SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search API — Filings and Exhibits

Full-text search across 35M+ SEC EDGAR filings and exhibits (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, DEF 14A, Form 4, …) filed since 2001. Filter by form type, date range, CIK, state, SIC, or file type. Returns denormalised records with accession_number, file_url, primary ticker and matched filters. Built for AI agents, due-diligence analysts, and quantitative researchers.

Free trial

A free Apify account gives you about 5 USD of monthly credits, enough to run a hundred queries against the EDGAR full-text index before committing.

Use cases

1. Material-event mining — search every 8-K mentioning "data breach" for the last year, grouped by CIK, for a vendor-risk report.
2. Pharma pipeline watch — pull every DEF 14A and S-1 mentioning a specific drug candidate; cross-reference with pubmed-articles-api for the clinical literature.
3. Loan covenant audit — search exhibits filed as EX-10.* for phrases like "change of control" and join to the SEC XBRL frames Actor.

Input

{
  "search_query": "cybersecurity incident",
  "forms": "10-K,10-Q,8-K",
  "date_range": "last_year",
  "max_results": 50
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
search_query	string	cybersecurity incident	Required full-text query (boolean, quoted phrases, wildcards).
forms	string	10-K,10-Q,8-K	Comma-separated SEC form types. Empty = all.
date_range	string	last_year	last_30_days, last_90_days, last_year, last_5_years, 2024, ytd2024, custom.
start_date	string	""	Earliest file_date (YYYY-MM-DD, when date_range=custom).
end_date	string	""	Latest file_date.
ciks	string	""	Comma-separated CIKs (10-digit zero-padded). Empty = no filter.
biz_states	string	""	Comma-separated 2-letter US states.
sics	string	""	Comma-separated SIC codes.
file_types	string	""	Comma-separated exhibit series (e.g. EX-10.1).
sort	string	score	score | file_date_desc | file_date_asc | period_ending_desc.
max_results	integer	50	Cap on returned hits (1–200).

Output (real run)

[
  {
    "cik": "310764",
    "cik_padded": "0000310764",
    "ticker": "SYK",
    "company_name": "STRYKER CORP",
    "form": "8-K",
    "form_category": "Current Report",
    "file_date": "2026-03-12",
    "period_ending": "2026-03-12",
    "accession_number": "0001193125-26-104431",
    "file_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000119312526104431/d101097d8k.htm",
    "file_type": "8-K",
    "file_description": "8-K",
    "inc_state": "MI",
    "biz_state": "MI",
    "biz_location": "KALAMAZOO, MI",
    "sic": "3841",
    "score": 14.213
  },
  {
    "cik": "1318605",
    "cik_padded": "0001318605",
    "ticker": "TSLA",
    "company_name": "TESLA, INC.",
    "form": "10-K",
    "form_category": "Annual Report",
    "file_date": "2026-01-29",
    "period_ending": "2025-12-31",
    "accession_number": "0001628280-26-004488",
    "file_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026004488/tsla-20251231.htm",
    "file_type": "10-K",
    "file_description": "10-K",
    "inc_state": "DE",
    "biz_state": "TX",
    "biz_location": "AUSTIN, TX",
    "sic": "3711",
    "score": 12.987
  }
]

Field	Type	Description
cik / cik_padded	string	SEC CIK, padded to 10 digits.
ticker	string	Primary ticker.
company_name	string	Issuer name as filed.
form	string	Form type (e.g. 10-K, 8-K).
form_category	string	Form category (Annual Report, Current Report, …).
file_date	string	Filing date (YYYY-MM-DD).
period_ending	string	Period covered by the filing.
accession_number	string	SEC accession number.
file_url	string	Direct URL to the filing on EDGAR.
file_type	string	EX-10.1, 10-K, 8-K, etc.
inc_state / biz_state	string	State of incorporation / business.
sic	string	Standard Industrial Classification code.
score	number	Relevance score from EDGAR Elasticsearch.

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• No subscription. Free monthly credits apply first.
• 1 result = $0.001 USD (about $1 per 1 000 results).
• Charged per item returned in the dataset; failed runs are not charged.

Source, licence, limits

• Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search API at https://efts.sec.gov/.
• Licence: US Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).
• Update frequency: EDGAR is updated continuously; this Actor reflects the upstream API at the moment of the run.
• Limits: EDGAR caps at 10 hits per page; we paginate to honour your max_results. Public API throttles by request rate — we use exponential backoff.

FAQ

Why is the cap 200? EDGAR caps each page at 10 hits; we paginate transparently up to 200. For larger result sets, iterate by date ranges.

What's the difference between file_type and form? form is the parent filing (e.g. 10-K); file_type is the specific exhibit (EX-10.1). Exhibits inherit the parent filing's metadata.

Can I use EDGAR-specific query syntax? Yes — pass any of EDGAR's full-text operators in search_query (e.g. "data breach" AND ransomware).

Why are some records missing score? When sort=file_date_* the relevance score is not returned by EDGAR.

What's the difference between cik and cik_padded? cik_padded is 10-digit zero-padded — required for building EDGAR URLs. Use the unpadded version for arithmetic joins.

How do I scope by ticker? Use the sec-company-tickers Actor to resolve the CIK, then pass it in ciks.

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Changelog

• 2026-10-12 — SEO metadata (seoTitle, seoDescription); README rewritten with real output sample, FAQ, cross-links.
• 2026-10-05 — Pricing switched to Apify pay-per-event ($0.001 per dataset item).
• 2026-09-30 — Initial public release on the Apify Store.