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BUSINESS OWNER

Total Donated

$82,755,159

Contributions

221,498

Unique Donors

13,449

Donors who listed BUSINESS OWNER as occupation account for $82,755,159 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those receipts are 221,498 contributions from 13,449 donor records. The two-word label is stored apart from OWNER even though both describe proprietorship in ordinary speech. In compact form that dollar total is $82.8 million in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data.

Key figures

  • BUSINESS OWNER occupation itemizations sum to $82,755,159 from 221,498 contributions and 13,449 donors.
  • OWNER and SELF-EMPLOYED are separate occupation keys.
  • Mean amounts are about $374 per contribution and about $6,153 per donor record.
  • The title is self-reported text, not a business-license match.

A longer owner string with its own facts

13,449 donor records is a smaller pool than the OWNER key in this harvest. $82,755,159 across that pool averages about $6,153 per donor record. Across 221,498 itemizations the mean is about $374 per contribution. About 16 contributions per donor is the repeat rate, higher than OWNER’s roughly 10-to-1 ratio in the same extract.

Those differences are filing-pattern facts, not proof that BUSINESS OWNER donors are a different class of firms. People pick a short word or a longer phrase. This overlay does not merge the keys.

SELF-EMPLOYED is another neighboring label. A proprietor who wrote SELF-EMPLOYED is not in $82,755,159.

What the title does not encode

BUSINESS OWNER does not name the product, the headcount, or the legal form. An LLC member, a sole proprietor, and a multi-shop operator can share the string. Best-efforts collection records the donor’s words, not a business-license match.

Employer may repeat the company name or say self. Employer is not one of the three packet facts. Industry pages group employer categories and will not equal this occupation total.

Full analysis: BUSINESS OWNER occupation totals in FEC data →

Questions

How much have BUSINESS OWNER donors given?
Occupation BUSINESS OWNER is attached to $82,755,159 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 221,498 contributions and 13,449 donor records. OWNER is a separate string and is not included. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
Why isn’t this combined with OWNER?
Occupation is free text. The bulk file stores OWNER and BUSINESS OWNER as different keys. This page cites only $82,755,159, 221,498 contributions, and 13,449 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
Does BUSINESS OWNER tell me the industry?
No. The occupation field does not encode sector. Industry pages use other fields. Adding occupation and industry totals double-counts overlapping rows. The matching contribution count is 221,498 and the matching donor-record count is 13,449. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.
What is the average BUSINESS OWNER contribution?
$82,755,159 divided by 221,498 itemizations is about $374 per contribution. Divided by 13,449 donors, the mean is about $6,153 per donor record. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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