Lobbying

Yum! Brands YUM's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $390K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.2M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace and Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$1.2M
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Yum! Brands lobbying by quarter
Yum! Brands lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$540K4
Q1 2023$420K4
Q2 2023$393K4
Q3 2023$380K4
Q4 2023$580K4
Q1 2024$490K4
Q2 2024$380K4
Q3 2024$600K4
Q4 2024$390K4
Q1 2025$460K4
Q2 2025$390K4
Q3 2025$480K4
Q4 2025$386.3K4
Q1 2026$398.6K4
Q2 2026$390K4
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Labor, antitrust and workplace$1.6M · 42 reports
  • Taxation$1.5M · 35 reports
  • Small business$1M · 17 reports
  • Science and technology$933K · 15 reports
  • Environment and Superfund$575.6K · 10 reports
  • Food industry$338.1K · 6 reports
  • Agriculture$273.5K · 5 reports
  • Consumer protection and safety$225.9K · 5 reports
  • Fuel, gas and oil$41.4K · 1 reports
  • Trade$41.4K · 1 reports
  • Banking$37.5K · 2 reports
  • Foreign relations$15K · 1 reports
  • Government issues$12.5K · 1 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • SENATE58 reports
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES38 reports
  • Treasury, Dept of15 reports
  • Food & Drug Administration (FDA)6 reports
  • Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)2 reports
  • White House Office2 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)1 reports
  • U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseYum! Brands$5.2M15 quarters
Fierce Government Relations$750K15 quarters
The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$450K15 quarters
Lincoln Policy Group$300K15 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
GREGORY NICKERSONStaff Dir., Ways&Means Subcom. on Select Reven.Q2 2026
JAMES MAX PEDROTTILegislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff to Rep. Carol MillerQ2 2026
JAMES WILLIAMSSen. 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 AdvQ2 2026
ZACHARY AUSTIN PRICEStaff Assistant to Sen. Dan CoatsQ2 2026
JACOBUS VREEBURGHouse 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
PATRICK CLIFTONSpecial Asst. to the President for Operations, Executive Office of the President, President Donald J. Trump (17-19).Q2 2025
BRIAN DIFFELLSpecial Assistant to the Chief Deputy WhipQ2 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$30K
07/20for Q2Fierce Government Relations$50K
07/19for Q2Lincoln Policy Group$20K
07/16for Q2In-house$290K
04/20for Q1In-house$298.6K
04/20for Q1Fierce Government Relations$50K
04/20for Q1Lincoln Policy Group$20K
04/17for Q1The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$30K
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$286.3K
01/20for Q4 2025Fierce Government Relations$50K
01/20for Q4 2025The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$30K
01/20for Q4 2025Lincoln Policy Group$20K
25/10/20for Q3 2025Lincoln Policy Group$20K
25/10/20for Q3 2025Fierce Government Relations$50K
25/10/17for Q3 2025In-house$380K
25/10/14for Q3 2025The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$30K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Fierce Government Relations$50K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Lincoln Policy Group$20K
25/07/18for Q2 2025The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$30K
25/07/18for Q2 2025In-house$290K