Google

Who owns it

No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.

What’s documented

• 2026-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$1,397,384 to federal candidates/committees (2026 cycle).source →
• 2026-06-24lobbying7 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2026).source →
• 2025-12-31lobbyingReported ~$345,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2025) on Budget/Appropriations, Computer Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Copyright/Patent/Trademark…; lobbied 2 government entities.source →
• 2025-12-16lobbying18 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2025).source →
• 2025-09-03legalProceedingA federal jury in San Francisco awarded $425.7 million in damages on September 3, 2025 against Google for privacy violations affecting nearly 100 million users (174 million devices) over an eight-year period. The jury found Google continued collecting third-party app data even after users disabled the "Web & App Activity" setting.source →
• 2025-09-02legalProceedingIn September 2025, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google would not be required to divest Chrome or Android, but barred the company from including search in exclusive contracts and required it to share certain search data with competitors — the remedies phase of the August 2024 monopolization ruling.source →
• 2024-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$1,409,500 to federal candidates/committees (2024 cycle).source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingReported ~$200,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2024) on Budget/Appropriations, Computer Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Defense…; lobbied 2 government entities.source →
• 2024-11-25lobbying20 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2024); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Climate, Economic Development….source →
• 2023-11-01lobbying11 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2023); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Climate, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2022-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$1,482,500 to federal candidates/committees (2022 cycle).source →
• 2022-11-09lobbying17 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2022); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Consumer Issues, Defence….source →
• 2021-12-06lobbying6 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2021); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Consumer Issues, Economic Development….source →
• 2020-12-14lobbying6 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2020); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Consumer Issues, Economic Development….source →
• 2019-11-04lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2019); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Economic Development, Elections….source →
• 2018-11-15lobbying12 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2018); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Economic Development, Elections….source →
• 2017-12-15lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2017); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Economic Development, Government Procurement, Immigration….source →
• 2016-12-16lobbying13 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2016); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Economic Development, Government Procurement….source →
• 2015-07-15lobbying7 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2015); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Budget, Economic Development, Government Procurement….source →
• 2014-12-15lobbying15 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2014); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Economic Development, Government Procurement, Immigration….source →
• 2013-10-25lobbying14 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2013); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Economic Development, Government Procurement, Immigration….source →
• 2012-10-10lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2012); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Government Procurement, Industry, Intellectual Property….source →
• 2011-11-14lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2011); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Trade….source →
• 2010-10-18lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2010); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Trade….source →
• 2009-10-05lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2009); subjects: Broadcasting, Intellectual Property, Other, Science and Technology, Small Business….source →
• 2008-08-13lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2008); subjects: Broadcasting, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, Telecommunications.source →

What we’ve classified so far

• surveillance1
• monopoly abuse1

24 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.