The Cricut Inc NOligarchy Profile
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Cricut Inc earns a NOligarchy Score of 86.4 out of 100 — one of the stronger marks in its sector, driven by a complete absence of political spending and a clean regulatory record. The drag on that score comes from a single, significant internal imbalance: the gap between what the company pays its chief executive and what it pays the workers who keep the business running.
Current Pillar Scores
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
49.6
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. Cricut Inc filed no federal lobbying disclosures and operated no corporate Political Action Committee (PAC) from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period). There is no recorded dollar of political influence spending.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 49.72/100. The company disclosed a CEO pay ratio of 145:1 in its most recent proxy filing. No stock buyback or dividend data is recorded for the two-year period, so the score reflects the pay gap alone.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No regulatory fines, penalties, or violations are recorded against Cricut Inc across the tracked sources.
The Sector Context: Cricut Inc ranks 3rd out of 22 companies sharing its federal industry classification (Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers), well above the sector average score of 68.6.
The Bottom Line: A Quiet Operator With One Uncomfortable Number
Cricut Inc, a maker of smart cutting machines and crafting tools that generated $708.8 million in annual revenue, chose not to spend a single dollar lobbying Washington, fund a PAC, or accumulate a regulatory rap sheet during the two-year tracking period. That restraint earns it a high overall score. The one figure that pulls it back is straightforward: the CEO pocketed roughly 145 times what the median employee took home — a gap that the company disclosed in its own filings, and that no amount of good political behavior erases.
No Footprint in Washington
Cricut Inc left no mark on federal politics from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. The company filed zero Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) reports, contributed nothing through a corporate PAC, and reported no individual executive donations tied to its name. No outside lobbying firms were retained. No former government officials were hired to work the halls of Congress.
For a publicly traded company selling consumer hardware and a subscription software platform — a business that could plausibly engage on issues ranging from tariffs on electronics components to data privacy regulation — the absence of any Washington activity is notable. The seat at the table was simply left empty.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Cricut Inc filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
The One Number That Drags the Score Down
Cricut Inc’s CEO pay ratio is 145:1, SEC DEF 14A. The CEO’s total compensation in the most recent reported fiscal year was about $13.4 million. The median Cricut employee earned $92,844 that same year — a respectable salary by many standards, but still just a fraction of what landed in the corner office.
No stock buyback or dividend data is recorded for the two-year period, so there is no shareholder payout figure to contrast against worker earnings. The pay gap itself is the story here.
A Clean Record on the Public Docket
Across the tracked sources, Cricut Inc has accumulated no regulatory fines and no recorded violations during the two-year tracking period. No public subsidies are on the books either. For a company of its size and public profile, that is a straightforward result — and it means the Playing by the Rules grade reflects an absence of documented misconduct, not a confirmed finding of perfect compliance across every jurisdiction and enforcement channel.