$520K
1994Nextdecade
TX
$520K
1995Nippon Keizai Dantai Rengokai (Japan Business Federation)
DC
$520K
1996Oak View
CA
$520K
1997Pharmavite
CA
$520K
1998Pheasants Forever
MN
$520K
1999Rheem Manufacturing
GA
$520K
2000Rwe Offshore Wind
MA
$520K
2001Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund
CT
$520K
2002Small Refinery Owners Ad Hoc Coalition
DC
$520K
2003Targa Resources Partners
TX
$520K
2004Big Ten Conference
IL
$520K
2005University Of Tennessee
DC
$520K
2006Triwest Healthcare Alliance
AZ
$520K
2007Trueblue
WA
$520K
2008Tulane University
LA
$520K
2009U.s. Fund For Unicef
DC
$520K
2010Ubs Americas
DC
$540K$520K
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