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