04 May 2017

Totals Spent on Lobbying 1998-2017

Lobbying Database
 In addition to campaign contributions to elected officials and candidates, companies, labor unions, and other organizations spend billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies. Some special interests retain lobbying firms, many of them located along Washington's legendary K Street; others have lobbyists working in-house.
We've got totals spent on lobbying, beginning in 1998, for everyone from AAI Corp. to Zurich Financial. (See also: Foreign Lobby Watch.)
Total Lobbying Spending
1998$1,452,784,975$1.45 Billion
1999$1,443,020,766$1.44 Billion
2000$1,566,634,739$1.57 Billion
2001$1,633,369,655$1.63 Billion
2002$1,832,177,993$1.83 Billion
2003$2,061,307,915$2.06 Billion
2004$2,185,086,481$2.19 Billion
2005$2,440,823,167$2.44 Billion
2006$2,634,587,325$2.63 Billion
2007$2,875,379,855$2.88 Billion
2008$3,312,295,001$3.31 Billion
2009$3,506,861,240$3.51 Billion
2010$3,516,253,989$3.52 Billion
2011$3,325,639,422$3.33 Billion
2012$3,305,392,059$3.31 Billion
2013$3,240,954,007$3.24 Billion
2014$3,259,839,480$3.26 Billion
2015$3,225,346,396$3.23 Billion
2016$3,147,612,701$3.15 Billion
2017$840,873,063$0.84 Billion
Number of Lobbyists*
1998$10,40410,404
1999$12,92512,925
2000$12,54012,540
2001$11,82611,826
2002$12,11812,118
2003$12,91712,917
2004$13,16413,164
2005$14,07214,072
2006$14,47614,476
2007$14,82114,821
2008$14,14914,149
2009$13,73813,738
2010$12,92612,926
2011$12,61812,618
2012$12,17812,178
2013$12,10912,109
2014$11,81011,810
2015$11,51211,512
2016$11,18611,186
2017$9,1909,190
NOTE: Figures are on this page are calculations by the Center for Responsive Politics based on data from the Senate Office of Public Records.
Data for the most recent year was downloaded on April 24, 2017.
*The number of unique, registered lobbyists who have actively lobbied.
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