Lobbying
The biggest lobbying clients
Companies and trade groups ranked by what they reported spending on federal lobbying, 2021–2026. "Via firms" is the share paid to hired K Street firms rather than spent by the client's own in-house lobbyists.
68 clients
| Client | Industry | All years | 2026 | Via firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Association of Realtors | Real estate and construction | $382M | $58M | 2% |
| PhRMA | Pharma and health care | $216M | $31M | 17% |
| Meta | Tech and AI | $150M | $22M | 15% |
| Amazon | Tech and AI | $121M | $15M | 12% |
| Comcast | Telecom and media | $102M | $11M | 25% |
| Altria | Tobacco, alcohol and gambling | $96M | $12M | 26% |
| Lockheed Martin | Defense contractors | $94M | $14M | 13% |
| Verizon | Telecom and media | $93M | $12M | 27% |
| Amgen | Pharma and health care | $91M | $12M | 100% |
| AHIP | Insurance | $91M | $14M | 14% |
| Google (Alphabet) | Tech and AI | $91M | $13M | 26% |
| RTX (Raytheon) | Defense contractors | $90M | $13M | 16% |
| T-Mobile | Telecom and media | $88M | $12M | 35% |
| Boeing | Defense contractors | $88M | $9.6M | 18% |
| Charter Communications | Telecom and media | $85M | $10M | 28% |
| AT&T | Telecom and media | $83M | $11M | 25% |
| Pfizer | Pharma and health care | $83M | $12M | 19% |
| Koch Industries | Oil, gas and coal | $78M | $15M | 20% |
| Microsoft | Tech and AI | $77M | $10M | 28% |
| Merck | Pharma and health care | $67M | $11M | 99% |
| Apple | Tech and AI | $67M | $11M | 100% |
| Eli Lilly | Pharma and health care | $66M | $12M | 22% |
| Cigna | Insurance | $63M | $9.9M | 16% |
| American Bankers Association | Wall Street and hedge funds | $63M | $12M | 19% |
| Northrop Grumman | Defense contractors | $60M | $7.1M | 11% |
| UnitedHealth Group | Insurance | $59M | $8.9M | 26% |
| Chevron | Oil, gas and coal | $52M | $8.2M | 8% |
| AFL-CIO | Labor unions | $50M | $7.4M | 6% |
| Elevance Health | Insurance | $48M | $6.8M | 17% |
| ExxonMobil | Oil, gas and coal | $48M | $7.7M | 9% |
| National Multifamily Housing Council | Real estate and construction | $46M | $6.8M | 2% |
| ConocoPhillips | Oil, gas and coal | $45M | $4.1M | 10% |
| American Petroleum Institute | Oil, gas and coal | $43M | $7.6M | 15% |
| Anheuser-Busch | Tobacco, alcohol and gambling | $42M | $5.6M | 29% |
| National Shooting Sports Foundation | Gun lobby | $39M | $7.3M | 7% |
| Humana | Insurance | $36M | $5.6M | 100% |
| Citigroup | Wall Street and hedge funds | $35M | $5.3M | 21% |
| JPMorgan Chase | Wall Street and hedge funds | $30M | $5.4M | 31% |
| Coinbase | Crypto | $27M | $5.1M | 32% |
| Goldman Sachs | Wall Street and hedge funds | $27M | $3.6M | 100% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | Agriculture, food and retail | $23M | $5.1M | 6% |
| National Association of Home Builders | Real estate and construction | $21M | $3.9M | 5% |
| Mortgage Bankers Association | Real estate and construction | $19M | $3.4M | 17% |
| Molson Coors | Tobacco, alcohol and gambling | $18M | $1.9M | 23% |
| AIPAC | Pro-Israel groups | $18M | $2.4M | 0% |
| National Education Association | Labor unions | $18M | $2.3M | 10% |
| Bank of America | Wall Street and hedge funds | $18M | $3.4M | 14% |
| National Rifle Association | Gun lobby | $15M | $1.6M | 2% |
| Gun Owners of America | Gun lobby | $14M | $0 | 0% |
| Tyson Foods | Agriculture, food and retail | $13M | $1.9M | 12% |
| Cargill | Agriculture, food and retail | $12M | $1.6M | 100% |
| Blockchain Association | Crypto | $12M | $1.3M | 17% |
| SEIU | Labor unions | $10M | $1.1M | 33% |
| American Farm Bureau Federation | Agriculture, food and retail | $9.4M | $781K | 0% |
| John Deere | Agriculture, food and retail | $9.3M | $1.6M | 4% |
| Teamsters | Labor unions | $9.0M | $1.5M | 16% |
| Raytheon | Defense contractors | $7.2M | $710K | 100% |
| Ripple | Crypto | $6.5M | $920K | 100% |
| Crypto Council for Innovation | Crypto | $6.5M | $1.3M | 39% |
| Associated General Contractors | Real estate and construction | $5.5M | $412K | 2% |
| J Street | Pro-Israel groups | $3.7M | $460K | 0% |
| Reynolds American | Tobacco, alcohol and gambling | $2.2M | $490K | 100% |
| Christians United for Israel | Pro-Israel groups | $2.1M | $340K | 0% |
| Republican Jewish Coalition | Pro-Israel groups | $1.6M | $300K | 0% |
| Smith & Wesson | Gun lobby | $1.2M | $270K | 100% |
| Circle | Crypto | $820K | $250K | 100% |
| AFSCME | Labor unions | $0 | $0 | – |
| Philip Morris International | Tobacco, alcohol and gambling | $0 | $0 | – |
Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov REST API)Lobbyists' covered positions, from Senate LDA filings. Spend is the amount on each quarterly report (a firm's income from the client, or an in-house registrant's expenses), latest amendment only. Clients are matched by name, so subsidiaries filing separately are not included. Covered positions are as the lobbyists wrote them. See About the data.