Our lobbying data is collected and aggregated from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records from 1999-present and is updated on a regular basis. We utilize advanced data science techniques to ensure accurate data points are collected and ingested, match similar entities across time, and tickerize publicly traded companies that lobby.

Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying database is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more:

1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm.

2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists.

3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract.

4. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV - Environment, TOB - Tobacco, FAM - Family Issues/Abortion).

5. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on.

6. Bills Lobbied On: A parsed version of Specific Issues that catches specific HR, PL, and ACTS lobbied on (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).

7. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD).

8. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France).

Using our intelligently designed & curated data quality, researchers can easily perform analysis by company, lobbyist, lobbying firm, government agency, or issue. We earnestly work with our customers to deliver this database in the methods or formats of their choosing, from: CSV, JSON, DTA, PKL, to other formats and methods. We're flexible.

Gain access to our highly unique and actionable U.S. lobbying database. Further information on LobbyingData.com and our alternative datasets and database can be found on our website, or by contacting us through Datarade.

In 2023, the total lobbying spending in the United States amounted to 4.26 billion U.S. dollars. In 2022, the total lobbying spending was around 4.11 billion U.S. dollars.

Additional information on lobbying in the United States

Since the turn of the millennium, the amount spent on lobbying in the United States has more than doubled. The intention of firms employing lobbyists, who in turn lobby government officials, is to gain a degree of influence on the legislative process in the hope of legislation more favorable to their business or cause being passed. Lobbying occurs at all levels from local government to presidential elections. The industries utilizing lobbying as a means to gain influence come from a range of industries with the biggest spenders including pharmaceuticals, insurance, business associations as well as oil and gas.

Lobbying and the NRA

Lobbying by the National Rifle Association has gained both domestic and global attention. Many observers have pointed to the lobby power of the National Rifle Association when attempting to explain the perceived lack of change in regards to gun control laws. Examples such as the National Rifle Association, alongside increasing lobbying spending, have lead to increased attention on the lobbying industry and the potential consequences of the industry’s increasing influence. Movements such as the Occupy Movement and protests against free-trade deals with other countries have called for restrictions on lobbying and the asymmetrical power it allows large corporations.

List of each City agency lobbied, whether it involved legislative or administrative action (or both) and a brief description of the action promoted or opposed, as reported by registered lobbyists. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

All lobbyist registration filings submitted to the Board of Ethics beginning with the 2012 reporting period. / All lobbyists must register with the City of Chicago Board of Ethics by filing a Statement of Registration within five business days of engaging in lobbying activity and annually thereafter by January 20th. Lobbyist registration information is submitted to the Board of Ethics in paper form and is available in its entirety in the Board's offices. The Board has, since 2000, compiled and posted static lists of all lobbyists and their clients online. Previous policy did not require the Board of Ethics to prioritize the reporting of all data available from paper filings. From this point forward, the Board of Ethics will electronically compile more data about lobbyists and their activities and automatically report this information online.

The Lobbyist Registration and Regulation Ordinance aims:

• to promote good governance and ensure transparency in government by requiring registration and disclosure of lobbying activities;
• to create fairness and consistency by applying the sames rules to all persons engaged in lobbying activities; and
• to reinforce the community's trust in the integrity of its government by guaranteeing convenient timely access to information about attempts to influence the government's decisions.

This dataset contains the list of all persons registered as engaging in lobbying activities. It is updated daily. You can learn more about the Lobbyist Registration and Regulation Ordinance here: https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-clerk/lobbying-city-boston

LOBBYIST REPORT STATEMENTS

The City Clerk maintains the public records regarding Lobbyist/Entity/Client registrations and all report statements as required by the city ordinance.

• In the pre-2022 data, each report can be viewed by clicking on the attachment that is in blue to the right of the registration number and name of individual.
• In the 2022-to-present data, the report information is all available in the CSV file; the information is no longer being uploaded into a separate report.
• You may also utilize the Search Box to the right of the database to further define your search either by registration number or by name to view the reports you are specifically looking for in the database.

Entities who wish to influence City matters often hire lobbyists to represent them. A lobbying firm must register these entities as clients.

Using our intelligently designed data dashboard, you can quickly understand how General Electric Company (GE) is lobbying the U.S. government, how much they're spending on it, and most importantly - the bills and specific issues on which they lobby.

Gain an informational edge over the market with our Lobbying Data Intelligence Platform. Search for, filter through, and download data from any period of recorded American lobbying history (1999-present). Perform analysis by company, lobbyist, lobbying firm, government agency, or issue.

For lobbying firms: understand your competitors. Understand who is registering with who. Gain insight on quarterly reports and specific issues other firms are lobbying on.

Our lobbying data is collected and aggregated from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records from 1999-present and is updated on a regular basis. We utilize advanced data science techniques to ensure accurate data points are collected and ingested, match similar entities across time, and tickerize publicly traded companies that lobby.

Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying database is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more:

1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm.

2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists.

3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract.

4. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV - Environment, TOB - Tobacco, FAM - Family Issues/Abortion).

5. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on.

6. Bills Lobbied On: A parsed version of Specific Issues that catches specific HR, PL, and ACTS lobbied on (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).

7. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD).

8. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France).

Gain access to our highly unique and actionable U.S. lobbying database. Further information on LobbyingData.com and our alternative datasets and database can be found on our website, or by contacting us through Datarade.

Expenditures of $250 or more. smaller expenditures are summarized in https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/eqdx-4qxd. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

Every expense made during the reporting period for the benefit of an official or employee of the City. These are different from other expenses or gifts -- other datasets in this series. These expenses are typically those that fall under the “reasonable hosting” provision of the City of Chicago ethics rules. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

This dataset shows the value and nature of gifts made by lobbyists registered with the Maryland State Ethics Commission from November 1, 2005 to September 16, 2016.

Data are provided by the Maryland State Ethics Commission. To view the most recent data, please visit: http://search.lobby.ethics.state.md.us:8080/search.

A lobbying year runs from November 1 through October 31. Activity reports are filed for each six-month period from November 1 to April 30 and May 1 to October 31.

A number of major tech companies in the United States lobby the federal government on issues that affect their business. In 2024, Meta was the internet industry's largest lobbyist spender, investing 24.43 million U.S. dollars in its lobbying efforts during the calendar year. Amazon.com was ranked second with over 19 million U.S. dollars in lobby spending.

The list of reported lobby contacts contains data on reported lobby contacts prepared for publication as public information. Categories of data processed: (1) type of lobby, (2) name of political party/group, (3) name of institution, (4) date of contact of lobbyist, (5) status of lobbyist, (6) name of interest organisation for which the lobby is being lobbyed, (7) purpose and aim of lobbying.

Lobbyists registered with the Chicago Board of Ethics since 2012. Due to requirements for lobbyists to re-register and the importance of showing year for most lobbying-related data, the same lobbyist often will have multiple records. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

Analysis of ‘Lobbyist Data - Lobbying Activity’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/1d234f6a-cb94-41be-a7e5-4aabda9e132b on 13 February 2022.

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List of each City agency lobbied, whether it involved legislative or administrative action (or both) and a brief description of the action promoted or opposed, as reported by registered lobbyists. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

--- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

Aggregated lobby wait time for the Assessor Treasurer's lobby and Auditor's lobby.

Lobbying-related compensation received by registered lobbyists as reported in their quarterly reports.
See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

Clients represented by registered lobbyists as reported in their Lobbyist Statements of Registration. Due to requirements for lobbyists to re-register and the importance of showing year for most lobbying-related data, the same client often will have multiple records. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

Our lobbyist dataset drills-down on more than 78,000 of the lobbyists throughout history (1999-present), offering detailed information on their lobbying firm work histories and previous government positions.

Our lobbying data is collected and aggregated from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records from 1999-present and is updated on a regular basis. We utilize advanced data science techniques to ensure accurate data points are collected and ingested, match similar entities across time, and tickerize publicly traded companies that lobby.

Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying database is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more:

1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm.

2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists.

3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract.

4. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV - Environment, TOB - Tobacco, FAM - Family Issues/Abortion).

5. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on.

6. Bills Lobbied On: A parsed version of Specific Issues that catches specific HR, PL, and ACTS lobbied on (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).

7. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD).

8. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France).

Using our intelligently designed & curated data quality, researchers can easily perform analysis by company, lobbyist, lobbying firm, government agency, or issue. We earnestly work with our customers to deliver this database in the methods or formats of their choosing, from: CSV, JSON, DTA, PKL, to other formats and methods. We're flexible.

Gain access to our highly unique and actionable U.S. lobbying database. Further information on LobbyingData.com and our alternative datasets and database can be found on our website, or by contacting us through Datarade.

Every gift made by a registered lobbyist during the reporting period to an official or employee of the City. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.