SEC EDGAR Filing Search

Search the full text of every SEC EDGAR filing ever submitted -- annual reports (10-K), quarterly reports (10-Q), current reports (8-K), registration statements (S-1), proxy statements (DEF 14A), insider trading disclosures (Form 4), beneficial ownership filings, and dozens more.

What data does it return?

For each filing, the actor returns:

• Company name and ticker symbol
• CIK (Central Index Key) number
• Filing type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, etc.)
• Date filed and period ending
• Description of the document
• Accession number
• Direct URLs to the filing document and EDGAR filing index
• SIC code and business location
• Items disclosed (for 8-K filings)

Use cases

• Investors: Screen filings for risk factors, revenue mentions, or strategic keywords
• Compliance teams: Monitor regulatory filings across an industry or peer group
• Researchers: Build datasets of filings mentioning specific topics (AI, ESG, cybersecurity)
• Legal professionals: Track material event disclosures (8-K) across companies
• Data journalists: Investigate corporate disclosures at scale

How it works

The actor queries the SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search System (EFTS), an Elasticsearch-based index maintained by the SEC that covers every filing submitted since approximately 1993. No API key is needed. Results are deduplicated by accession number so you get one row per filing.

Input example

{
    "keywords": "artificial intelligence",
    "companyName": "Tesla",
    "filingTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q"],
    "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",
    "dateTo": "2024-12-31",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Output example

{
    "companyName": "Tesla, Inc.",
    "ticker": "TSLA",
    "cik": "1318605",
    "filingType": "10-K",
    "rootForm": "10-K",
    "dateFiled": "2024-01-29",
    "periodEnding": "2023-12-31",
    "description": "10-K",
    "accessionNumber": "0001628280-24-002390",
    "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828024002390/tsla-20231231.htm",
    "filingIndexUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1318605&type=10-K&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
    "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828024002390/tsla-20231231.htm",
    "sicCode": "3711",
    "businessLocation": "Palo Alto, CA",
    "items": []
}

Rate limits

The SEC requires a User-Agent header and limits requests to 10 per second. This actor respects those limits with a 100ms delay between API calls.

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