Small Business

Issue Code: SMB

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Small Business is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $173.1M in total lobbying spend across 10.1K filings, it ranks among the significantly lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$173.1M
Total Lobbying Spend
10.1K
Filings
50
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$8.1M681
2019$7.8M665
2020$35.2M2,121
2021$31.0M1,571
2022$26.9M1,487
2023$22.7M1,339
2024$19.0M1,059
2025$22.4M1,179

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1Association of Equipment Manufacturers$6.1M
2Intuit, INC. and Affiliates$4.5M
3Connected Commerce Council$4.4M
4Intuit, INC. and Affiliates (Formerly Intuit, INC.)$4.1M
5Alibaba Group Holding Limited$2.9M
6Employee-owned Contractors Roundtable$2.8M
7American Veterinary Medical Association$2.5M
8Doordash$2.1M
9Archer Aviation INC.$2.1M
10Domino's National Advertising Fund INC$1.8M
11Planned Parenthood Federation of America, INC$1.6M
12Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians$1.5M
13Merchants Payments Coalition, INC.$1.4M
14Amazon.com$1.3M
15Independent Restaurant Coalition$1.3M
167 Eleven, INC.$1.3M
17Franklin Square Holdings, L.P.$1.2M
18American Hotel & Lodging Association$1.2M
19Medical Place$1.2M
20Protect America's Small Sellers Coalition (Informal Coalition)$1.2M
21Equipment Leasing and Finance Association$1.1M
22Intuit, INC. and Affiliates (F.K.A. Intuit, INC.)$1.1M
23Holistic Industries INC.$1.1M
24Bowling Proprietors' Association of America$1.1M
25Zions Bancorp$1.1M

Top Firms

Capitol Counsel LLC$6.9M
Association of Equipment Manufacturers$6.1M
Invariant LLC$6.1M
Tiber Creek Group$5.3M
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$4.9M
The Majority Group, LLC$4.5M
Venn Strategies$3.9M
Van Scoyoc Associates$3.6M
Franklin Square Group, LLC$3.3M
Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC.$3.2M
Prism Group$3.1M
The Smith-free Group, LLC$3.0M
Mehlman Consulting, INC.$2.7M
Forbes-tate$2.3M
Thorn Run Partners$2.3M

What They Lobby For

  • 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.

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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