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The interest representatives registered to influence EU policy, ranked by their declared annual EU lobbying budget. Figures are self-declared bands from the official Transparency Register.

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27/08/2026
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Coverage limitations: Budgets are self-declared ranges, not audited expenditure. This page does not provide a complete structured record of every meeting with every MEP.

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Interest representativeCategoryCountryDeclared EU spendEP badges
EPRI Europe DACThink tanks and research institutionsIRELAND€1,000,000 – €1,249,9990
League of European Research Universities(LERU)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€1,000,000 – €1,249,9991
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€800,000 – €899,9990
European Policy Forum(EPF)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€600,000 – €699,9990
SINTEF AS(SINTEF)Think tanks and research institutionsNORWAY€500,000 – €599,9993
Concawe(Concawe)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€500,000 – €599,9990
TECNALIA Research & Innovation(TECNALIA)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€400,000 – €499,9990
Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz e. V.(Leibniz-Gemeinschaft)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€400,000 – €499,9993
Railforum Nederland(Railforum)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€400,000 – €499,9990
Farm Europe(FE)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€400,000 – €499,9994
Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites(CTIPC)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€300,000 – €399,9990
AINIA(AINIA)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€300,000 – €399,9990
DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V. - Technisch wissenschaftlicher Verein(DVGW e.V.)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€300,000 – €399,9990
EUROPE MEDIALAB(MEDIALAB)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€300,000 – €399,9993
EIT RawMaterials GmbH(EIT RawMaterials)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€300,000 – €399,9990
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement(CIRAD)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€300,000 – €399,9990
Netherlands Aerospace Centre(NLR)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€300,000 – €399,9990
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management ICLARM(ICLARM)Think tanks and research institutionsMALAYSIA€200,000 – €299,9990
Centro Europeo di Formazione Professionale(C.E.DI FO.P.)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€200,000 – €299,9990
Instituto Tecnológico de Informática(ITI)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€200,000 – €299,9990
International association for the study of insurance economics(Geneva Association)Think tanks and research institutionsSWITZERLAND€200,000 – €299,9990
Fundación CARTIF(CARTIF)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€200,000 – €299,9990
National Institute for Research and Development of isotopic and Molecualr Technologies(INCDTIM)Think tanks and research institutionsROMANIA€200,000 – €299,9990
EuroComment Srl(n/a)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€200,000 – €299,9990
Ecorys Nederland B.V.Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€200,000 – €299,9990
Water Europe(WE)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€200,000 – €299,9990
INSTITUTO DE BIOMECÁNICA DE VALENCIA(IBV)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€100,000 – €199,9990
AIMPLAS - Asociación de Investigación de Materiales Plásticos y Conexas(AIMPLAS)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€100,000 – €199,9990
European Business Club Assoziation e.V.(EBCA)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€100,000 – €199,9990
Innovate Europe Foundation(IE.F)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€100,000 – €199,9990
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Aerospatiala "Elie Carafoli"(INCAS)Think tanks and research institutionsROMANIA€100,000 – €199,9990
Centre for Cross Border Studies (now trading under the name Centre for Cross Border Cooperation)(CCBC)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€100,000 – €199,9990
Climate Positive Europe Alliance(CPEA)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9990
Centre de Recherches Métallurgiques(CRM asbl)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9990
FUNDACIÓN GADEA POR LA CIENCIA(FGC)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€100,000 – €199,9990
New Horizons Project(NHP)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9991
Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics(EREA)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€100,000 – €199,9990
TEKNA srl(Chef Academy)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€100,000 – €199,9990
Flanders Make(Flanders Make)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9990
EU Matrix(EUmatrix.eu)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9990
Free Trade EuropaThink tanks and research institutionsSWEDEN€100,000 – €199,9991
European Policy Information Center(EPICENTER)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9995
Competere - Policies for sustainable development(Competere Policy Lab)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€100,000 – €199,9992
Fonden Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping(MMMCZCS)Think tanks and research institutionsDENMARK€100,000 – €199,9990
RINA CONSULTING-Centro Sviluppo Materiali(CSM SPA)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€100,000 – €199,9990
Coppieters Foundation(Coppieters)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9992
The Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology(DBI)Think tanks and research institutionsDENMARK€100,000 – €199,9990
Weizenbaum-Institut e.V.(WI)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€100,000 – €199,9990
Center for Adaptive Security Research & Applications (CASRA)(CASRA/APSS)Think tanks and research institutionsSWITZERLAND€100,000 – €199,9990
Stiftung Ordnungspolitik - Centrum für Europäische Politik(CEP)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€100,000 – €199,9990
LSE IDEASThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€100,000 – €199,9990
Institute for Diplomacy and Economy(InstituDE)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€100,000 – €199,9990
VITAVA marketing in trgovina d.o.o.(VITAVA, d.o.o.)Think tanks and research institutionsSLOVENIA€100,000 – €199,9990
McKinsey Global Institute(MGI)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES€50,000 – €99,9990
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières(BRGM)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€50,000 – €99,9990
eSDScomThink tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€50,000 – €99,9990
Rhodium Group, LLCThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES€50,000 – €99,9990
CoLAB +ATLANTIC(+ATL)Think tanks and research institutionsPORTUGAL€50,000 – €99,9990
SCOPE Europe (Self and Co-Regulation for an Optimized Policy Environment in Europe)(SCOPE Europe)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€50,000 – €99,9990
Think Tank EUROPA(TTE)Think tanks and research institutionsDENMARK€50,000 – €99,9990
FORUM ATENA(FA)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€50,000 – €99,9990
European Access Academy Faculty hosted by Vlerick Business School(EAA Faculty)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€50,000 – €99,9990
Centenary Policy Institute(CPI)Think tanks and research institutionsLITHUANIA€50,000 – €99,9990
CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DAS INDUSTRIAS TÊXTIL E DO VESTUÁRIO DE PORTUGAL(CITEVE)Think tanks and research institutionsPORTUGAL€50,000 – €99,9990
Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Metali Niezelaznych(IMN)Think tanks and research institutionsPOLAND€50,000 – €99,9990
tgo AGThink tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€50,000 – €99,9990
CERTIPASSThink tanks and research institutionsITALY€50,000 – €99,9990
Fundacion IDONIAL(IDONIAL)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€50,000 – €99,9990
Rocky Mountain Institute(RMI)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES€50,000 – €99,9990
CERIC ERIC(CERIC)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€50,000 – €99,9990
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil(LNEC)Think tanks and research institutionsPORTUGAL€25,000 – €49,9990
A Plastic PlanetThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€25,000 – €49,9990
European Expertise and Expert Institute(EEEI)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€25,000 – €49,9990
IRCCS SYNLAB SDN srl(IRCCS SYNLAB SDN)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€25,000 – €49,9990
The Russell Group of UniversitiesThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€25,000 – €49,9991
Stichting Sustainable Finance Lab(SFL)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€25,000 – €49,9992
Cross Border Data Forum, Inc.(CBDF)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES€25,000 – €49,9990
Nordic Counter Terrorism Network ry(NCTN)Think tanks and research institutionsFINLAND€25,000 – €49,9990
Smart Story Labs(SSL)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED ARAB EMIRATES€25,000 – €49,9990
Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology(Wetsus)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€25,000 – €49,9990
Datapraxis OUThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€25,000 – €49,9990
OIKOS(OIKOS)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€25,000 – €49,9990
Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla(ICENT)Think tanks and research institutionsCROATIA€25,000 – €49,9990
Fundación Gaspar Casal(FGC)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€25,000 – €49,9990
Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law(CCPL)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES€25,000 – €49,9990
Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science(CIRS)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€25,000 – €49,9990
SINTEF Energi ASThink tanks and research institutionsNORWAY€25,000 – €49,9990
Lars und Christian Engel Stiftung(LUCE Stiftung)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€25,000 – €49,9990
Fondazione Patto per la Decarbonizzazione del Trasporto Aereo(Fondazione PACTA)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€25,000 – €49,9990
Verein für europäische Binnenschifffahrt und Wasserstraßen e.V.(VBW)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€25,000 – €49,9990
ATNi (Access to Nutrition initiative)(ATNi)Think tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS€25,000 – €49,9990
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA - SB(ICSM)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€25,000 – €49,9990
Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico, Mueble, Madera, Embalaje y Afines(AIDIMME)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€25,000 – €49,9990
Who Targets Me LtdThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€25,000 – €49,9990
Inštitút cirkulárnej ekonomiky, o.z.(INCIEN SK)Think tanks and research institutionsSLOVAKIA€25,000 – €49,9990
Asociación Empresarial de Investigación Centro Tecnológico de las Materias Primas Minerales y Materiales(CTM)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€10,000 – €24,9990
Global Water Intelligence(GWI)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€10,000 – €24,9990
Silicon Austria Labs GmbH(SAL)Think tanks and research institutionsAUSTRIA€10,000 – €24,9990
Simbiosofia Consulenza & Formazione(Simbiosofia)Think tanks and research institutionsITALY€10,000 – €24,9990
ThinkYoung(TY)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€10,000 – €24,9990
Federatia Marelui Orient Al Romaniei(MOAR)Think tanks and research institutionsROMANIA€10,000 – €24,9990
Centrum voor Informatie over de Media vzw(CIM)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€10,000 – €24,9990
FUNDACION PARA EL FOMENTO DE LA INNOVACION INDUSTRIAL(FFII)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€10,000 – €24,9990
Basque Research and Technology Alliance(BRTA)Think tanks and research institutionsSPAIN€10,000 – €24,9990
Tech Integrity InstituteThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES€10,000 – €24,9990
The Genesis InitiativeThink tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM€10,000 – €24,9990
INVI - Institut for Vilde ProblemerThink tanks and research institutionsDENMARK€10,000 – €24,9990
CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE & TECHNIQUE DE L'INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE(Centexbel)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€10,000 – €24,9990
European Association of Private International Law(EAPIL)Think tanks and research institutionsLUXEMBOURG€10,000 – €24,9990
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de l'Industrie du Béton(CERIB)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€10,000 – €24,9990
AS TFTAK(TFTAK)Think tanks and research institutionsESTONIA€10,000 – €24,9990
European Composites Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform(ECP4)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€10,000 – €24,9990
cnetz - Verein für Netzpolitik e.V.Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€10,000 – €24,9992
Association of European Space Research Establishments(ESRE)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM€10,000 – €24,9990
Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije(ZAG)Think tanks and research institutionsSLOVENIA€10,000 – €24,9990
Open Logistics Foundation(OLF)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY€10,000 – €24,9990
Groupement d’Intérêt Public ARRONAX(GIP ARRONAX)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE€10,000 – €24,9990
JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH(JR)Think tanks and research institutionsAUSTRIA€10,000 – €24,9990
BAKAMO Limited(Bakamo)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM< €10,0000
Emma van der Leest Design & ResearchThink tanks and research institutionsNETHERLANDS< €10,0000
Sabine MuscatThink tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM< €10,0000
Women's Brain Foundation(WBF)Think tanks and research institutionsSWITZERLAND< €10,0000
The Scotch Whisky Research Institute(SWRI)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM< €10,0000
Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum(OMFIF)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM< €10,0000
Institut für Tourismus- und Bäderforschung in Nordeuropa GmbH (NIT)(NIT)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY< €10,0000
Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH(RECENDT)Think tanks and research institutionsAUSTRIA< €10,0000
Digital Euro Association e.V.(DEA)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY< €10,0000
TDIE (Transport Développement Intermodalité Environnement)(TDIE)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE< €10,0000
Board of Quality Standards(BQS)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED KINGDOM< €10,0000
Ludwig von Mises Institute Europe(LVMI Europe)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM< €10,0000
THE GOOD ADVERTISING PROJECT(THE GAP)Think tanks and research institutionsFRANCE< €10,0000
INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL STUDIES(ISP)Think tanks and research institutionsALBANIA< €10,0000
European Society for Brain Stimulation(ESBS)Think tanks and research institutionsSWITZERLAND< €10,0000
4iP Council EU AISBL(4iP Council)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM< €10,0000
Steinbeis Europa Zentrum(Steinbeis)Think tanks and research institutionsGERMANY< €10,0000
Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH(FhA)Think tanks and research institutionsAUSTRIA< €10,0000
European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center(ESISC)Think tanks and research institutionsBELGIUM< €10,0000
International Capital Strategies LLC(ICS)Think tanks and research institutionsUNITED STATES< €10,0000
Circular Economy Forum AustriaThink tanks and research institutionsAUSTRIA< €10,0000
Net Zero Innovation HubThink tanks and research institutionsDENMARK< €10,0000

Source: EU Transparency Register (joint Parliament / Commission / Council register of interest representatives), via the EU Open Data Portal. Spend figures are self-declared annual EU lobbying-cost bands. Per-MEP lobby meetings are not yet available as structured open data and are not shown here.