MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Total Lobbying Spend

$214.7M

Filings

1,403

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2025

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2025	$6,940,000	70	19
2024	$9,424,000	70	17
2023	$9,192,000	67	17
2022	$19,580,000	73	18
2021	$10,160,000	85	22
2020	$9,374,000	79	20
2019	$10,170,000	79	20
2018	$9,520,000	59	15
2017	$8,500,000	64	16
2016	$8,710,000	70	17
2015	$8,490,000	66	17
2014	$8,330,000	67	18
2013	$10,490,000	81	19
2012	$8,086,000	72	18
2011	$7,335,000	60	16
2010	$6,910,000	66	17
2009	$6,720,000	66	17
2008	$13,760,000	87	19
2007	$9,000,000	37	15
2006	$4,040,000	19	11
2005	$8,700,000	23	10
2004	—	9	5
2003	$8,740,000	12	6
2002	$6,600,000	7	5
2001	—	8	3
2000	$3,340,000	4	3
1999	$2,620,000	3	2

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	596
Computer Industry	—	507
Immigration	—	500
Telecommunications	—	471
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	—	340
Science/Technology	—	265
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	235
Budget/Appropriations	—	192
Education	—	173
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	—	168
Homeland Security	—	168
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	166
Defense	—	141
Environment/Superfund	—	132
Intelligence	—	85
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	—	64
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	—	58
Transportation	—	43
Government Issues	—	34
Energy/Nuclear	—	28

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
ACG ADVOCACY	—	17
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD	—	5
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP	—	17
AVOQ, LLC	—	39
BAKER & MCKENZIE, LLP	—	3
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP	—	15
BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS	—	14
BOSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP	—	6
BRIAN FITZGERALD	—	17
BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP	—	13
BRYAN CAVE STRATEGIES LLC	—	2
CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.	—	28
CGCN GROUP, LLC	—	55
CORLEY CONSULTING, LLC	—	18
10-SQUARE SOLUTIONS	—	18

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.