What LobbyingData.com does

LobbyingData.com, operated by Under the Blue LLC, is a privately-held alternative data provider founded in 2020 and headquartered at 1234 Princeton Street, Santa Monica, California. The company aggregates and standardizes federal lobbying disclosures from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, the U.S. House of Representatives Lobbying Disclosure Act electronic filer, and the Clerk of the House Disclosure Search, producing structured datasets spanning 1999 to present (27 years) at 100% federal lobbying coverage. The platform catalogs over 2 million lobbying contracts, 250,000+ entities, 78,000+ unique federally registered lobbyists, 13,000+ lobbying firms, and 250+ government agencies, using proprietary algorithms for data ingestion, cleansing, validation, entity matching across time, ticker symbol mapping, bill/issue parsing, and foreign entity tracking. Data refreshes every 15 minutes and is delivered in CSV, JSON, DTA, and PKL formats.

The product surface comprises a public Daily Lobbying Data Dashboard, a REST API with intraday updates, a Datastore selling individual datasets at $99.95 each on weekly refreshes, a Bulk Historical Data offering under subscription or flat-fee license, Government Affairs Search, and Lobbying Insights custom research. Distribution relies on direct enterprise sales plus listings on AWS Data Exchange, Factset Marketplace, Eagle Alpha, Neudata, DataRade, Nomad Data, Vested Futures, and a strategic academic channel via Dewey Data (announced July 2023). Pricing is modular, varying by user count, license type, and delivery method, with academic research pricing and free data samples/trials available.

The company's primary customer segments are investment research firms and hedge funds (the largest segment, supporting alpha generation, due diligence, ESG integration, event-driven and thematic investing), management consultancies building policy tools, public-sector agencies, academic researchers, and media organizations. The go-to-market combines sales-led enterprise outreach, an API-first product strategy for backend integration, and a 20%-commission referral program. LobbyingData.com operates with 1-10 employees under founder and CEO Neil Bhatia, with no disclosed external institutional funding.

Name

LobbyingData.com

Legal name

Under the Blue LLC

Website

https://lobbyingdata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LobbyingData.com is an alternative data provider that aggregates and standardizes U.S. federal lobbying disclosures into structured datasets for hedge funds, equity research firms, consultancies, government agencies, and academic institutions, with 27 years of history and 15-minute real-time updates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Data / Political Intelligence

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Lobbying data
• Alternative data
• Political intelligence
• Government affairs analytics
• Regulatory tracking data

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bulk Historical Data Subscriptions: Subscription model for regularly updated + historical data delivered via AWS S3 or REST API, providing intraday updates with full historical coverage from 1999-present.
2. Individual Datasets: One-time purchases of specific company-level, ticker symbol level, lobbyist level, or bill/issue level datasets at $99.95 per dataset, delivered via AWS S3.
3. Bulk Historical Data (Flat-Fee): One-time flat-fee model for bulk historical lobbying data in customer's choice of format (CSV, JSON, DTA, PKL), delivered within 24 hours.
4. Custom Research Services: Custom research reports on the lobbying industry at client/lobbyist/lobbying firm/issue/bill level, delivered by dedicated research team.
5. REST API Access: API access for programmatic data retrieval, enabling backend integration and continuous data delivery to customer servers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LobbyingData.com aggregates and transforms U.S. federal lobbying disclosures into tickerized, structured alternative data products. Its core offering is a comprehensive U.S. Lobbying Database covering 100% of federal lobbying activity (1.6M+ contracts, 200,000+ entities, 78,000+ lobbyists, 1999-present), delivered via REST API, AWS S3 feeds, a self-serve dashboard, a Datastore of per-ticker datasets, and custom research services.

Product overview

LobbyingData.com is an alternative data platform offering a comprehensive suite of lobbying information products. The core offering is the U.S. Lobbying Database covering 100% of federal lobbying activity with over 1.6 million contracts from 1999-present. This is delivered through multiple channels: the Datastore provides individual datasets for 1,300+ ticker symbols; the REST API enables real-time and bulk data access via AWS S3; the Daily Dashboard offers publicly accessible visualization; and Custom Research (Insights) provides tailored analysis. Additional products include Government Affairs Search for finding lobbying firms and Academic Research Data partnerships for universities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• U.S. Lobbying Database (Real-Time & Historical Alternative Data) Comprehensive database covering 100% of U.S. federal lobbying activity with 1.6M+ contracts, 200,000+ entities, 78,000 lobbyists, and 13,000+ lobbying firms from 1999-present, with real-time updates and ticker symbol mapping for publicly traded companies.
• Lobbying Data REST API REST API providing real-time and historical access to the U.S. lobbying database, including 1.6M+ contracts and 200,000+ entities with tickerized corporate lobbying, available via AWS S3 or direct API.
• Datastore (Individual Datasets) Browseable self-serve store of individual datasets for 1,300+ ticker symbols covering lobbying spending, bills, and issues from 1999-present, updated weekly with unlimited downloads on a 1-year license at $99.95 per dataset.
• Daily Lobbying Data Dashboard Publicly accessible lobbying data dashboard, updated every 24 hours, with powerful searching and filtering capabilities for real-time and historical lobbying data.
• Government Affairs Search Data-driven search service that produces comprehensive reports on the top advocacy firms and government affairs professionals based on specific requirements and issue areas.
• Lobbying Insights (Custom Research) Custom research services on the lobbying industry at the client/company, lobbying firm, issue, bill, or lobbyist level, including custom datasets, visualizations, and real-time monitoring delivered by a dedicated research team.
• Bulk Historical Data (Flat-Fee License) One-time flat-fee bulk historical lobbying data (1999-present) delivered in CSV, JSON, DTA, or PKL format via AWS S3 within 24 hours.
• Academic Research Data (via Dewey Data) Academic-priced access to LobbyingData.com's lobbying datasets for universities and academic researchers, delivered through the Dewey Data platform partnership.

Quantifiable outcome

• First and only publicly accessible lobbying data dashboard with powerful searching and filtering abilities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dewey DatacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 5 July 2023Strategic partnership making LobbyingData.com's exhaustive lobbying data feeds available for purchase on the Dewey platform. Academics can access specific details about lobbying firms, agencies, issues, and expenditure. Dewey account holders can explore sample datasets for free.
• Eagle AlphacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed on Eagle Alpha, the leading alternative data aggregation platform and advisor, making lobbying data accessible to their client base of alternative data buyers.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationListed on AWS Data Exchange. AWS manages infrastructure while LobbyingData.com provides data products. Data delivered via AWS S3 for cloud-based access.
• FactsetcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed on Factset marketplace, making real-time and historical tickerized U.S. lobbying database available to Factset's financial data customers.
• NeudataminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed on Neudata's SaaS catalogue of 5,000+ dataset reports, providing tools for users to easily search, source, manage and compare alternative data.
• DataRademinorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed on DataRade, which provides easy access to find, compare, and access data products from 500+ premium data providers across the globe.
• Nomad DataminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed on Nomad Data platform for data discovery and acquisition.
• Vested FuturesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner listed on partnerships page, nature of partnership for delivering real-time alternative data on American lobbying.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OpenSecrets: OpenSecrets (Center for Responsive Politics) tracks money-in-U.S.-politics data including lobbying disclosures, and is the most analogous non-profit source for federal lobbying information. It overlaps directly with LobbyingData.com's core dataset but distributes data primarily for journalism and civic use rather than financial-services commercial applications.
• Quid: Quid, owned by FiscalNote, is an AI-driven alternative data platform that ingests large unstructured datasets (including government/policy documents) for enterprise analytics. It is a direct competitor in the broader alternative-data-for-financial-decision-making category that LobbyingData.com serves.
• Quorum Analytics: Quorum (a FiscalNote company) is a public affairs and government relations software platform that helps organizations track lobbying, legislation, and stakeholders. It is comparable as a competing platform for government-affairs data workflows, though it focuses more on in-house corporate use cases versus LobbyingData.com's investor-focused alternative data angle.
• RavenPack: RavenPack provides alternative data and analytics to hedge funds and asset managers, including news, regulatory filings, and political/policy signals. It targets the same financial-services buyer base as LobbyingData.com and represents a well-capitalized incumbent that could expand into lobbying data.
• Capitol Trades: Capitol Trades aggregates U.S. congressional financial disclosure data for use by investors as an alternative dataset, mirroring the same model of turning government disclosures into investment-grade data. It is highly comparable in approach, target customer, and dataset type to LobbyingData.com.
• 2iQ Research: 2iQ Research specializes in insider transaction and capital markets intelligence derived from regulatory disclosures, sold primarily to hedge funds and financial institutions. It uses a comparable alternative-data business model and target customer segment as LobbyingData.com, focused on government disclosure data.
• FiscalNote: FiscalNote is a leading policy and government data SaaS provider serving enterprises with lobbying, regulatory, and legislative intelligence. It competes directly with LobbyingData.com in monetizing government affairs data for institutional customers, though FiscalNote operates at much larger scale and broader scope (CQ Roll Call, VoterVoice, Quorum, Quid).

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence provides comprehensive financial and alternative data to institutional investors, overlapping with LobbyingData.com's buyer base. As a broad incumbent with significant scale, it could integrate lobbying data into existing enterprise offerings and outcompete niche specialists.
• Bloomberg Terminal: Bloomberg Terminal is the dominant incumbent financial data platform serving hedge funds and asset managers. While it does not specialize in lobbying data, its installed enterprise customer base represents both a potential distribution channel (similar to Factset) and a competitive threat if it broadens political-intelligence offerings.

Emerging players

• Drill Down Reporting: Drill Down Reporting is an emerging analytics provider focused on lobbying disclosure data for compliance, advocacy, and research use cases. It targets a similar data set as LobbyingData.com but with a different buyer profile (compliance/advocacy rather than hedge funds), making it a partial-overlap emerging competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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