AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION

Total Lobbying Spend

$60.0M

Filings

411

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2025

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2025	$2,390,000	23	7
2024	$1,530,000	22	6
2023	$1,680,000	20	5
2022	$1,620,000	19	5
2021	$1,830,000	16	4
2020	$1,310,000	16	4
2019	$1,340,000	16	4
2018	$1,360,000	16	4
2017	$1,280,000	18	5
2016	$1,160,000	18	5
2015	$1,380,000	22	6
2014	$1,480,000	26	6
2013	$1,580,000	21	5
2012	$2,160,000	25	5
2011	$1,430,000	18	4
2010	$9,910,000	20	6
2009	$18,850,000	30	8
2008	$667,590	21	5
2007	$684,616	8	4
2006	$699,467	6	4
2005	$374,760	7	4
2004	$566,000	6	4
2003	$620,000	4	3
2002	$741,000	2	2
2001	$728,958	3	2
2000	$1,126,801	4	2
1999	$1,517,334	4	2

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)	—	251
Agriculture	—	222
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	182
Health Issues	—	176
Transportation	—	147
Environment/Superfund	—	145
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	39
Beverage Industry	—	37
Budget/Appropriations	—	26
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	17
Trucking/Shipping	—	14
Utilities	—	13
Minting/Money/Gold Standard	—	11
Energy/Nuclear	—	8
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	—	7
Torts	—	5
Advertising	—	3
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)	—	3
Sports/Athletics	—	2
Homeland Security	—	1

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC)	—	56
AVENUE SOLUTIONS	—	15
BARBARA HIDEN	—	3
BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS	—	37
BOCKORNY GROUP, INC.	—	46
C2 GROUP, LLC	—	8
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC	—	4
DLA PIPER LLP (US)	—	10
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SERVICES	—	15
INVARIANT LLC	—	69
O'NEILL AND ASSOCIATES	—	5
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS	—	45
THOMPSON CONSULTING GROUP	—	5
AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION	$60,016,526	93

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.