LobbyingApple lobbying by quarter
Apple AAPL's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $3.7M. The four quarters Q3 2025–Q2 2026 total $14.3M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace and Trade (Domestic & Foreign).
- Latest quarter
- $3.7M
- Q2 2026 · 11 reports
- Last 12 months
- $14.3M
- Last 4 quarters
- vs last quarter
- +10.2%
- Q2 2026 against the quarter before
- First report
- Q4 2022
- The first quarter a report named it
Lobbying by quarter
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $3.5M | 9 |
| Q1 2023 | $3.9M | 10 |
| Q2 2023 | $3.1M | 9 |
| Q3 2023 | $2.5M | 9 |
| Q4 2023 | $3.8M | 10 |
| Q1 2024 | $2.8M | 8 |
| Q2 2024 | $2.8M | 8 |
| Q3 2024 | $2.5M | 8 |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3M | 9 |
| Q1 2025 | $3.2M | 9 |
| Q2 2025 | $3.1M | 9 |
| Q3 2025 | $3.6M | 11 |
| Q4 2025 | $3.7M | 11 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.3M | 11 |
| Q2 2026 | $3.7M | 11 |
Policy issues the reports name
- Labor, antitrust and workplace55 reports
- Trade51 reports
- Telecommunications45 reports
- Taxation44 reports
- Computer industry42 reports
- Copyright, patent and trademark41 reports
- Health issues33 reports
- Consumer protection and safety33 reports
- Immigration31 reports
- Environment and Superfund30 reports
- Science and technology26 reports
- Manufacturing15 reports
- Banking15 reports
- Financial institutions and securities15 reports
- Education14 reports
- Law enforcement and criminal justice13 reports
A report that names several issues counts once for each.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES131 reports
- SENATE123 reports
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)23 reports
- Treasury, Dept of21 reports
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)17 reports
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)17 reports
- White House Office13 reports
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)12 reports
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)7 reports
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)5 reports
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)5 reports
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)4 reports
- Energy, Dept of4 reports
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)4 reports
- Natl Security Council (NSC)4 reports
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)4 reports
- Office of the Vice President of the United States4 reports
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)3 reports
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)3 reports
- State, Dept of (DOS)3 reports
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)3 reports
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)2 reports
- Intl Trade Administration (ITA)2 reports
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)2 reports
- Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)2 reports
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)1 reports
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)1 reports
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)1 reports
- Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)1 reports
- Vice President of the U.S.1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseApple | $36.2M | 15 quarters |
| Invariant | $2.6M | 15 quarters |
| Miller Strategies | $2.2M | 15 quarters |
| Fierce Government Relations | $1.6M | 15 quarters |
| Capitol Tax Partners | $1.4M | 15 quarters |
| Salt Point Strategies | $900K | 15 quarters |
| Federal Street Strategies | $770K | 15 quarters |
| FGS Global | $600K | 15 quarters |
| Covington & Burling | $540K | 1 quarters |
| Tholos Government Relations | $400K | 7 quarters |
| Lilette Advisors | $200K | 4 quarters |
| Polsinelli PC | $180K | 1 quarters |
| Sightline Advocacy | $110K | 4 quarters |
| Bloom Strategic Counsel | $80K | 5 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| HALIE CRAIG | Plcy Dir, Sen Commerce Cmte(23-24); Sr Adv, Sen Pat Toomey/Sen Banking Cmte(22-23); Plcy Adv, Sen Banking Cmte(21-22); Sen Pat Toomey: Leg Asst(18-19), Leg Aide(18), Leg Corr(17-18); Staff Asst, Sen Rules Cmte(16-17); Intern, Sen Tim Johnson(12) | Q2 2026 |
| JAMES WILLIAMS | Sen. Finance Cmte: Sr Tax/Econ Policy Adv & Tax/IRS Subcmte Staff Dir | Sen. Thune: Sr Policy/Tax/Trade Policy Adv | Sen. Roberts: Dep Leg Dir/Sr Econ Policy Adv | Sen. Hatch: Dep Leg Dir/Sr Policy Adv | Rep. Marchant: Leg Dir/Sr Policy Adv | Q2 2026 |
| KAADE WALLACE | Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar; Staff Assistant, U.S. Representative Betty McCollum | Q2 2026 |
| PAUL BRATHWAITE | Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Deputy Assistant Secretary, ESA, Department of Labor; Chief of Staff, ESA, Department of Labor; Special Assistant, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor. | Q2 2026 |
| STACEY LEAVANDOSKY | Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren; Senior Advisor, Committee on Science, Space & Technology; Senior Advisor, Committee on House Administration; Executive Director, California Democratic Congressional Delegation | Q2 2026 |
| VEN NERALLA | Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Andy Levin; Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Legislative Director, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio; Senior Advisor, USDA; OPP; and MCC. | Q2 2026 |
| JAMES TYLER GRIMM | Chief Counsel, Policy and Strategy, Counsel, Chief Adviser, Policy, Strategy and Communications, Rep. Jim Jordan. Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Staff Member, Rep. Darrell Issa. Senior Staff Member, Rep. Jason Chaffetz | Q1 2026 |
| JASON GOLDMAN | NTIA: Acting Director of Congressional Affairs (25-26), Dep Director of Congressional Affairs and Telecom Policy Adv (20-26), Acting Director of Congressional Affairs and Acting Dep COS (21-22), Congressional Liaison and Telecom Policy Adv (19-20) | Q1 2026 |
| MATTHEW JOSEPH SCHUCK | Communications Dir., House Budget Committee/Rep. Jason Smith; Communications Dir., Rep. Sean Duffy; Press Sec., Rep. Mark Sanford; Dir. of Strategic Communications, Department of Housing and Urban Development; White House Liaison, USAGM | Q1 2026 |
| SARAH MOXLEY | Staff Asst/LC, Rep. McCaul; LA, Rep. Barton; LD Reps. Bucshon and Olson; Sr Prof Staff Member, House Oversight and Govt Reform Comm; Subcomm Staff Director, House Comm on Homeland Security; HASC Prof Staff Member, Subcomm Staff Director | Q1 2026 |
| ADAM BUCKALEW | Covered Official Positions Continued: Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Communications Director & Legislative Assistant, U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) | Q4 2025 |
| THEODORE TANZER | Sr. Counsel, House Energy & Commerce (23-24); Counsel, Commissioner Feldman, US CPSC (19-22); Pro. Staff Member, Sen. Commerce Committee (19); Law Clerk, Sen. Commerce Committee (18-19); Fellow, Sen. Thune (18); Intern, Sen. Repub. Conference (18) | Q4 2025 |
| JACOBUS VREEBURG | House Homeland Sec. Cmte.-Staff Asst., Dep. Parl., Parl., Rep. Messer-Leg. Dir., House Rep. Policy Cmte.-Staff Dir., NSC-Staff Officer, Acting Dep. Exec. Sec., Dep. Exec. Sec., House Rep. Conference-Policy Dir., Rep. Stefanik-Policy Dir., USUN-W-Dir. | Q3 2025 |
| ANDERSON HELTON | Legislative Assistant, Senator Roger Wicker; Research Assistant, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Special Assistant, Senator Roger Wicker | Q2 2025 |
| MARGAUX OCHOA | Office of the Vice President, President, U.S. Senate | Q2 2025 |
| MILLA ANDERSON | Policy Advisor, Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, FCC; Policy Advisor & Legislative Assistant, Rep. Annie Kuster; Legislative Aide, Senator Debbie Stabenow; Legislative Correspondent & Staff Assistant, Senator Doug Jones; Intern, Senator Maggie Hassan | Q2 2025 |
| PATRICK CLIFTON | Special Asst. to the President for Operations, Executive Office of the President, President Donald J. Trump (17-19). | Q2 2025 |
| LUCAS WALLWORK | Staff Asst Committee on Energy & Commerce; Special Asst to Sec Dept of Energy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom Reed; Leg Director & Senior Advisor, Rep. Greg Murphy; Director of Member Services & Coalitions, Committee on Small Business. | Q1 2025 |
| MICHAEL WILLIAMS | Associate Deputy General Counsel OMB; Deputy Asst. to President and Counselor to the White House Chief of Staff; Acting General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development. | Q1 2025 |
| RACHEL ALEXANDER | Legislative Assistant, Rep. Wally Herger | Q1 2025 |
| SIERRA KELLEY-CHUNG | Deputy Chief of Staff, Congressman Steven Horsford; Senior Policy Advisor, Congressman Steven Horsford; Senior Advisor, Congressman Anthony Brown | Q1 2025 |
| JENNIFER HAYNES | Leg. Dir, Sen Ernst(23-24); Prof. Staff Member, House Judiciary(23); Leg. Dir, Rep Issa(21-23); Rep Lesko: Leg. Dir(19-21); Sr. Leg. Asst(18-19); Leg. Correspondent, Sen Kennedy(17-18); Sen Cassidy: Leg. Correspondent(16-17); Dep. Scheduler(15-17) | Q4 2024 |
| ANDREW JONES | Legislative Director and Counsel, U.S. Representative Ben Ray Lujan; Legislative Counsel, U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa. | Q3 2024 |
| NATALIE ARMIJO | Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham; and Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham | Q3 2024 |
| JACOB L. TRIOLO | Tax Counsel/Legislative Director, Rep. Todd Young; Staff Member, Sen. Small Business Comm.; Staff Asst/Legislative Corresp., Sen. Gordon Smith. | Q2 2024 |
| STEPHEN WEYLER | Health and Labor Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education & Labor (2019) | Q2 2024 |
| ANNIE D'AMATO | Democratic Counsel, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (2023); Professional Staff; Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (2019-2022) | Q1 2024 |
| DEANNA TANNER OKUN | Former Commissioner & Chair of US International Trade Commission; Former International Trade Counsel for Senator Frank Murkowski | Q4 2023 |
| COLLEEN BELL | Legislative Assistant and Counsel, Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper; Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy. | Q1 2023 |
| DREW GRIFFIN | Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Latta (2019-2022); Comms Dir, Rep. Robert Latta (2016-2019); Press Sec, Rep. Erik Paulsen (2014-2016); Press Sec, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2013-2014); Staff Asst, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2011-2013) | Q1 2023 |
| GERALD (JERRY) BRUCE LEVERICH iii | Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce | Q1 2023 |
| SAMUAL GEORGE LOVE | Sen. Cory Gardner: Legislative Assistant (2015-2021); Legislative Aide/Director of Correspondence (2015); Rep. Cory Gardner: Legislative Aide/Legislative Correspondent (2013-2014); Legislative Correspondent (2013) | Q1 2023 |
| RENE MUNOZ | Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small; Deputy Assistant USTR for Congressional Affairs; Chief of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Census Bureau; and Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Pete Gallego. | Q4 2022 |
| SETH BLOOM | General Counsel, Senate Antitrust Subcommittee | Q4 2022 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09/16for Q3 | Bellwether Government Affairs | Under $5,000 |
| 07/20for Q2 | Federal Street Strategies | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $2.7M |
| 07/20for Q2 | Tholos Government Relations | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Sightline Advocacy | $30K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Invariant | $180K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Salt Point Strategies | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Fierce Government Relations | $90K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Miller Strategies | $260K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Lilette Advisors | $50K |
| 07/16for Q2 | Capitol Tax Partners | $90K |
| 07/15for Q2 | FGS Global | $40K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $2.5M |
| 04/20for Q1 | Federal Street Strategies | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Invariant | $180K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Sightline Advocacy | $30K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Tholos Government Relations | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Capitol Tax Partners | $90K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Miller Strategies | $180K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Fierce Government Relations | $90K |