🏦 FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper — Advisors, Brokers, Firms + Risk Signals

Get complete FINRA BrokerCheck data for any US financial advisor, broker or firm — straight from FINRA's own public source — plus risk & lead intelligence that no other BrokerCheck scraper gives you.

One actor for compliance, due-diligence, recruiting, and B2B lead generation across 600,000+ registered financial professionals and firms.

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✨ Why this is the best BrokerCheck actor

Most scrapers just dump the raw record. This one computes intelligence and joins data on top — so you get decisions, not just rows.

	Typical BrokerCheck actor	This actor
Identity, CRD, employments	✅	✅
Exams (state/principal/product)	✅	✅
Full disclosures (fraud/complaint detail)	partial	✅ full
Broker-dealer AND investment-adviser history	sometimes	✅ both
Risk level (clean / medium / high)	❌	⭐ ✅
Years in industry (computed)	❌	⭐ ✅
Job-hopper flag + firm-change count	❌	⭐ ✅
Dual-registered flag	❌	⭐ ✅
Firm record joined (firm's own disclosures)	❌	⭐ ✅
LinkedIn lead enrichment	❌	⭐ ✅
Search · Detail-by-CRD · Firm search	some	✅ all 3

⭐ = unique — data other actors can't give you.

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🎯 Use cases

• Compliance & due-diligence — screen advisors for disclosures before onboarding
• Recruiting — find & qualify advisors by firm, state, tenure, clean record
• B2B lead generation — turn advisor records into a sales-ready list (+ LinkedIn)
• Risk monitoring — flag high-risk brokers (fraud, multiple disclosures, job-hopping)
• Broker-movement tracking — who moved where, and when

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📥 Input

Search by name / state / firm:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "john smith",
  "state": "NY",
  "firm": "Vanguard",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "includeFirmData": true,
  "includeContacts": false,
  "maxResults": 200
}

Look up specific people by CRD:

{ "mode": "detail", "crd": ["6808119", "4346806"] }

Search firms:

{ "mode": "firms", "query": "Vanguard", "maxResults": 50 }

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	search · detail · firms
query	string	Name or keyword
crd	array	CRD number(s) for direct lookup
state	string	2-letter US state filter
firm	string	Only brokers at this firm
activeOnly	bool	Currently-registered only (default true)
includeFirmData	bool	⭐ Join the firm's own record (default true)
includeContacts	bool	⭐ LinkedIn lead enrichment (default false)
maxResults	int	Max records (default 200)

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📤 Output — one complete record per broker

{
  "type": "individual",
  "crd": "4346806",
  "firstName": "John",
  "middleName": "A",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "otherNames": [],
  "bcScope": "Active",
  "iaScope": "Active",
  "daysInIndustrySince": "2000-05-12",
  "currentEmployments": [
    {
      "firmId": "7784",
      "firmName": "FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC",
      "iaOnly": "N",
      "city": "SMITHFIELD",
      "state": "RI",
      "registrationBeginDate": "2014-03-01",
      "bdSECNumber": "17393",
      "branchOfficeLocations": "..."
    }
  ],
  "currentIAEmployments": [],
  "previousEmployments": [
    { "firmName": "MERRILL LYNCH", "city": "NEW YORK", "state": "NY",
      "registrationBeginDate": "2005-06-01", "registrationEndDate": "2014-02-20" }
  ],
  "previousIAEmployments": [],
  "registeredStates": ["NY", "NJ", "CT", "RI", "MA", "FL"],
  "registeredSROs": ["FINRA", "NYSE"],
  "examsCount": { "stateExamCount": 1, "principalExamCount": 1, "productExamCount": 3 },
  "stateExams": [
    { "examCategory": "S63", "examName": "Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination",
      "examTakenDate": "2000-06-15", "examScope": "BC" }
  ],
  "principalExams": [
    { "examCategory": "S24", "examName": "General Securities Principal Examination",
      "examTakenDate": "2008-02-10", "examScope": "BC" }
  ],
  "productExams": [
    { "examCategory": "SIE", "examName": "Securities Industry Essentials Examination",
      "examTakenDate": "2000-05-20", "examScope": "BC" },
    { "examCategory": "S7", "examName": "General Securities Representative Examination",
      "examTakenDate": "2000-05-25", "examScope": "BC" }
  ],
  "disclosureFlag": "N",
  "iaDisclosureFlag": "N",
  "disclosures": [
    {
      "eventDate": "2011-08-03",
      "type": "Customer Dispute - Settled",
      "resolution": "Settled",
      "category": "Customer Dispute",
      "detail": "Alleged unsuitable recommendations; settled for $25,000 without admission."
    }
  ],

  "signals": {
    "currentFirmName": "FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC",
    "currentlyRegistered": true,
    "yearsInIndustry": 25,
    "firmChangeCount": 9,
    "jobHopper": true,
    "disclosureCount": 1,
    "hasSeriousDisclosure": false,
    "riskLevel": "medium",
    "dualRegistered": true,
    "totalExams": 5
  },

  "currentFirmRecord": {
    "firmCRD": "7784",
    "firmName": "FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC",
    "firmType": "Active",
    "firmDisclosureCount": 2,
    "brokerCount": 18342
  },

  "contacts": { "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-smith-advisor", "firmWebsite": null, "source": "best-effort" },

  "brokerCheckUrl": "https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/4346806"
}

signals, currentFirmRecord, and contacts are the ⭐ value other actors don't provide — computed risk/lead intelligence, joined firm data, and lead enrichment.

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🔌 API & MCP access

This actor runs on Apify, so it's instantly available as:

• REST API — POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<actor-id>/runs?token=…
• Apify client (Python / JS / CLI)
• MCP server — use it directly from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client via Apify's MCP endpoint (https://mcp.apify.com), so an AI agent can call BrokerCheck live.
• Scheduled runs — monitor advisor movements / new disclosures on a schedule.

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❓ FAQ

Is this real-time? Yes — it reads FINRA BrokerCheck's own live public API, so records are current, not a stale dump.

How many professionals are covered? 600,000+ registered brokers & advisers, plus firms.

Do I get disclosures (complaints/fraud)? Yes — full disclosure records with date, type, resolution and detail, not just a flag.

Can I get a bulk lead list? Yes — search by state/firm with maxResults for bulk, or look up specific CRDs.

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⚖️ Legal

Data is public regulatory information published by FINRA BrokerCheck. Use it in line with FINRA's terms, Apify's terms, and applicable privacy law — treat personal data responsibly (GDPR/CCPA where relevant). Not affiliated with or endorsed by FINRA.