The Micro Center NOligarchy Profile
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Micro Center earns a NOligarchy Score of 85.92 out of 100 — one of the stronger scores in its sector. The score is held back primarily by the wealth extraction pillar, where the absence of any public disclosure on executive pay or shareholder returns leaves a gap that available data cannot fully fill.
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. No lobbying filings, no Political Action Committee (PAC) spending, and no executive donations have been matched to Micro Center from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period). Whether that reflects a genuine zero or a gap in matching is addressed below.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 48.35/100. No stock buyback, dividend, or CEO pay data has been matched to this company across any tracked source. The score reflects the absence of verifiable disclosure rather than a confirmed finding about how the company distributes its earnings.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No fines, penalties, or violations have been matched to Micro Center across any tracked enforcement database during the two-year period.
The Sector Context: Micro Center ranks 7th out of 11 in the Electronics and appliance retailers sector, where the average NOligarchy Score is 77.7. Micro Center sits above that average — though in a field where record gaps are common across private companies, rankings should be read with that context in mind.
The Bottom Line: No Matching Public Records Found
No lobbying filings, PAC contributions, executive donations, CEO pay disclosures, stock buyback records, regulatory fines, or public subsidy entries have been matched to Micro Center across any of the sources this project tracks, covering Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. That absence reflects the current state of available public records — not a confirmed finding that Micro Center spent nothing, paid out nothing, or broke no rules. Micro Center is a private company with no Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing obligation, which means large categories of financial disclosure that apply to publicly traded competitors simply do not apply here. The public record, as it stands, is incomplete.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No federal lobbying registrations, no PAC activity, and no executive donation records have been matched to Micro Center across the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) database or Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. No outside lobbying firms appear on retainer, no revolving-door hires from government are on record, and no issue areas or bills have been cited in any LDA filing linked to this company. This reflects the current limit of what is publicly traceable — not a confirmed finding that the company has no political engagement.
For context: competitors in the Electronics and appliance retailers sector routinely file lobbying disclosures on issues like import tariffs on consumer electronics, e-commerce tax policy, and consumer data privacy rules — all of which directly shape any electronics retailer’s cost structure and competitive position. Whether Micro Center is absent from those efforts, or simply absent from the matched record, is not something the available data can resolve.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Micro Center 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
No CEO pay data, stock buyback records, or dividend figures have been matched to Micro Center across any source this project tracks. Because the company is privately held, it is not required to file the executive compensation disclosures that publicly traded companies submit annually to the SEC — so no primary-source figure exists in the public record.
The AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch publishes sector-level benchmarks for industries where individual company disclosure is absent. No shareholder return data — buybacks or dividends — appears anywhere in the tracked record for this company. That is the full extent of what is publicly visible.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No fines, penalties, or violations have been matched to Micro Center in the enforcement databases this project tracks, covering Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. Good Jobs First, which aggregates federal and state regulatory actions, shows no entries linked to this company. No public subsidy records — government grants, tax incentives, or economic development deals — appear in the tracked databases either.
As with the other sections, this reflects the current state of matched public records. It is not a confirmed finding that no enforcement actions or subsidy agreements exist.