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Sectors

Sector labels are computed by this site from organisation names, goals and register categories - they are not a register field. Meeting totals cover the 2019–2026 full record for current MEPs. Declared budgets are self-reported and cover all EU institutions, not the Parliament alone. (As of 14 September 2026.)

All 16 sectors

Cross-sector / other
5,758 declared meetings · 774 organisations
Energy
5,044 declared meetings · 285 organisations
Chemicals & manufacturing
4,423 declared meetings · 231 organisations
Technology & digital
4,364 declared meetings · 264 organisations
Transport & automotive
4,322 declared meetings · 239 organisations
Human rights & humanitarian
4,072 declared meetings · 215 organisations
Environment & climate
3,983 declared meetings · 195 organisations
Health & pharma
3,419 declared meetings · 249 organisations
Agriculture & food
3,414 declared meetings · 251 organisations
Finance
3,361 declared meetings · 232 organisations
Think tanks & research
3,066 declared meetings · 251 organisations
Business federations & chambers
2,712 declared meetings · 81 organisations
Consumer & retail
2,360 declared meetings · 113 organisations
Labour & trade unions
1,991 declared meetings · 75 organisations
Media & publishing
1,440 declared meetings · 89 organisations
Public affairs & consultancy
1,346 declared meetings · 76 organisations

Most active sectors

Declared meetings with register-linked business counterparts, by industry, across the 2019–2026 full record for current MEPs.

Energy
Chemicals & manufacturing
Technology & digital
Transport & automotive
Finance
Agriculture & food
Cross-sector / other
Health & pharma
Business federations & chambers
Consumer & retail
Public affairs & consultancy
Media & publishing
Labour & trade unions
Environment & climate
Think tanks & research
Human rights & humanitarian

Declared lobby budgets, by sector

Sum of members' self-declared annual EU-lobbying budgets, one figure per organisation.

Finance
€141M
Technology & digital
€123M
Public affairs & consultancy
€120M
Chemicals & manufacturing
€104M
Energy
€103M
Transport & automotive
€80M
Health & pharma
€67M
Consumer & retail
€42M
Agriculture & food
€42M
Business federations & chambers
€41M
Media & publishing
€16M
Environment & climate
€8M
Labour & trade unions
€7M
Think tanks & research
€1M
Human rights & humanitarian
€0M

What this figure is. These are self-declared annual budgets for lobbying the EU institutions - Commission, Parliament and Council together. They are not audited, not Parliament-only, and are widely treated as a floor rather than a ceiling. Figures are the latest declaration on record, with spelling variants of the same organisation merged by register ID. We have budgets for 1,859 organisations, so the true totals are higher still.

Biggest declared lobby budgets

Self-declared annual EU-lobbying budget per organisation. Follow a name for its register entry.

Fleishman-Hillard
€12.7M
CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council
€10.0M
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries
€10.0M
Amazon Europe Core SARL
€9.0M
FTI Consulting Belgium
€8.5M
Apple Inc.
€8.0M
Burson SRL
€7.1M
Microsoft Corporation
€7.0M
Rud Pedersen Brussels
€6.8M
Association for Financial Markets in Europe
€6.0M
BUSINESSEUROPE
€6.0M
Bayer AG
€6.0M
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
€6.0M
Insurance Europe
€6.0M
DGA Group Europe SA
€5.8M