Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on business federations & chambers?
Organisations classified under Business federations & chambers account for 2,712 declared MEP meetings across the 2019–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €41M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 12 September 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Category | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union ↗ | Business / industry | 199 | 118 |
| Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. ↗ | Business / industry | 188 | 46 |
| BUSINESSEUROPE ↗ | Business / industry | 162 | 95 |
| Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Business / industry | 150 | 29 |
| Confederation of Swedish Enterprise ↗ | Business / industry | 130 | 20 |
| Confederation of Danish Industry ↗ | Business / industry | 129 | 20 |
| Confederation of Finnish Industries EK ↗ | Business / industry | 106 | 28 |
| Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana ↗ | Business / industry | 105 | 44 |
| Wirtschaftskammer Österreich ↗ | Other / unclassified | 97 | 28 |
| Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer ↗ | Other / unclassified | 94 | 38 |
| Mouvement des Entreprises de France ↗ | Business / industry | 88 | 47 |
| The Danish Chamber of Commerce ↗ | Business / industry | 65 | 18 |
Also active here: organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in business federations & chambers - Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles, confindustria ceramica, Hagainitiativet, Verband der Landwirtschaftskammern e. V., Confederația Patronală CONCORDIA.
MEPs most met by business federations & chambers organisations
Axel Voss
65 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Jörgen Warborn
44 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Christel Schaldemose
43 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Peter Liese
42 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Pascal Canfin
37 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Christian Ehler
35 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Svenja Hahn
35 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Niels Flemming Hansen
32 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Aura Salla
31 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Lara Wolters
31 meetings in Business federations & chambers
Sector labels are a keyword classification computed by this site over organisation names, goals and register categories - see methodology.