SEC Form Tracker (Form D, 4, 13D & more)

Track recent SEC filings for any public company using the official, free EDGAR API — filter by form type (Form D, insider Form 4, 13D, S-1, and more) and a look-back window. Resolves tickers to CIKs automatically. No API key required.

Unofficial tool. This Actor is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It is an independent tool that collects publicly available information.

What it does

When a company raises money (Form D), an insider trades (Form 4), or an activist takes a stake (13D), it files with the SEC — and those filings are leading signals for investors, journalists and analysts. This Actor queries the official EDGAR API, resolves your ticker to its CIK, and returns recent filings of the types you care about within a look-back window.

Point it at TSLA, ask for ["D","4"] over the last 150 days, and get a clean list of what's been filed and when.

Features

• Ticker or CIK input — resolves tickers to CIKs automatically.
• Form-type filtering — Form D, Form 4, 13D, S-1, and any other EDGAR form.
• Look-back window — daysBack limits to recent filings (0 = all available).
• Official EDGAR API — free, no API key, no proxy needed.
• Clean typed records — company, CIK, form type, filing date, accession, document and URL.

What people use it for

• Investor signals — insider buying (Form 4) and new raises (Form D).
• Activist-stake tracking — 13D filings.
• Journalism and research — recent disclosure activity for a company.
• Compliance monitoring — keep an eye on a watchlist's filings.
• Pre-earnings context — what's been disclosed recently.

What the form types mean

Form	Signal
D	A company raised capital via a private placement (Reg D)
4	An insider (officer/director/large holder) bought or sold
13D	An activist or group crossed 5% ownership
S-1	A registration statement (often pre-IPO)
13F	Institutional manager's quarterly holdings (via EDGAR)

Scheduling for monitoring

Run on a schedule with daysBack set to slightly more than the interval between runs (e.g. daily runs with daysBack: 2) so you catch everything without gaps, and dedupe on accessionNumber.

Input

Supply ticker or cik (ticker is resolved automatically). formTypes selects which filings; daysBack scopes recency.

Field	Type	Default	What it does
ticker	string	—	Stock ticker, e.g. TSLA, NVDA, AAPL. Resolved to a CIK automatically. Use this OR cik.
cik	string	—	Direct SEC Central Index Key (digits), e.g. 0001318605. Overrides ticker if both are set.
formTypes	array	["D", "4", "13D"]	SEC form types to track, e.g. ["D", "4", "13D"]. Empty = default ["D","4","13D"].
daysBack	integer	90	Only return filings from the last N days. 0 = all available (up to a few hundred recent). Range 0–3650.
proxyConfiguration	object	see below	SEC EDGAR is a free US government API and does not require a proxy. Leave disabled.

Input example

{
  "ticker": "TSLA",
  "formTypes": [
    "D",
    "4"
  ],
  "daysBack": 150,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Output

One record per filing: company name, CIK, form type, filing date, accession number, primary document and filing URL.

Every dataset record contains: companyName, cik, formType, filingDate, accessionNumber, primaryDocument, filingUrl, description, fetchedAt.

Output example

A real record from a run of this Actor:

{
  "companyName": "Tesla, Inc.",
  "cik": "1318605",
  "formType": "4",
  "filingDate": "2026-06-17",
  "accessionNumber": "0001104659-26-075213",
  "primaryDocument": "xslF345X06/tm2618092-2_4seq1.xml",
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000110465926075213/xslF345X06/tm2618092-2_4seq1.xml",
  "description": "OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-08-21T13:05:05.505Z"
}

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.

Proxy configuration

This Actor accepts a standard Apify proxy configuration object. Residential proxy is the default because the target site rate-limits datacenter IP ranges; you can select a specific exit country or supply your own proxy URLs.

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

Pricing

This Actor is billed on Apify's pay-per-event model: a small charge when a run starts, plus a charge for each result written to the dataset. You only pay for records you actually receive — a run that finds nothing costs only the start event. Current rates are always shown on the Pricing tab of this page, and the run log prints your usage as it goes.

Free-plan credits from Apify cover a large amount of light usage, so you can evaluate the Actor before committing to anything.

FAQ

Do I need an API key?

No. EDGAR is a free US government API. (The SEC asks automated clients to identify themselves with a contact email in the User-Agent, which this Actor handles internally.)

Can I track multiple companies at once?

Run one per ticker, or supply a CIK directly. Each run covers a single entity; loop your watchlist for multi-company monitoring.

What's the difference from the SEC EDGAR Filings Extractor?

That Actor is broader (full-text search, company filing histories, document fetch). This one is purpose-built for recent Form D / 4 / 13D tracking with ticker resolution and a look-back window.

How fresh are the results?

EDGAR reflects filings as the SEC receives them, typically the same day for timely forms. A daysBack window of a few days is plenty for monitoring.

Is this affiliated with the SEC?

No. It uses the public EDGAR API and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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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.