FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper

Extract structured broker, investment advisor and firm data from FINRA BrokerCheck, the official U.S. registry of securities professionals. Search by name, CRD number or firm, filter by location, and optionally pull each broker's full record: employment history, disclosures, exams and state registrations.

Built for financial-industry research, compliance checks, recruiting, lead generation and due diligence.

Features

• Individual search - brokers and investment advisors by name or CRD number
• Firm search - broker-dealers and advisory firms by name or CRD
• Firm filter - only individuals registered with a specific firm (name or CRD; the name is resolved to a CRD automatically)
• Location filter - city and/or 2-letter state of the registered branch office
• Previously registered - include or exclude professionals no longer in the industry
• Full broker details (optional) - employment history, disclosure events, exams passed (state / principal / product), registered states and SROs
• Fast, pure API scraping, no browser, no login

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchType	select	individual (default) or firm.
query	string	Name, firm name, or CRD number. Required.
firmName	string	Only individuals registered with this firm. Resolved to a CRD automatically.
firmCrd	string	Only individuals registered with the firm having this exact CRD. Takes priority over firmName.
city	string	Branch-office city filter (e.g. "New York").
state	string	Branch-office state filter, 2-letter code (e.g. "NY").
includePrevious	boolean	Include no-longer-registered professionals. Default true.
includeBrokerDetails	boolean	Fetch the full record per individual (extra charge per record). Default false.
maxItems	integer	Max results. 0 means no limit. Default 100.

Example input

{
  "searchType": "individual",
  "query": "Smith",
  "firmName": "Morgan Stanley",
  "state": "NY",
  "includeBrokerDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output

One dataset item per broker or firm:

{
  "recordType": "individual",
  "crd": "6658650",
  "fullName": "DAVID CHARLES SMITH",
  "bcScope": "Active",
  "iaScope": "NotInScope",
  "hasDisclosures": false,
  "currentFirm": "TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.",
  "currentFirmCrd": "6271",
  "branchCity": "NEW YORK",
  "branchState": "NY",
  "yearsInIndustry": 8.2,
  "brokerCheckUrl": "https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/6658650"
}

With includeBrokerDetails on, a detail object is added with previousEmployments, disclosures, stateExams, principalExams, productExams, registeredStates and registeredSROs.

Common use cases

• Compliance and KYC: verify registrations and check disclosure history
• Recruiting: find advisors at a specific firm, city or state
• Lead generation: build lists of active brokers by region
• Market research: analyze firm headcounts and advisor movement
• Due diligence on financial professionals before investing

Pricing

Pay per result: a small fee to start the run, a per-result fee for each broker or firm returned, and a separate per-record fee when full broker details are enabled. Errors are never charged.

FAQ

Is this legal? BrokerCheck is a free public registry operated by FINRA specifically so the public can research brokers. This Actor only accesses publicly available data.

Can I look up one specific broker? Yes, search their CRD number as the query.

Why do firm-filtered results include people at other firms? FINRA's firm filter matches current and past employees of the firm. Set includePrevious to false to require the current firm to match.

Is this affiliated with FINRA? No. This is an independent tool for extracting publicly available data.