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Lobbying20 May 2026·5 min read

One Organisation Has Met 599 EU Officials. No One Else Comes Close.

BusinessEurope has disclosed meetings with 599 unique EU officials — Commissioners, cabinet members, Directors-General, and heads of unit. Google, in second place, has met 434.

ByGovLens Data Team
599
unique EU officials met by BusinessEurope — the widest access network of any organisation
1,788
total meetings — also the highest of any single lobby organisation
165
official gap between BusinessEurope (599) and Google (434) in unique contacts

The organisation that meets everyone

BusinessEurope — the confederation of European industry federations — has met 599 unique EU officials across 1,788 disclosed meetings. To put that in context: the European Commission employs roughly 32,000 staff. BusinessEurope has met nearly 2% of them in a formal lobbying capacity.

Google, with the second-widest network, has met 434 officials. Microsoft reaches 327, CEFIC 341, and Amazon 292. These are significant numbers, but BusinessEurope's lead of 165 officials over its nearest competitor is extraordinary — it means they have access to entire layers of the Commission bureaucracy that no tech company reaches.

Lobby organisations by unique officials met
BusinessEurope
599 officials
Google
434 officials
CEFIC
341 officials
Microsoft
327 officials
ACEA (Auto)
292 officials
Amazon
292 officials
Meta
277 officials
Apple
232 officials
EFPIA (Pharma)
207 officials
BEUC (Consumer)
199 officials
Kreab (Consultancy)
179 officials
Airbus
176 officials
Shell
172 officials

The consultancy question

Kreab Worldwide — a lobbying consultancy — has met 179 unique officials. Unlike trade associations or corporations, consultancies meet officials on behalf of undisclosed clients. Kreab's 367 total meetings represent access that is effectively invisible: the meetings are disclosed, but the ultimate beneficiary is not.

Shell (172 officials), Airbus (176), and the American Chamber of Commerce (155) round out the top 15. The data is searchable on GovLens: pick any organisation and see exactly which officials they met, when, and about what.