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Automotive Industry Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Automotive Industry: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code AUT.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $71.3M in itemized Automotive Industry lobbying disclosures across 185 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY, QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, ranking #35 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#35
of 79 issues by spend
$71.3M
tracked Automotive Industry lobbying
185
organizations lobbying
$385K
average per filer

Issue code: AUT · 185 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$71.3M
Organizations
185

Automotive Industry filing shape

Automotive Industry (AUT) averages $385K per filer, high per-registrant intensity on this code.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads this issue's filer table with $142.2M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 185 filers on Automotive Industry provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $31.5M
#3 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED $26.4M
#4 SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY) $14.1M
#5 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION $14.0M
#6 AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION $13.9M
#7 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA) $12.0M
#8 LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY $11.5M
#9 FORD MOTOR COMPANY $10.8M
#10 ALLIANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION $10.7M
#11 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE $10.4M
#12 LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP $8.9M
#13 NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS) $8.4M
#14 COX ENTERPRISES, INC. $6.7M
#15 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. $6.6M
#16 FCA US LLC $6.3M
#17 NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. $6.0M
#18 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS $5.8M
#19 AFL-CIO $4.9M
#20 WAYMO LLC $4.5M
#21 ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY $4.5M
#22 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES $4.4M
#23 ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. DBA ENTERPRISE MOBILITY $4.1M
#24 LYFT INC. $3.8M
#25 VOLVO CAR CORPORATION $3.7M
#26 AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION $3.7M
#27 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, LTD. $3.7M
#28 AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY $3.2M
#29 EATON CORPORATION $3.1M
#30 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED $3.0M
#31 SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION $3.0M
#32 TESLA $2.9M
#33 AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION $2.9M
#34 KIA CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS KIA MOTORS CORPORATION) $2.9M
#35 AMERICAN $2.8M
#36 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION $2.8M
#37 ROBERT BOSCH LLC $2.5M
#38 BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC $2.4M
#39 PPG INDUSTRIES INC. $2.3M
#40 CRUISE LLC $2.3M
#41 AUTOS DRIVE AMERICA $2.3M
#42 VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. $2.1M
#43 SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC. $2.0M
#44 LKQ CORPORATION $2.0M
#45 PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA (PNA) $2.0M
#46 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC $1.9M
#47 MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES-BENZ USA $1.9M
#48 SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA, INC. $1.8M
#49 BORGWARNER, INC. $1.8M
#50 VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA LLC $1.6M

Registrant concentration on Automotive Industry

Top organizations filing on Automotive Industry, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MGENERAL MOTORS COMPANY$31.5MQUALCOMM INCORPORATED$26.4MSHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL O…$14.1MNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS …$14.0MAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY I…$13.9MTOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA I…$12.0MLYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY$11.5M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Automotive Industry · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code AUT; covers 185 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Automotive Industry?
$71.3M was reported on Automotive Industry (AUT) by 185 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Automotive Industry lobbying?
Top filers on Automotive Industry include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY, QUALCOMM INCORPORATED. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code AUT.
How many organizations lobby on Automotive Industry?
185 organizations filed on Automotive Industry during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.