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Chemicals/Chemical Industry Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Chemicals/Chemical Industry: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code CHM.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $44.6M in itemized Chemicals/Chemical Industry lobbying disclosures across 186 filers, among them AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, ranking #44 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#44
of 79 issues by spend
$44.6M
tracked Chemicals/Chemical Industry lobbying
186
organizations lobbying
$240K
average per filer

Issue code: CHM · 186 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$44.6M
Organizations
186

Chemicals/Chemical Industry filing shape

Chemicals/Chemical Industry (CHM) averages $240K per filer, high per-registrant intensity on this code.

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL leads this issue's filer table with $41.9M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 186 filers on Chemicals/Chemical 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 AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $41.9M
#2 AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS $27.5M
#3 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION $23.9M
#4 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS $20.1M
#5 KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $19.3M
#6 BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION $18.0M
#7 SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY) $14.1M
#8 LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY $11.5M
#9 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION $11.4M
#10 PEPSICO, INC. $10.8M
#11 EMD SERONO, INC. $7.4M
#12 VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION $6.8M
#13 AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICA $6.6M
#14 EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY $6.5M
#15 NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION $6.5M
#16 AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION $6.3M
#17 CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (FKA E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY) $5.8M
#18 THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY $5.8M
#19 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION $5.4M
#20 AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. $5.0M
#21 PHILIPS HOLDING USA INC. $4.8M
#22 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC) $4.8M
#23 THE CHEMOURS COMPANY $4.6M
#24 3M COMPANY $3.9M
#25 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND $3.7M
#26 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES $3.5M
#27 CELANESE CORPORATION $3.3M
#28 COVESTRO LLC $3.3M
#29 CROPLIFE AMERICA $3.2M
#30 BASF CORPORATION $3.1M
#31 AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED $2.8M
#32 HUNTSMAN CORPORATION $2.6M
#33 THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY $2.6M
#34 NESTE US, INC. $2.5M
#35 NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION $2.5M
#36 DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC. $2.4M
#37 UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY $2.4M
#38 PPG INDUSTRIES INC. $2.3M
#39 MCWANE, INC. $2.2M
#40 PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA (PNA) $2.0M
#41 VINYL INSTITUTE $1.7M
#42 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY $1.7M
#43 SYENSQO USA LLC $1.6M
#44 ARKEMA INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES (FKA ARKEMA INC.) $1.6M
#45 OLIN CORPORATION $1.6M
#46 TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY $1.6M
#47 KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC (FKA KOCH COMPANIES PUBLIC SECTOR, LLC) $1.5M
#48 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS $1.5M
#49 AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION $1.4M
#50 KOPPERS, INC. $1.4M

Registrant concentration on Chemicals/Chemical Industry

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

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$41.9MAMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICA…$27.5MOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORA…$23.9MNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANU…$20.1MKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$19.3MBIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORG…$18.0MSHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL O…$14.1MLYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY$11.5M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Chemicals/Chemical 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 CHM; covers 186 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 Chemicals/Chemical Industry?
$44.6M was reported on Chemicals/Chemical Industry (CHM) by 186 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Chemicals/Chemical Industry lobbying?
Top filers on Chemicals/Chemical Industry include AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code CHM.
How many organizations lobby on Chemicals/Chemical Industry?
186 organizations filed on Chemicals/Chemical Industry during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

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