OWNER as FEC employer text: $8.4 million

A one-word title instead of a company name

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. Many self-employed filers type OWNER instead of a legal company name. The $8,415,493 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not Census employer-firm counts, not a NAICS 5511 or 531 rollup of holding companies and real estate, and not an NFIB-style PAC.

People who typed BUSINESS OWNER, ENTREPRENEUR, CONTRACTOR, CONSTRUCTION, or a named LLC sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into OWNER. The FEC field records stored text, not a secretary-of-state business roster.

1,206 donors and 20,751 lines

1,206 unique donors produced 20,751 OWNER contribution lines totaling $8,415,493. That is on the order of 17 itemized receipts per donor. Unique-donor count is larger than several firm-name rows in this dollar band, as expected for a generic title used across trades. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and committee PAC filings are outside the $8,415,493 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 20,751 lines are expected.

BUSINESS OWNER and ENTREPRENEUR stay separate

BUSINESS OWNER, ENTREPRENEUR, CONTRACTOR, and CONSTRUCTION are separate keys. Combining them with OWNER would invent a small-business recode. This page stays at $8,415,493 for the one-word title only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside OWNER — president, self-employed, realtor — as typed. A donor who listed a specific company legal name is not in these 1,206 people unless the receipt grouped to OWNER.

Donor table without industry inference

The OWNER donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a storefront, a franchise, or a motive to that line. The title does not identify the trade.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the title. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $8,415,493, 20,751 contributions, 1,206 donors, top employer OWNER. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Unitemized gifts, state races, and small-business PACs are omitted.

Compare BUSINESS OWNER, ENTREPRENEUR, and CONTRACTOR on the industry index. Occupation breakdowns show titles beside OWNER. Cite $8,415,493 from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a Census employer-firm table.

BUSINESS OWNER, named LLCs, and CONTRACTOR stay out

OWNER as a one-word title is not BUSINESS OWNER, not ENTREPRENEUR, not CONTRACTOR, and not a named LLC. Those strings sit on other keys. The $8,415,493 total, 20,751 contribution lines, and 1,206 donors describe this generic title only. CONSTRUCTION remains a trade-word row. The stored word does not identify the trade.

Unitemized gifts, state races, small-business PACs, and Census employer-firm counts stay outside the $8,415,493. Occupation pages show titles beside OWNER. People who still type the one-word title remain in the 1,206. The FEC field is not a secretary-of-state business roster. Repeat names among 20,751 lines are expected.

Open the OWNER donor table for disclosed names and committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a storefront or franchise inference. Cite $8,415,493, 20,751 contributions, and 1,206 donors from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Do not add BUSINESS OWNER to this title and call the sum a small-business industry.

Researchers who want a small-business recode must list BUSINESS OWNER, ENTREPRENEUR, CONTRACTOR, and named LLCs as separate additions. The $8,415,493 figure does not absorb those rows. It stays on OWNER as 1,206 donors and 20,751 lines. The stored word does not identify the trade. Follow recipient committees on the OWNER donor table. Party share is not computed on the industry headline. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, self-reported employer text, not a Census employer-firm table and not a secretary-of-state roster.

Questions

How much have OWNER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $8,415,493 to the OWNER employer string, from 20,751 contributions and 1,206 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a small-business PAC and not a NAICS business-owner total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this the same as BUSINESS OWNER or ENTREPRENEUR?

No. BUSINESS OWNER and ENTREPRENEUR are separate employer strings with their own pages. The $8,415,493 total is only receipts whose grouped text is OWNER. Named companies sit in other keys. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include contractors and construction owners?

Only if the receipt grouped to OWNER. CONTRACTOR and CONSTRUCTION are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the one-word title OWNER. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique donors listed OWNER?

The rollup counts 1,206 donors and 20,751 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count — on the order of 17 itemized receipts per donor. This is not a secretary-of-state business census. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.