SEC 8-K Events Feed — Material Corporate Events as JSON

Know the moment a US public company reports something material. This feed turns official SEC 8-K filings into clean JSON: mergers, earnings, executive departures, delistings, bankruptcies, cybersecurity incidents — each event decoded from its official item code into a readable label.

The 8-K is the SEC's "current report": a company must file one within four business days of a material event. It is the primary source that news outlets read. This feed reads it for you, structured.

What you get

{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "cik": 320193,
  "companyName": "Apple Inc.",
  "events": [
    {
      "filedAt": "2026-04-30",
      "form": "8-K",
      "items": [
        { "code": "2.02", "label": "Results of Operations and Financial Condition", "category": "earnings" },
        { "code": "9.01", "label": "Financial Statements and Exhibits", "category": "other" }
      ],
      "summary": "Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits",
      "highSignal": true,
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/..."
    }
  ]
}

The value is the item code decoding. 5.02 means an executive came or went. 2.01 means an acquisition closed. 1.03 means bankruptcy. 1.05 means a material cybersecurity incident. You filter and route on category without reading a single document.

Use cases

• Event-driven trading: watch a basket of tickers and react to earnings, ma or distress events the day they file.
• Risk monitoring: flag distress events (impairments, delisting notices, accelerated obligations, non-reliance on prior financials) across a portfolio.
• Executive tracking: 5.02 events tell you who joined or left the C-suite and board.
• AI agents: exposed as an MCP tool — ask "any material events for NVDA this quarter?" and get a decoded list in one call.

Input

ticker (single) or tickers (watchlist of up to 25). Set daysBack, cap with maxFilings, and flip highSignalOnly to drop routine exhibit-only filings and keep the events that move a stock.

Pricing

Pay per event: charged only per company report that contains at least one 8-K in the window. Companies not found on EDGAR and empty windows are free.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=jdepablos/sec-8k-events-feed

FAQ

Where does the data come from? The official SEC EDGAR submissions API — the same primary source filers submit to. No third-party aggregator.

How fresh is it? Live: every run queries EDGAR at request time. 8-K filings appear here as soon as the SEC accepts them.

What is an "item code"? The SEC defines a fixed set of numbered items for the 8-K (1.01 through 9.01). Each identifies a specific kind of event. This feed maps every code to its official meaning and a category.

Do you cover 8-K/A amendments? Yes, amendments are included and marked with form: "8-K/A".