SEC EDGAR Filings Extractor

Search and extract SEC EDGAR filings — full-text search across every filing, or a company's complete filing history by CIK, ticker or name. Clean typed records with direct document URLs. Official SEC endpoints, no API key.

What it does

EDGAR holds every disclosure US public companies are required to file, but its interfaces are awkward to automate. This Actor wraps the official SEC endpoints in two practical modes:

• fullTextSearch — search a phrase across all filings. Ask which companies mention material weakness, going concern or artificial intelligence, and get every hit with its document link.
• companyFilings — list filings for specific companies. Identify them by CIK, or just pass tickers and names in companyIdentifiers and let the Actor resolve them to CIKs for you.

Filter by form type and date range, and optionally fetch the primary document itself.

Features

• Two modes — cross-market full-text search, or per-company filing history.
• Automatic identifier resolution — pass AAPL, Apple Inc or 320193; CIK lookup is handled.
• Form-type filtering — 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, 4, 13F-HR and any other EDGAR form.
• Date-range filtering for period-specific research.
• Direct document URLs on every record, plus the filing index URL.
• Optional document fetch — includeDocumentPdf attaches the primary document as base64.
• Official SEC endpoints — efts.sec.gov full-text search and data.sec.gov submissions.
• No API key required.

What people use it for

• Fundamental research — pull a company's full 10-K/10-Q history in one run.
• Risk screening — find every filing mentioning a red-flag phrase this quarter.
• Insider-trading monitoring — track Form 4 filings for companies you follow.
• Institutional-holdings analysis — collect 13F-HR filings by manager.
• Compliance and legal research — locate filings that discuss a specific term or event.

Set your contact email

The SEC's access policy requires automated clients to identify themselves with a contact address in the User-Agent header. The contactEmail field exists for that reason. Replace the placeholder with a real, monitored address: it is sent only to the SEC, and it is what stops your requests from being rate-limited.

Form types you'll actually use

Form	What it is
10-K	Annual report — the comprehensive yearly disclosure
10-Q	Quarterly report
8-K	Current report — material events as they happen
S-1	IPO registration statement
4	Insider transaction (director/officer buying or selling)
13F-HR	Institutional manager's quarterly holdings
DEF 14A	Proxy statement — compensation and governance

Finding a CIK

You usually don't need to: put tickers or company names in companyIdentifiers and they're resolved automatically. If you want the number itself, EDGAR's company search at sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar lists it (Apple is 320193).

Input

mode is required. Set contactEmail to your real email — the SEC requires an identifying contact in the User-Agent header for automated access, and requests without one can be throttled or blocked.

Field	Type	Default	What it does
mode (required)	string	fullTextSearch	fullTextSearch: search a phrase across all EDGAR filings. companyFilings: list filings for specific companies (by CIK or auto-resolved ticker/name). Options: fullTextSearch, companyFilings.
query	string	apple	Phrase to search for (fullTextSearch mode), e.g. 'artificial intelligence' or 'material weakness'.
ciks	array	[]	Company CIK numbers (companyFilings mode), e.g. 320193 for Apple. Find CIKs at sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar.
companyIdentifiers	array	[]	Tickers, company names, or CIK numbers — resolved to CIKs automatically (e.g. 'AAPL', 'Apple Inc', '320193'). Used in companyFilings mode alongside or instead of 'ciks'.
forms	array	[]	Filter by form type, e.g. 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, 4, 13F-HR. Empty = all forms.
startDate	string	—	Only filings on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
endDate	string	—	Only filings on/before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
includeDocumentPdf	boolean	false	Fetch the primary filing document and include it as base64 in 'documentPdfBase64'. Increases runtime and dataset size.
maxResults	integer	100	Cap on total records pushed. Range 1–10000.
contactEmail	string	apify-actor@example.com	SEC requires a contact in the User-Agent header for automated access. Use your real email.

Input example

{
  "mode": "fullTextSearch",
  "query": "apple",
  "maxResults": 2,
  "includeDocumentPdf": false,
  "contactEmail": "apify-actor@example.com"
}

Output

One record per filing (or per matching document in full-text search), with the accession number, form type, filing date, company names and CIKs, and direct links to the document and its index.

Every dataset record contains: mode, accessionNumber, formType, filedAt, companyNames, ciks, documentName, documentUrl, indexUrl, query, fetchedAt.

Output example

A real record from a run of this Actor:

{
  "mode": "fullTextSearch",
  "accessionNumber": "0001185185-15-000457",
  "formType": "EX-21.1",
  "filedAt": "2015-03-06",
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  (APLE)  (CIK 0001418121)"
  ],
  "ciks": [
    "0001418121"
  ],
  "documentName": "ex21-1.htm",
  "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000118518515000457/ex21-1.htm",
  "indexUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000118518515000457/",
  "query": "apple",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-08-21T09:05:21.274Z"
}

Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or JSONL from the Console, or pull it programmatically through the Apify API and any of the official clients.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start if you already have an Apify account).
2. Fill in the input fields described above — the defaults already produce a working run.
3. Press Start and watch the log; results stream into the dataset as they are found.
4. When the run finishes, open the Output/Storage tab and export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Runs can be scheduled (hourly, daily, weekly) and wired into Slack, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, webhooks or your own backend through Apify integrations. Everything the Console does is also available over the Apify API.

FAQ

Do I need an API key?

No. EDGAR is a public system. It does require a contact email in the User-Agent header, which is what contactEmail supplies.

How far back does full-text search go?

The SEC's full-text search index covers 2001 onward. Company filing histories via the submissions endpoint reach further back, though older filings are often plain text rather than structured documents.

Can I get the actual financial statements as data?

This Actor returns filing metadata and document URLs. For structured financials, fetch the linked document and parse its XBRL, or use includeDocumentPdf to pull the primary document into the dataset.

Why does full-text search return exhibits and odd form types?

It indexes every document inside a filing, including exhibits like EX-21.1. Filter with forms when you only want the main filing.

How do I monitor new filings for a watchlist?

Use companyFilings with your companyIdentifiers, set startDate to your last run, and schedule it. Every new filing arrives with a direct document link.

Are foreign companies included?

Yes, where they file with the SEC — typically on forms 20-F and 6-K rather than 10-K and 10-Q.

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Legal and responsible use

This Actor collects only publicly available information. You are responsible for how you use the data, including compliance with the target site's Terms of Service, robots directives, copyright, and data protection law such as GDPR and CCPA. Do not use it to gather personal data without a lawful basis.

Support and feedback

Found a bug, hit a site change, or need an extra field? Open a ticket on the Issues tab of this Actor — issues are read and fixed. Feature requests and custom-scraper enquiries are welcome through the same channel.