What Legistorm does

LegiStorm is a public affairs intelligence platform providing detailed contact, biographical, salary, expense, and policy information on U.S. congressional staff, supplemented by lobbying disclosures, financial disclosures, privately funded travel records, and state-level legislative data. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. (LegiStorm LLC, 1025 Thomas Jefferson St. NW), the company serves government relations professionals, journalists, congressional offices, academic researchers, and grassroots advocacy organizations. The platform is organized into sub-brands — CongressStorm (federal congressional staff and expenses), LobbyStorm (LDA/FARA filings and revolving door tracking), StateStorm (state legislators and staff across all 50 states), and StormFeed (press release monitoring) — with add-on modules including PowerBriefs, Lightning Alerts, Congressional Record Search, and Townhalls Premium.

The underlying technology is a proprietary relational database containing 275,000+ people records, 1.75M+ lobbying filings since 1999, and 4.8M+ press releases, updated weekly through proprietary transcription and verification processes applied to official government disclosures. The platform is delivered via web, iOS, and Android, and supports enterprise integrations through Data Licensing and API solutions plus a white-label mobile app offering. There is no disclosed use of AI/ML; the differentiation rests on data depth, historical coverage, and proprietary cleaning workflows.

LegiStorm monetizes primarily through tiered recurring subscriptions (Pro-Lite, Pro, Pro Premium, plus a discounted Pro Gov tier for .gov/.mil users), supported by a freemium entry tier and ancillary revenue from contact list downloads, enterprise data licensing, API access, and white-label mobile app deployments. GTM is hybrid: sales-led for enterprise accounts (demo-driven, with named customers including Google, CNN, Akin-Gump, Harvard, the London School of Economics, and Autism Speaks) combined with product-led growth signals (free tier, free content via DevBlog and Caught Our Eye, free registration). The company is privately held and bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds.

Name

Legistorm

Legal name

LegiStorm LLC

Website

https://legistorm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LegiStorm is a public affairs intelligence platform providing verified congressional staff contacts, lobbying filings, financial disclosures, and legislative tracking for government relations, media, advocacy, and research professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Affairs Intelligence Software

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Congressional data platform
• Lobbying intelligence
• Government relations software
• Legislative staff contacts
• Public affairs intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: LegiStorm generates primary revenue through tiered subscription plans (Pro-Lite, Pro, Pro Premium, Pro Gov) providing varying levels of access to congressional staff databases, lobbying data, financial disclosures, and analytical tools. Annual and multi-year subscription options available with tiered feature access.
2. Contact List Downloads: Separate pricing for downloading staff contact lists and PowerBrief dossiers, with pay-per-download or subscription-based download credits.
3. Data Licensing and API: Enterprise data licensing solutions and API access for organizations requiring programmatic access to LegiStorm's comprehensive congressional and lobbying databases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LegiStorm operates a subscription-based public affairs intelligence platform that aggregates and verifies data on U.S. federal and state legislative activity. The core products — CongressStorm, StateStorm, and LobbyStorm — provide searchable directories of congressional and state legislative staff, lobbying filings, financial disclosures, travel records, and press releases. Customers access the data via web subscription, mobile apps, enterprise data licensing, and API integrations.

Product overview

LegiStorm is a public affairs intelligence platform providing comprehensive data on Congress, state legislatures, and lobbying activity. The core product portfolio includes CongressStorm for federal congressional staff and lobbying data, StateStorm for state-level legislative information, and LobbyStorm for lobbying filings and firm analytics. Additional modules include StormFeed for press release monitoring, PowerBriefs for downloadable staff dossiers, Lightning Alerts for real-time notifications, Congressional Record Search, and Townhalls Premium. The platform is available via web subscription (Pro-Lite, Pro, and Pro Premium tiers), mobile applications for iOS and Android, and enterprise solutions including Data Licensing, API access, and White-Label Mobile App options. The platform maintains data on 275,000+ people, 1,750,000+ lobbying filings since 1999, and 4,800,000+ press releases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CongressStorm: Federal congressional data platform providing staff contact information, salaries, expenses, and member data
• StateStorm
• LobbyStorm
• StormFeed

Products and services

• CongressStorm
• LobbyStorm
• StateStorm
• Data Licensing
• API Solutions
• White-Label Mobile App

Quantifiable outcome

• Users have reported using LegiStorm to help pass two key pieces of legislation critical to their members
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FiscalNote: Public policy and government affairs intelligence SaaS platform offering legislative tracking, regulatory monitoring, and stakeholder data—directly comparable to LegiStorm's CongressStorm and LobbyStorm products, though operating at a much larger, venture-backed scale.
• Quorum Analytics (FiscalNote): Public affairs software for federal and state legislative tracking, lobbying disclosure, and stakeholder engagement; competes head-to-head with LegiStorm's core CongressStorm/LobbyStorm/StateStorm offerings for the same government relations buyer.
• Polity (formerly CQ StateTrack / Sage): State legislative tracking and policy intelligence platform covering all 50 state legislatures—a close competitor to LegiStorm's StateStorm offering for state-level government affairs and lobbying professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Cision (PR Newswire / Gorkana): Large PR and communications intelligence vendor with press release distribution and media monitoring—adjacent to LegiStorm's StormFeed press release monitoring product but operating at much broader scale across PR/comms.
• CQ Roll Call: Long-established congressional news, member directories, and legislative tracking product (including CQ.com), serving many of the same media, lobbying, and government affairs buyers as LegiStorm.
• Bloomberg Government: Large, established policy intelligence platform covering congressional actions, bill tracking, contracts, and lobbying—overlaps with LegiStorm but operates as a broader portfolio offering backed by Bloomberg's data infrastructure.
• Politico Pro: Subscription policy intelligence service covering Congress, federal agencies, and state policy with a strong newsroom-driven brand; competes for the same policy professional and government relations audience as LegiStorm Pro.

Emerging players

• GovTrack.us: Free, open civic-tech platform tracking bills, votes, and legislators—directly comparable to CongressStorm's legislative intelligence layer, with a freemium threat to paid congressional data products.
• VoterVoice (FiscalNote): Grassroots advocacy and constituent engagement platform—comparable to LegiStorm's grassroots advocacy segment and Townhalls Premium product for mobilizing supporters to elected officials.
• OpenSecrets (Center for Responsive Politics): Nonprofit tracker of money-in-politics, lobbying, and campaign finance data with overlapping coverage of lobbying filings—comparable on the lobbying intelligence dimension but non-commercial and broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LegiStorm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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