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Lobbying reported per quarter

reported amounts per quarter, latest version of each report

There are two charts here because there are two different amounts. A lobbying firm reports income: what it was paid. A company that lobbies for itself reports expenses: what it spent, under one of three accounting methods it picks itself. Both appear under this company, and they are not the same measurement — so they are never added, not in a bar and not in a total.

Reported income: what lobbying firms reported receiving from this company's clients, per quarter.

Reported expenses: what this company reported spending on its own lobbying, per quarter, under the accounting method it picked itself.

Before 2025, these bars cover only the lobbying relationships that were still active in 2025 or later. Engagements that ended earlier are not included, so those years may be higher than shown.

Reported income

Q1Q2Q3Q4
$0$500k$1M2009: no report held for Q1, no report held for Q2, no report held for Q3, $0 Q420092010: $0 Q1, $0 Q2, $0 Q3, $0 Q420102011: $0 Q1, $0 Q2, $0 Q3, $40k Q420112012: $40k Q1, $40k Q2, $60k Q3, $100k Q420122013: $100k Q1, $100k Q2, $120k Q3, $120k Q420132014: $120k Q1, $120k Q2, $120k Q3, $110k Q420142015: $120k Q1, $120k Q2, $120k Q3, $120k Q420152016: $100k Q1, $90k Q2, $90k Q3, $90k Q420162017: $100k Q1, $90k Q2, $90k Q3, $90k Q420172018: $90k Q1, $90k Q2, $90k Q3, $90k Q420182019: $90k Q1, $90k Q2, $130k Q3, $150k Q420192020: $150k Q1, $150k Q2, $150k Q3, $150k Q420202021: $190k Q1, $190k Q2, $190k Q3, $190k Q420212022: $190k Q1, $190k Q2, $190k Q3, $190k Q420222023: $200k Q1, $200k Q2, $200k Q3, $200k Q420232024: $200k Q1, $200k Q2, $200k Q3, $200k Q420242025: $200k Q1, $200k Q2, $200k Q3, $200k Q420252026: $200k Q1, $260k Q2, $260k Q32026

Reported expenses

Q1Q2Q3Q4
$0$2.5M$5M2009: no report held for Q1, no report held for Q2, no report held for Q3, $200k Q420092010: $420k Q1, $258k Q2, $310k Q3, $290k Q420102011: $290k Q1, $370k Q2, $460k Q3, $430k Q420112012: $530k Q1, $480k Q2, $510k Q3, $600k Q420122013: $530k Q1, $530k Q2, $590k Q3, $620k Q420132014: $540k Q1, $510k Q2, $540k Q3, $510k Q420142015: $540k Q1, $570k Q2, $500k Q3, $550k Q420152016: $590k Q1, $590k Q2, $540k Q3, $400k Q420162017: $450k Q1, $350k Q2, $390k Q3, $420k Q420172018: $410k Q1, $370k Q2, $440k Q3, $370k Q420182019: $380k Q1, $410k Q2, $580k Q3, $430k Q420192020: $460k Q1, $480k Q2, $470k Q3, $450k Q420202021: $630k Q1, $430k Q2, $430k Q3, $480k Q420212022: $500k Q1, $560k Q2, $670k Q3, $590k Q420222023: $890k Q1, $600k Q2, $590k Q3, $590k Q420232024: $800k Q1, $600k Q2, $720k Q3, $830k Q420242025: $900k Q1, $770k Q2, $840k Q3, $880k Q420252026: $620k Q1, $630k Q2, $540k Q32026

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Register facts only. Everything on this page comes from filings made under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and kept by the Secretary of the Senate. We read the filings, we link a client to a listed company where a reviewed rule allows it, and we add nothing else. No score, no ranking and no judgement is attached to lobbying on this site. See the methodology and about this site.

10 superseded versions left out of the quarterly sums, listed here.

5 of 230 filings
The most recently posted lobbying filings for MCD
RegistrantFilingAmountPosted RegistrantAmountFilingAll amountsPosted
MCDONALD'S CORPORATIONfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$540,000expenses (A)posted Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)MCDONALD'S CORPORATIONfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION$540,000expenses (A) · Oct 203rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$540,000expenses (A)Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLCfor MCDONALDS CORPORATION3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$60,000incomeposted Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLCfor MCDONALDS CORPORATION$60,000income · Oct 203rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$60,000incomeOct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
INVARIANT LLCfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$80,000incomeposted Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)INVARIANT LLCfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION$80,000income · Oct 203rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$80,000incomeOct 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLPfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$80,000incomeposted Oct 19, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 19, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLPfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION$80,000income · Oct 193rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$80,000incomeOct 19, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
MILLER & CHEVALIER CHARTEREDfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$40,000incomeposted Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)MILLER & CHEVALIER CHARTEREDfor MCDONALD'S CORPORATION$40,000income · Oct 163rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$40,000incomeOct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)

The link between the client names above and MCD is a reviewed rule of ours, not something the filing states: an LD-2 names a client and carries no ticker, no CIK and no LEI.