The Abt Electronics NOligarchy Profile
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Abt Electronics scores 95.13 out of 100 on the NOligarchy Score, covering the period from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period). Across every source this project tracks — federal lobbying filings, Political Action Committee (PAC) databases, Federal Election Commission (FEC) contribution records, regulatory enforcement databases, executive compensation disclosures, and shareholder payout data — no records have yet been matched to this company. That absence may reflect genuine non-participation in these activities, or it may reflect the limits of current public matching. Either way, it is a finding about the state of available records, not a confirmed verdict on the company’s conduct.
Current Pillar Scores
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
74.7
Playing by the Rules
100.0
Score history — 23 quarters
Tier bands show where each quarter's score falls — no numeric y-axis needed. The dashed ring marks the year-over-year comparison point. Tap any quarter but the first to see its pillar breakdown.
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Political Access Grade: 100/100. No federal lobbying filings and no PAC contributions appear in the tracked databases for the two-year period. The score reflects the absence of matched records, not a verified zero.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 74.67/100. No buyback, dividend, or CEO pay data has been matched to Abt Electronics. The grade is held back from a perfect score by a sector-level benchmark CEO pay estimate from the AFL-CIO — a stand-in for the company’s own undisclosed figures, not a confirmed company filing.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No fines or violations appear in the tracked enforcement databases for the two-year period. Again, this reflects the current state of matched records.
The Sector Context: Abt Electronics ranks 2nd out of 12 companies in the Electronics and appliance retailers sector. Its score of 95.13 sits above the sector average of 83.5, placing it among the stronger performers on this measure — though the score is shaped more by missing data than by a robust public record of restraint.
The Bottom Line: A Company the Public Record Has Not Yet Caught Up With
No lobbying, PAC, executive-donation, CEO pay, stock buyback, fine, or subsidy records have been matched to Abt Electronics across any source this project tracks during Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. That is the honest finding: the data is not there. Abt is a privately held company with an estimated annual revenue of approximately $400 million — per Wikipedia’s infobox figure — and private companies face far fewer mandatory disclosure requirements than publicly traded ones, which means less is visible regardless of what they actually spend or earn. What can be said is that the company holds 0.2% of the Electronics and appliance retailers market, and essentially none of its financial behavior inside that market is visible through public filings.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No federal lobbying filings, no PAC contributions, and no executive donations to federal candidates appear in the tracked sources for Abt Electronics during the two-year period. There are no issue areas, no bills, no lobbying firms, and no revolving-door hires to report — because no filings that would generate that data have been matched to this company.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Abt Electronics filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
Whether that means Abt Electronics genuinely stays out of Washington influence campaigns, or whether its participation routes through channels not yet captured here, is not something the available record can answer.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No stock buyback totals, no dividend payments, and no company-reported CEO compensation figures have been matched to Abt Electronics. As a privately held company, Abt is not required to disclose any of these figures. The best available proxy for the executive pay gap is a sector-level benchmark: according to AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, the CEO pay ratio for comparable companies in this industry stands at 24:1 — meaning a CEO in this sector is estimated to earn 24 times what a typical worker takes home. Abt Electronics itself has not confirmed or published any actual figure, and no company filing exists to check that estimate against.
Because no buyback or dividend data exists for Abt in the public record, there is no basis to calculate what shareholders received or what those funds could have meant for workers. That calculation simply isn’t possible here.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No fines, no regulatory penalties, and no violations are recorded for Abt Electronics in the enforcement databases checked for this profile. No pattern of infractions exists to identify, no single largest case to detail, and no public subsidy data to contrast against a compliance record. This reflects what the currently available records show — not necessarily the company’s complete history.
The Data Evidence
No violations database link, subsidies database link, SEC 10-K, or proxy statement filing is available for Abt Electronics — it is a privately held company not subject to those disclosure requirements.