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14 lobbyists registered to represent five principals from Venice during 2020, according to data from the Florida’s Lobbyist Registration Office.

A principal is the entity which employs or retains a lobbyist. This can include a lobbying firm, person, corporation or association. Venice principals retaining the most lobbyists during the year were The City of Venice, Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida and Waste Management, Inc. of Florida.

There were 8,798 statewide principals represented by lobbyists registered in the year.

Tallahassee is the city with the biggest number of principals represented by lobbyists registered in the state.

Rank	City	Total Principals
1	Tallahassee	532
2	Tampa	204
3	Miami	202
4	Orlando	138
5	Jacksonville	132
6	Fort Lauderdale	98
7	St. Petersburg	63
8	Sarasota	55
9	West Palm Beach	49
9	Boca Raton	49
11	Gainesville	35
11	Coral Gables	35
13	Clearwater	33
14	Fort Myers	32
15	Pensacola	31
16	Lakeland	27
17	Bradenton	23
17	Naples	23
19	Sunrise	22
20	St. Augustine	21
20	Hollywood	21
22	Kissimmee	20
22	Daytona Beach	20
24	Ocala	18
25	Maitland	17
25	Pompano Beach	17
27	Winter Park	16
28	Melbourne	15
28	Altamonte Springs	15
28	Miami Beach	15
31	Doral	14
32	Fort Pierce	13
32	Miami Lakes	13
32	Brandon	13
32	Palm Beach Gardens	13
36	Key West	12
36	Sanford	12
38	Clewiston	11
38	Panama City	11
38	Hialeah	11
38	Aventura	11
38	Lake Mary	11
43	Punta Gorda	10
43	Stuart	10
43	Lake Worth	10
46	Deerfield Beach	9
46	Winter Haven	9
46	Delray Beach	9
46	Vero Beach	9
46	New Port Richey	9
51	Coconut Creek	8
51	Miramar	8
51	Bartow	8
51	Palatka	8
51	Coral Springs	8
51	Leesburg	8
51	North Miami	8
51	Brooksville	8
59	Hallandale Beach	7
59	Clermont	7
59	Davie	7
59	Okeechobee	7
59	Jupiter	7
59	Miami Gardens	7
59	Deland	7
59	Marianna	7
59	Oakland	7
59	Temple Terrace	7
59	Madison	7
70	Quincy	6
70	Riverview	6
70	Largo	6
70	Palmetto Bay	6
70	St. Cloud	6
70	Labelle	6
70	Pinellas Park	6
70	Moore Haven	6
70	Englewood	6
79	Orange Park	5
79	Land O'Lakes	5
79	Ormond Beach	5
79	Venice	5
79	Opa-locka	5
79	Sanibel	5
79	Niceville	5
79	Inverness	5
79	Port St. Lucie	5
79	Yulee	5
79	Tarpon Springs	5
90	Pembroke Pines	4
90	Lake City	4
90	Marathon	4
90	Lutz	4
90	Bunnell	4
90	Estero	4
90	Homestead	4
90	Palmetto	4
90	Plant City	4
90	Crawfordville	4
90	Milton	4
90	Seminole	4
90	Cape Canaveral	4
90	Miami Shores	4
90	Riviera Beach	4
90	Palm Beach	4
90	Winter Garden	4
90	Cocoa	4
90	Key Largo	4
90	Panama City Beach	4
90	Sebring	4
90	Tamarac	4
90	Longwood	4
90	Rockledge	4
90	Wellington	4
90	Blountstown	4
90	Bristol	4
117	Green Cove Springs	3
117	Oviedo	3
117	Tavares	3
117	Weston	3
117	Lake Wales	3
117	South Daytona	3
117	Bonita Springs	3
117	Lauderdale Lakes	3
117	Atlantic Beach	3
117	Bonifay	3
117	North Palm Beach	3
117	Palm Bay	3
117	Chipley	3
117	Arcadia	3
117	Heathrow	3
117	Immokalee	3
117	Key Biscayne	3
117	Port Charlotte	3
117	Royal Palm Beach	3
117	Tequesta	3
117	Boynton Beach	3
117	Dania Beach	3
117	Havana	3
117	Hobe Sound	3
117	Cape Coral	3
117	Cooper City	3
117	Indian Harbour Beach	3
117	Lehigh Acres	3
117	North Miami Beach	3
117	South Miami	3
117	Hialeah Gardens	3
117	Medley	3
117	Oldsmar	3
117	Fernandina Beach	3
117	Jasper	3
117	Palm Coast	3
153	Juno Beach	2
153	Miami Springs	2
153	Cutler Bay	2
153	Belle Glade	2
153	North Port	2
153	Navarre	2
153	Apalachicola	2
153	Flagler Beach	2
153	Surfside	2
153	Wauchula	2
153	Avon Park	2
153	Gretna	2
153	Mount Dora	2
153	Port Orange	2
153	Port St. Joe	2
153	Starke	2
153	Titusville	2
153	University Park	2
153	Winter Springs	2
153	Apopka	2
153	Crystal River	2
153	Debary	2
153	Indialantic	2
153	Lauderhill	2
153	North Redington Beach	2
153	Ocoee	2
153	Palm Harbor	2
153	Windermere	2
153	Alachua	2
153	Biscayne Park	2
153	Dunedin	2
153	Freeport	2
153	Live Oak	2
153	Nokomis	2
153	Oakland Park	2
153	St. Pete Beach	2
153	Alva	2
153	Belleview	2
153	Bushnell	2
153	Casselberry	2
153	Ebro	2
153	Florida City	2
153	Inglis	2
153	Macclenny	2
153	Pineland	2
153	Ruskin	2
199	Lake Buena Vista	1
199	Odessa	1
199	Bronson	1
199	Holmes Beach	1
199	Pembroke Park	1
199	The Villages	1
199	Thonotosassa	1
199	West Miami	1
199	Dade City	1
199	El Portal	1
199	Fort Walton Beach	1
199	Groveland	1
199	Longboat Key	1
199	North Lauderdale	1
199	Orange City	1
199	Seffner	1
199	Southwest Ranches	1
199	Valrico	1
199	Bal Harbour	1
199	Bradenton Beach	1
199	Branford	1
199	Charlotte Harbor	1
199	Chattahoochee	1
199	Eatonville	1
199	Fort Myers Beach	1
199	Greenacres	1
199	Gulf Breeze	1
199	Hosford	1
199	Howey-In-The-Hills	1
199	Jacksonville Beach	1
199	Jupiter Inlet Colony	1
199	Margate	1
199	Mascotte	1
199	Newberry	1
199	North Bay Village	1
199	Pinecrest	1
199	Polk City	1
199	Sunny Isles Beach	1
199	Valparaiso	1
199	Atlantis	1
199	Callahan	1
199	Crestview	1
199	Deltona	1
199	Floral City	1
199	Gulfport	1
199	Hastings	1
199	Hilliard	1
199	Jay	1
199	Jensen Beach	1
199	Key Colony Beach	1
199	Keystone Heights	1
199	Lake Placid	1
199	Lauderdale-By-The-Sea	1
199	Loxahatchee Groves	1
199	Madeira Beach	1
199	Mangonia Park	1
199	Oak Hill	1
199	Pahokee	1
199	Parkland	1
199	Perry	1
199	St. Leo	1
199	Sun City Center	1
199	Umatilla	1
199	Virginia Gardens	1
199	West Park	1
199	Wildwood	1
199	Zephyrhills	1
199	Anna Maria	1
199	Bascom	1
199	Bay Harbor Islands	1
199	Belleair	1
199	Bokeelia	1
199	Buckingham	1
199	Canal Point	1
199	Cross City	1
199	Destin	1
199	Eastpoint	1
199	Golden Beach	1
199	High Springs	1
199	Hudson	1
199	Jennings	1
199	Lake Alfred	1
199	Lake Clarke Shores	1
199	Lake Helen	1
199	Lighthouse Point	1
199	Malabar	1
199	Melbourne Village	1
199	Mexico Beach	1
199	Miramar Beach	1
199	Monticello	1
199	Satellite Beach	1
199	Shalimar	1
199	South Bay	1
199	Wilton Manors	1