The Zara NOligarchy Profile
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Zara scores 89.16 out of 100 on the NOligarchy Score, covering from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period).
Current Pillar Scores
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
68.8
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 spend and no Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions have been matched to Zara across the tracked sources for this period.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 69.03/100. No stock buybacks or dividend payments have been matched, but the absence of any company-specific pay disclosure — combined with a sector-wide benchmark estimate of the CEO-to-worker pay gap — pulls this grade below perfect.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No regulatory fines or violations have been matched to Zara in the tracked sources.
The Sector Context: Zara ranks 5th out of 23 companies in the Clothing and clothing accessories retailers sector. The sector average score is 69.7, placing Zara well above most of its peers in this group.
The Bottom Line: No Matching Records Found Across Any Tracked Source
From Q3 2024 through Q2 2026, no lobbying filings, PAC contributions, executive donation records, company-specific CEO pay data, stock buyback figures, regulatory penalties, or public subsidy grants have been matched to Zara across any source this project tracks. That reflects the current state of available public records — not a confirmed finding that the company spent nothing or violated nothing. The sole figure available is a sector-wide industry benchmark estimate of the executive pay gap, which points to a meaningful divide between what the top leader likely earns and what a frontline worker takes home, but cannot be verified against Zara’s own disclosures because none exist in the public record.
Not Yet in the Public Record
No federal lobbying filings have been matched to Zara through Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) records — no spending totals, no issue areas, no bills referenced, and no government entities listed. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records similarly show no PAC activity and no tracked executive contributions (FEC individual contribution data). No revolving-door hires — former government insiders brought on to exploit prior connections — appear in the data either. Whether that absence reflects genuine non-participation in federal influence campaigns or simply the limits of current matching coverage remains an open question. What is visible on the public record today is nothing — and nothing is what this project can report.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Zara filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
A Pay Gap With No Company Figure to Check It Against
No company-specific CEO pay disclosure has been matched to Zara. As a foreign-headquartered company operating in the United States, Zara is not required to file a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proxy statement revealing its executive compensation or its ratio of CEO-to-worker earnings. The closest available figure is a sector-wide estimate: 115:1, based on AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch industry benchmarks for comparable companies in this sector. That number is a benchmark, not a Zara-specific finding — it carries no citation to the company’s own filings and no dollar figure that can be responsibly pinned to any one executive’s earnings. Because no buyback or dividend data has been matched either, no calculation of what those sums might have meant for ordinary workers is possible from what the public record currently shows.
No Penalties or Grants Found in Available Records
No regulatory fines, court judgments, or agency enforcement actions have been matched to Zara across the tracked sources for this period. No public subsidy or government grant records appear in the data either, so no contrast between penalties paid and public money received can be drawn. As with the rest of this profile, that outcome reflects the bounds of currently available and matched records — not a certified clean slate. Zara’s full compliance and subsidy history may extend well beyond what is visible here.
The Data Evidence
No Good Jobs First violations or subsidies data, SEC 10-K buyback figures, or SEC proxy pay filings have been matched to Zara in this dataset.