The B&H Photo Video NOligarchy Profile
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B&H Photo Video earns a NOligarchy Score of 85.97 out of 100 — one of the stronger showings in its sector. But a significant portion of that score reflects the absence of matched public records rather than verified conduct. B&H is privately held and faces no obligation to file annual reports with regulators, leaving most of the financial picture that typically drives this score simply unavailable for scrutiny.
Current Pillar Scores
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
49.8
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 dollars spent, no Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions recorded, and no former government officials on the payroll have been matched to this company from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period). B&H does not appear in any of the federal influence databases this project tracks.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 48.49/100. Because B&H is privately held, it is not required to publish executive pay, buyback activity, or dividend distributions — and no such records have been matched to the company. The pay gap between ownership and the workforce floor can only be estimated from sector benchmarks, not from any B&H disclosure.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No fines, no regulatory penalties, and no public subsidy receipts have been matched to this company across the tracked sources for this period.
B&H Photo Video ranks 6th out of 11 companies in the Electronics and Appliance Retailers sector, against a sector average score of 77.7. B&H sits above that average — though it is worth noting that for a privately held company with fewer mandatory disclosure requirements, a higher score can partly reflect the absence of matchable records rather than a verified finding of stronger conduct.
The Bottom Line: No Matched Records Across Any Tracked Source
No lobbying, PAC, executive-donation, CEO pay, stock buyback, fine, or subsidy records have been matched to B&H Photo Video across any source this project tracks, covering Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. This reflects the current state of available public records — not a confirmed finding that the company spent nothing, paid its executives modestly, or faced no regulatory scrutiny. Private companies face fewer disclosure mandates than their publicly traded peers, and the gap between what is required and what is visible is real.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No federal lobbying filings, no PAC spending, no executive contributions to federal campaigns, and no former government officials on the payroll have been matched to B&H Photo Video in the tracked sources. The Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) search returns no results for the company. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) contribution database shows no employer-coded donations to federal candidates.
For a retailer competing in consumer electronics — a sector where companies routinely pour money into lobbying on tariff policy, import rules, sales tax legislation, and consumer data privacy — B&H’s complete absence from the federal influence record is notable. Whether that reflects a principled stance, a calculation that Washington isn’t worth the investment, or simply that matching records have not yet been linked to this company, the data does not say.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
B&H Photo Video filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
Pay Structure Hidden from Public View
No CEO pay, stock buyback, or dividend records have been matched to B&H Photo Video in the tracked sources. Because the company is privately held, it faces no Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requirement to report executive compensation or shareholder distributions, and it has not chosen to do so voluntarily.
The best available approximation is a sector benchmark: 307:1, based on AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch industry benchmarks for comparable companies in this sector, per AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch. That figure is not a disclosure from B&H — it is an estimate drawn from what similar companies in the same sector pay their leadership. No buyback or dividend data is recorded, meaning no comparison between shareholder payouts and workforce compensation can be made from the public record. The workers whose labor generates B&H’s revenue have no public mechanism to see how those distributions are decided.
No Violations in the Tracked Sources
No fines, regulatory penalties, or public enforcement actions have been matched to B&H Photo Video in the tracked sources for this period. No entries appear in the Good Jobs First violations database. No public subsidies were matched either.
That absence cannot be read as a confirmed clean record — it reflects what the available public record shows, or in this case, does not show. Privately held companies can face regulatory complaints that resolve without a public enforcement action, and investigations can proceed without any public filing. The tracked sources show no matched violations. That is the limit of what is visible here.