What Stateside Associates does

Stateside Associates is a privately held government relations and government affairs consulting firm headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, founded around 1993 and operating with 101-250 employees. The firm serves corporations, trade associations, advocacy coalitions, federal government entities, and non-profits, providing state and local public-policy consulting across all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and over 10,000 local jurisdictions in the US and Canada. Its core value proposition rests on a professional team of nearly 50 policy experts — including 25 former state legislative staff, seven attorneys, and 12 issue managers — combined with bipartisan relationships built over three decades.

The firm's product platform is anchored by StateLink, a proprietary legislative and regulatory monitoring system that delivers customized portal access, personalized bill and regulatory tracking, stakeholder contact management, and analyst-written summaries. In mid-2025, Stateside entered a partnership with Leadership Connect to rebuild the platform as StateLink Connect, enhancing security, alert delivery, and mobile access while preserving its human-analyst overlay. Surrounding the platform are specialized service modules: Regulatory Forecasting and Regulation Alert for state regulatory tracking, Local Monitoring and Enhanced Insights for municipal intelligence, a State Healthcare Policy Compliance Reporting service, Infrastructure Funding Services for federal IIJA/ARPA/IRA grant capture, Groups Services for engaging policymaker associations, Compliance & Policy Research, and Lobbyist Referrals.

Commercially, Stateside generates revenue through a mix of professional services retainers, recurring subscription-style monitoring contracts via StateLink, and managed-services engagements in specialized practices (Health Care, Infrastructure Funding, Energy Policy, Attorneys General). GTM is enterprise field sales targeting government affairs managers at large organizations, supported by a content-marketing engine built around three weekly newsletters (This Week in the States, This Week in Health Care, This Week in Energy), free state resources, and an active LinkedIn and Twitter presence. The firm is independently owned and led by Co-CEOs Mark D. Anderson and Michael J. Behm, with no disclosed private equity or venture capital backing.

Name

Stateside Associates

Legal name

Stateside Associates

Website

https://stateside.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Stateside Associates is a privately held government relations consulting firm providing state and local legislative monitoring, regulatory forecasting, and advocacy services to corporations, trade associations, advocacy coalitions, federal government, and non-profits across all 50 US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Relations Consulting Services: Professional consulting services providing state and local government affairs support including strategic planning, direct advocacy, issue management, and relationship-building with public officials. Revenue generated through client engagements and retainer arrangements.
2. Legislative and Regulatory Monitoring Services: Ongoing monitoring services providing bill tracking, regulatory alerts, and customized reporting through the StateLink platform. Subscription-style recurring revenue from monitoring service contracts.
3. Specialized Practice Services: Focused services in Health Care Practice, Infrastructure Funding, Energy Policy, and Attorneys General Practice areas with specialized expertise and reporting.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stateside Associates is a government relations and government affairs consulting firm providing state and local legislative monitoring, regulatory tracking, issue management, and lobbyist referral services across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The firm pairs human analysis with its proprietary StateLink monitoring platform to deliver customized legislative summaries, regulatory alerts, strategic advisory, and direct advocacy support to corporations, trade associations, advocacy coalitions, federal agencies, and non-profits.

Product overview

Stateside Associates offers a comprehensive government relations and affairs consulting platform centered on its proprietary StateLink monitoring system. The core offering consists of the StateLink Monitoring Platform and its enhanced version, StateLink Connect (launched mid-2025 through a Leadership Connect partnership), which provide legislative monitoring, regulatory monitoring, and local monitoring services. These are supported by specialized service modules including Regulatory Forecasting and Regulation Alert for regulatory tracking; Local Monitoring, Local Issue Management, and Enhanced Insights for local government affairs; the State Healthcare Policy Compliance Reporting & Forecasting Service for health care; Infrastructure Funding Services for federal funding opportunities; Groups Services for stakeholder engagement; Compliance & Policy Research; and Lobbyist Referrals. The company also publishes industry-specific weekly newsletters: This Week in the States, This Week in Health Care, and This Week in Energy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StateLink Connect: A monitoring platform providing legislative and regulatory monitoring services, developed in partnership with Leadership Connect, featuring personalized portal access, customizable alerts, and contact management tools.
• StateLink

Products and services

• StateLink Monitoring Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 160 fitness-relevant bills documented across 50 states in 2025 with 21 enacted into law for HFA partnership
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Leadership ConnectcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2025In mid-2025, Stateside entered a partnership with Leadership Connect, a technology firm known for their government affairs connections system. This partnership, specific to monitoring services only, brings Leadership Connect's technology expertise to rebuild a new platform (StateLink Connect) on which monitoring results are compiled. The partnership enhances delivery of monitoring results while maintaining Stateside's professional analysis standards.
• BGR GroupsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with BGR Group to provide additional support for infrastructure funding services. BGR Group is a government affairs firm that complements Stateside's infrastructure team capabilities.
• Calco Consulting GroupsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Calco Consulting Group to bring additional support for infrastructure funding services. Calco Consulting Group works alongside Stateside's Infrastructure Team to help clients navigate the grantmaking process.
• Health & Fitness Association (HFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Health & Fitness Association to develop the State of the States 2026 report, a comprehensive compliance guide covering legislative and regulatory developments for US fitness facilities. The report serves as both a year-in-review analysis and cross-state compliance reference tool.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Akin Gump is a large international law firm with a substantial federal lobbying and government affairs practice. It competes with Stateside on federal-state policy work for corporations and trade associations, particularly in regulated industries like energy and financial services.
• Holland & Knight: Holland & Knight is a major U.S. law firm with one of the largest federal and state government affairs practices. Its Public Policy & Regulation group overlaps significantly with Stateside's monitoring, lobbying referral, and strategic advisory offerings for large corporate clients.
• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: Brownstein is a large full-service law and government affairs firm with one of the largest lobbying practices in the U.S. It competes with Stateside on complex state and federal policy advocacy across healthcare, energy, and infrastructure verticals.

Emerging players

• FiscalNote: FiscalNote is a technology-driven policy and regulatory intelligence platform offering automated legislative tracking, AI-powered policy analysis, and advocacy tools. It represents an emerging technology-based alternative to Stateside's human-analyzed monitoring services, particularly for routine bill tracking.

Direct peers

• BGR Group: BGR Group is a bipartisan government affairs firm based in Washington, D.C. with federal and state lobbying practices. Stateside partners with BGR on infrastructure funding services, indicating direct overlap in services and client base across federal-state policy advocacy.
• Thorn Run Partners: Thorn Run is a government affairs firm providing federal and state legislative and regulatory advocacy with a strong focus on healthcare, energy, and financial services. Its service model and vertical specialization closely mirror Stateside's practice areas.
• The Ferguson Group: The Ferguson Group is a Washington, D.C.-based government affairs firm specializing in federal funding, infrastructure, and state-local government relations. Comparable to Stateside particularly for its infrastructure funding services and federal-state policy alignment work.
• Forbes Tate Partners: Forbes Tate is a bipartisan government affairs and strategic communications firm providing advocacy, public affairs, and strategic consulting to corporate and association clients. Comparable to Stateside in its federal-state policy advocacy mix and similar client base.
• Subject Matter: Subject Matter is a bipartisan government affairs and strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C. providing legislative monitoring, regulatory tracking, and strategic advisory services. Comparable to Stateside in its federal-state advocacy focus and client mix of corporations and trade associations.
• Cornerstone Government Affairs: Cornerstone is a government affairs firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and select state capitols providing federal and state legislative and regulatory advocacy. Its service mix and client type closely mirror Stateside's monitoring and issue management offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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