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Defense firms top lobbying spend relative to market value
Original: Lobbying spend vs market cap Median federal lobbying in 2025 per $1M of market cap (October 2026), across 543 US compani
A new analysis of 543 US companies traded by members of Congress finds defense firms spend the most on federal lobbying relative to their size, at $85 per $1 million of market cap in 2025, followed by telecom and media at $63 and pharma at $55, with tech lowest at $12. The figures are prompting debate about how heavily different industries buy influence in Washington relative to their economic weight.
Why now: New data quantifies lobbying intensity by sector just ahead of US election-cycle scrutiny of congressional stock trading.
US CongressKadoadefense industrypharmaceutical industrytech industry
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 22 snapshots from 1 d ago to 55 min ago.
Evidence
API: https://socialmediatrends-api.osmike.com/v1/trends/1648311