Corporate lobbying staff nearly doubled across Europe in under a decade

Evidence

Another indirect measure on overall CPA level development is presented in Table 5.2. It shows the development of the number of employees working in PA units. For Germany, in 1999 the mean number was 10.6 employees which increased to 17.3 in 2007; or by 63 per cent. On EU level, the PA employee number almost doubled from 7.8 in 1999 to 14.8 in 2007. — Georg Schreyögg and Jörg Sydow, The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence, 391

Categorization

• SHARE: Precise numbers (10.6 to 17.3 in Germany; 7.8 to 14.8 EU-wide) for someone tracking the lobbying industry.
• CANDY: Corporate lobbying headcount doubling in eight years is an easy, tweetable stat.