The Knetbooks NOligarchy Profile
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Knetbooks earns a NOligarchy Score of 89.84 out of 100 — one of the stronger marks in its sector, across the period from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period). No lobbying filings, Political Action Committee (PAC) records, executive donations, executive pay disclosures, stock buyback figures, regulatory fines, or subsidy records have been matched to this company across any public source this project tracks. That absence reflects the current state of available records — not a confirmed finding of compliance or spending either way.
Current Pillar Scores
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
59.3
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 lobbying, PAC, or executive donation records have been matched to Knetbooks in any federal filing this project tracks. The score reflects the absence of matched records, not a verified finding of zero political spending.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 59.54/100. Knetbooks is a private company and is not required to disclose executive compensation to the public. No stock buyback or dividend data has been matched. The score reflects the limits of what is visible on the public record.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No regulatory fines, violations, or public subsidies have been matched to Knetbooks across the tracked enforcement databases. Again, this reflects the current state of available records rather than a confirmed clean docket.
Knetbooks ranks 5th out of 15 companies in the Book retailers and news dealers sector, against a sector average of 83.5. The peer field clusters tightly near the top — several companies share virtually the same score — placing Knetbooks modestly above the sector average in a closely bunched group rather than standing as a clear outlier.
The Bottom Line: No Public-Record Footprint Found
No lobbying filings, no PAC contributions, no executive pay disclosures, no stock buybacks, no regulatory fines, and no public subsidies have been matched to Knetbooks across any source this project tracks, over the two-year period from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. That is the honest state of what the public record contains — not a verdict on how the company actually operates. Because Knetbooks is privately held, large portions of its financial activity never reach mandatory public disclosure in the first place, which means the data’s silence is not the same as a clean bill of health.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
The Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) database returns no filings linked to Knetbooks, and Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show no matched PAC contributions or executive donations for the two-year period. No external lobbying firms, no revolving-door hires, and no registered issue areas appear under the company’s name in those databases.
What that means in practice is limited: the absence of a matched federal filing does not rule out state-level activity, trade association membership, or other forms of political engagement that fall outside mandatory LDA and FEC disclosure. What is on the public federal record is simply not there.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Knetbooks filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
Because Knetbooks is privately held, it is not required to file executive compensation disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). No CEO salary, bonus structure, or pay ratio appears in the public record — and no stock buyback or dividend data has been matched for the two-year period.
The best available figure is a sector benchmark, not company-specific data: AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch pegs the CEO pay ratio for comparable companies in this sector at 182:1. That means for every dollar an average frontline worker takes home in this industry, the person at the top of a comparable company pockets one hundred and eighty-two. Whether Knetbooks’ actual ratio is higher, lower, or near that figure is not publicly disclosed — that is precisely the accountability gap private-company status creates.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No regulatory fines, violations, or public subsidies have been matched to Knetbooks in the enforcement databases this project tracks, across Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. Private companies face less mandatory disclosure than publicly traded peers, so the absence of a matched enforcement record does not confirm that no violations occurred — it confirms only that none have been linked to this company in the tracked sources.