American Tower Corporation
Based in DC
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AI Overview
With $24.5M in lobbying spend across 36 quarterly filings, American Tower Corporation is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 5 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
$24.5M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
4
Lobbyists Deployed
5
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $1.9M |
| 2019 | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $3.7M |
| 2024 | $1.9M |
| 2025 | $3.1M |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Taxation, Trade, Telecommunications, Communications, Financial
- •Issues related to International Tax Reform and H.R. 1 (P.L. 115-97); a Bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 (b
- •Issues pertaining to global trade, global development, AID and the World Bank.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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