📋 Small Business (SMB)

Federal lobbying activity for the small business issue area

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AI Overview

Small Business (SMB) has attracted $173.1M in lobbying spending across 10.1K filings. This issue area sees targeted lobbying from organizations with specific policy interests.

$173.1M

Total Spending

10.1K

Total Filings

$288.5M

Estimated Spending

Spending by Year

Top Clients

#	Client	Spending
1	Association of Equipment Manufacturers	$6.1M
2	Intuit, INC. and Affiliates	$4.5M
3	Connected Commerce Council	$4.4M
4	Intuit, INC. and Affiliates (Formerly Intuit, INC.)	$4.1M
5	Alibaba Group Holding Limited	$2.9M
6	Employee-owned Contractors Roundtable	$2.8M
7	American Veterinary Medical Association	$2.5M
8	Doordash	$2.1M
9	Archer Aviation INC.	$2.1M
10	Domino's National Advertising Fund INC	$1.8M
11	Planned Parenthood Federation of America, INC	$1.6M
12	Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians	$1.5M
13	Merchants Payments Coalition, INC.	$1.4M
14	Amazon.com	$1.3M
15	Independent Restaurant Coalition	$1.3M
16	7 Eleven, INC.	$1.3M
17	Franklin Square Holdings, L.P.	$1.2M
18	American Hotel & Lodging Association	$1.2M
19	Medical Place	$1.2M
20	Protect America's Small Sellers Coalition (Informal Coalition)	$1.2M

Top Lobbying Firms

#	Firm	Revenue
1	Capitol Counsel LLC	$6.9M
2	Association of Equipment Manufacturers	$6.1M
3	Invariant LLC	$6.1M
4	Tiber Creek Group	$5.3M
5	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	$4.9M
6	The Majority Group, LLC	$4.5M
7	Venn Strategies	$3.9M
8	Van Scoyoc Associates	$3.6M
9	Franklin Square Group, LLC	$3.3M
10	Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC.	$3.2M
11	Prism Group	$3.1M
12	The Smith-free Group, LLC	$3.0M
13	Mehlman Consulting, INC.	$2.7M
14	Forbes-tate	$2.3M
15	Thorn Run Partners	$2.3M
16	Barnes & Thornburg, LLP	$2.2M
17	The Nickles Group, LLC	$2.1M
18	Rich Feuer Anderson	$2.1M
19	Fs Vector	$1.9M
20	Lobbyit.com	$1.9M

Sample Lobbying Descriptions

•Reauthorization Small Business Innovation Research Program, National Defense Authorization Act

•General issues related to small businesses

•Education of online small business lending (no bill)

•Issues pertaining to veterinary professionals including: Farm Bill, animal health and welfare issues, taxes, and educational issues

•Tax matters pertaining to franchise licenses.

•Small businesses in the marina industry

•SBA Lender Oversight SBA Loan Policy Changes Implementation of Debt Refinance SBA Financial Programs Operations

•Small business issues, Small Business Administration 8(a) & 8(m) programs, SBIR/STTR programs, H.R. 2763 SBIR/STTR Improvements Act of 2017.

•monitoring of SBA for issuance of timely RFPs;monitor for legislation affecting SBA and loan programs

•Requested and monitored available resources for direct research grants and any available programs presently existing or planned with private sector/university/government partnerships.