9 526 REGISTRANTS IN THE EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER AND CLIMBING

On 31/03/2016 there are 9,526 REGISTRANTS in THE EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER

I. Professional Consultants/Law Firms: 1,125 (11.8% of total)

• Professional Consultants: 693
• Law Firms: 110
• Self-Employed Consultants

II. In-House Lobbyists and Trade/Business/Professional Associations: 4,805 (50.4% of total)

• Companies and Groups: 1,718
• Trade and Business Associations: 2,203
• Trade Union and Professional Associations: 601
• Other Organisations: 283

III. Non-Governmental Organisations, Platforms and Networks and Similar: 2,434 (25.5% of total)

IV. Think Tanks, Research and Academic Institutions: 475 (7.0% of total)

• Think Tanks and Research Institutions: 475
• Academic Institutions: 198

V. Organisations representing churches and religious communities: 40

VI. Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities: 449 (4.7% of total)

• Regional Structures: 110
• Other sub-national authorities: 107
• Transnational Associations and Network of public regional or other sub-national authorities: 59
• Other public or mixed entities created by law whose purpose is to act in the public interest: 164