MOST INFLUENTIAL ENTITIES IN BRUSSELS

Source: Transparency International

Number of Lobbyists in Parenthesis

NGOs

  1. Office of European Consumer (BEUC) (17)
  2. WWF (13)
  3. Greenpeace (7)
  4. Transport & Environment (16)
  5. Climate Action Network (12)
  6. Oxfam (13)
  7. European Environmental Bureau (17)
  8. BirdLife (15)
  9. Friends of the Earth (5)
  10. Amnesty International (8)

Consultancies & Law Firms

  1. Kreab (30)
  2. FIPRA (13)
  3. Global Counsel (3)
  4. G Plus (22)
  5. Avisa Partners (8)
  6. Business Bridge Europe (4)
  7. Salesas (2)
  8. FTI Consulting (33)
  9. PricewaterhouseCoopers (3)
  10. McKinsey

Industry Associations

  1. Business Europe (29)
  2. European Steel (3)
  3. Finnish Industries EK (3)
  4. AmCham (7)
  5. Digital Europe ’10)
  6. European Paper Industry (3)
  7. European Chemical Industry (45)
  8. EuroCommerce (3)
  9. EuroChambers (19)
  10. European Car Makers (9)

Silicon Valley and Internet Companies

  1. Google (9)
  2. Microsoft (7)
  3. IBM (5)
  4. Apple (2)
  5. Amazon (3)
  6. Facebook (4)
  7. Uber (2)
  8. eBay (2)
  9. Spotify
  10. HP (2)

Think Tanks

  1. E3G (25)
  2. Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (50)
  3. Bruegel (19)
  4. Bertelsman Stiftung (1)
  5. Centre for European Reform (13)
  6. Open Europe (8)
  7. European Policy Centre (EPC) (23)

Energy Companies

  1. Engie (3)
  2. BP (4)
  3. Shell (7)
  4. Enel (9)
  5. E-On (11)
  6. Statoil (3)
  7. Eni (3)
  8. Gas Natural Fenosa (5)
  9. Electricité de France (EDF) (14)
  10. RWE (6)
  11. Suez (6)
  12. ExxonMobil (8)
  13. Vattenfall (3)

Banks and Financial Institutions

  1. Deutsche Bank (9)
  2. HSBC (5)
  3. Black Rock (3)
  4. Commerzbank (6)
  5. Goldman Sachs (2)
  6. Banco Santander (7)
  7. Citigroup (1)
  8. BNP Paribas (6)
  9. Neste (3)
  10. Bank of America Merrill Lynch (4)
  11. Société Générale (3)
  12. London Stock Exchange (2)
  13. UniCredit (4)

Companies with highest Lobbying Budgets

  1. ExxonMobil
  2. Microsoft
  3. Shell
  4. Deutsche Bank
  5. Dow
  6. Google
  7. Volkswagen
  8. General Electric (GE)
  9. Siemens
  10. Huawei
  11. British Petroleum (BP)
  12. Electricité de France (EDF)
  13. Daimler
  14. Total
  15. Bayer
  16. BASF
  17. ENGIE
  18. Telefonica
  19. Enel
  20. E-On

Most Influential (Alphabetical Listing)

  1. Airbus
  2. Amazon
  3. AmCham
  4. Amnesty International
  5. Apple
  6. Avisa Partners
  7. Banco Santander
  8. Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  9. Bertelsman Stiftung
  10. BirdLife
  11. Black Rock
  12. BNP Paribas
  13. BP
  14. Bruegel
  15. Business Bridge Europe
  16. Business Europe
  17. Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
  18. Centre for European Reform
  19. Citigroup
  20. Climate Action Network
  21. Commerzbank
  22. Deutsche Bank
  23. Digital Europe
  24. E3G
  25. eBay
  26. Electricité de France (EDF)
  27. Enel
  28. Engie
  29. Eni
  30. E-On
  31. EuroChambers
  32. EuroCommerce
  33. European Car Makers
  34. European Chemical Industry
  35. European Environmental Bureau
  36. European Paper Industry
  37. European Policy Centre (EPC)
  38. European Steel
  39. ExxonMobil
  40. Facebook
  41. Finnish Industries EK
  42. FIPRA
  43. Friends of the Earth
  44. FTI Consulting
  45. General Electric
  46. G Plus
  47. Gas Natural Fenosa
  48. Global Counsel
  49. Goldman Sachs
  50. Google
  51. Greenpeace
  52. HP
  53. HSBC
  54. Iberdrola
  55. IBM
  56. Kreab
  57. London Stock Exchange
  58. McKinsey
  59. Microsoft
  60. Neste
  61. Nokia
  62. Office of European Consumer (BEUC)
  63. Open Europe
  64. Orange
  65. Oxfam
  66. PricewaterhouseCoopers
  67. RWE
  68. Salesas
  69. Shell
  70. Société Générale
  71. Spotify
  72. Statoil
  73. Suez
  74. Telefonica
  75. Trans Adriatic Pipeline
  76. Transport & Environment
  77. Uber
  78. UniCredit
  79. Unilever
  80. Vattenfall
  81. Vodafone
  82. Volkswagen
  83. WWF 

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