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Small Business Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Small Business: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code SMB.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $74.1M in itemized Small Business lobbying disclosures across 359 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C., ranking #34 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#34
of 79 issues by spend
$74.1M
tracked Small Business lobbying
359
organizations lobbying
$206K
average per filer

Issue code: SMB · 359 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$74.1M
Organizations
359

Small Business filing shape

Small Business (SMB) shows $74.1M in tracked LDA spending across 359 filers in the 2023-2024 reporting window.

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 359 filers on Small Business 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 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $39.1M
#3 GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C. $30.9M
#4 SOUTHERN COMPANY $24.8M
#5 VISA INC $19.2M
#6 BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION $18.0M
#7 AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION $17.8M
#8 RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $15.3M
#9 UPS (UNITED PARCEL SERVICE) $15.1M
#10 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION $14.0M
#11 CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICAS CREDIT UNIONS $12.8M
#12 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY $11.2M
#13 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. $10.0M
#14 INTUIT, INC. AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY INTUIT, INC.) $9.5M
#15 INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA $9.0M
#16 NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS) $8.4M
#17 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED $7.7M
#18 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES $7.5M
#19 NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) $7.4M
#20 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES $6.9M
#21 ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSN $6.7M
#22 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS $6.7M
#23 BANK POLICY INSTITUTE $6.6M
#24 NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION $6.5M
#25 AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $6.2M
#26 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION $6.1M
#27 NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION $6.0M
#28 AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION $6.0M
#29 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS $5.5M
#30 COUPANG, INC. $5.4M
#31 BLOCK, INC $5.3M
#32 DOORDASH, INC. $5.3M
#33 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $5.0M
#34 EBAY INC. $5.0M
#35 PAYPAL, INC. $4.8M
#36 7-ELEVEN INC $4.5M
#37 AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION $4.4M
#38 BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION $4.3M
#39 INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION $4.1M
#40 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS $3.8M
#41 YUM! BRANDS INC $3.6M
#42 ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC $3.6M
#43 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION $3.3M
#44 TD BANK N.A. $3.2M
#45 REINSURANCE ASSN OF AMERICA $3.2M
#46 AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY $3.2M
#47 ETSY $3.1M
#48 AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $3.0M
#49 SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION $3.0M
#50 NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION $2.9M

Registrant concentration on Small Business

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

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MAMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$39.1MGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C.$30.9MSOUTHERN COMPANY$24.8MVISA INC$19.2MBIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORG…$18.0MAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION$17.8MRECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATI…$15.3M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Small Business · 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 SMB; covers 359 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 Small Business?
$74.1M was reported on Small Business (SMB) by 359 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 Small Business lobbying?
Top filers on Small Business include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C.. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code SMB.
How many organizations lobby on Small Business?
359 organizations filed on Small Business during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

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