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Who Lobbies for Defense Contractors and How Much They Spend

Defense contractors spend hundreds of millions lobbying Congress annually. Track who spends, which firms they hire, and what issues they push.

LDA lobbying disclosuresFEC contribution data

Total Defense Lobbying

$679.8M

Defense Clients

645

Lobbying Firms Used

370

Total Filings

25.0K

Defense contractors are among the most active lobbying spenders in Washington. Our data shows 645 defense-related companies have spent a combined $679.8M on lobbying through 370 lobbying firms.

The largest spender is LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION at $52.2M across 1543 filings.

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Top Defense Lobbying Spenders

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Defense Lobbying Spending by Year

Top Issues Lobbied by Defense Clients

#IssueCodeMentions
1Defense9,422
2Budget/Appropriations4,750
3Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1,635
4Homeland Security1,466
5Aerospace1,296
6Aviation/Airlines/Airports1,158
7Trade (domestic/foreign)1,011
8Foreign Relations786
9Transportation762
10Energy/Nuclear758
11Environment/Superfund725
12Government Issues682
13Science/Technology554
14Health Issues493
15Intelligence478

Methodology

This analysis uses publicly available data from LDA lobbying disclosures, FEC contribution data. Time range: All available LDA filing years. All figures are aggregated from raw filings and may differ from other sources due to entity resolution, deduplication, and coverage differences. Data is refreshed periodically from official sources.

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