# SEC Investment Adviser Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/sec-investment-adviser-scraper`) Actor Scrape SEC-registered investment adviser firms from the FINRA/SEC IAPD database. Search by any firm-name keyword (e.g. 'family office', 'wealth', 'capital'). Returns firm name, CRD number, SEC number, office address, registration status, and disclosure flag. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/sec-investment-adviser-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## SEC Investment Adviser Scraper Scrapes registered investment adviser firms from the [SEC/FINRA IAPD](https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/) (Investment Adviser Public Disclosure) database. Search by any firm-name keyword — `"family office"`, `"wealth"`, `"capital"`, or a specific firm — and get firm name, CRD number, SEC registration number, full office address, registration scope, and disclosure flag. --- ### SEC Investment Adviser Scraper Features - Queries the official SEC/FINRA IAPD search API — no HTML scraping, no browser required - Search by any firm-name keyword (defaults to `"family office"` as an example query) - Filters by registration scope: active-only or all firms including inactive and terminated - Extracts complete office address including street, city, state, country, and postal code - Includes FINRA CRD number and SEC registration number for each firm - Flags firms with reportable disclosure events - Returns alternate and former firm names where registered - Paginates automatically through the full result set — 20 records per API page, handled for you - No proxies, no API keys, no account required --- ### Who Uses SEC IAPD Data? - **Fund managers fundraising** — Identify family-office and RIA targets by name, location, and registration status before cold outreach - **Wealth tech vendors** — Build prospect lists of registered investment advisers for product demos (Addepar, Masttro, SEI Archway, etc.) - **Compliance and KYC teams** — Look up disclosure event flags and registration status for due diligence - **Placement agents** — Augment existing LP databases with SEC-registered firms your lists are missing - **Research analysts** — Map the geography and density of registered investment advisers by state or country - **Legal and tax firms** — Identify new clients in the wealth-management space using SEC registration data --- ### How SEC Investment Adviser Scraper Works 1. You set a search keyword and a scope filter (active-only or all) 2. The scraper queries the public IAPD search API, iterating through paginated results 20 at a time 3. Each result is parsed and filtered by scope — inactive firms are skipped if you want active-only 4. Records are saved in clean JSON: one row per registered firm, every available field populated --- ### Input ```json { "searchQuery": "family office", "scopeFilter": "active", "maxItems": 50 } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `searchQuery` | string | `"family office"` | Keyword to match in firm names. Common examples: `"family office"`, `"wealth management"`, `"capital"`, or a specific firm name. | | `scopeFilter` | string | `"active"` | Registration scope filter. `"active"` returns only currently active firms. `"all"` includes inactive and terminated registrations. | | `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Maximum number of records to return. The full IAPD database contains thousands of registered firms. Set higher for broad sweeps. | **Example — registered RIAs with "wealth" in their name:** ```json { "searchQuery": "wealth", "scopeFilter": "active", "maxItems": 500 } ``` *** ### SEC Investment Adviser Scraper Output Fields ```json { "crd_number": "109869", "sec_number": "801-60025", "firm_name": "WE FAMILY OFFICES", "other_names": "GENSPRING FAMILY OFFICES | W.E. FAMILY OFFICES, LLC | TBK INVESTMENTS, INC.", "registration_scope": "ACTIVE", "has_disclosures": "N", "branch_count": 5, "address_street": "2811 PONCE DE LEON BLVD, SUITE 840", "address_city": "CORAL GABLES", "address_state": "FL", "address_country": "United States", "address_postal_code": "33134", "iapd_profile_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109869" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `crd_number` | string | FINRA CRD (Central Registration Depository) number — the primary identifier used by regulators | | `sec_number` | string | Full SEC registration number (e.g. `801-60025`). Empty for state-only registered firms. | | `firm_name` | string | Current registered firm name | | `other_names` | string | Former or DBA names, pipe-separated. Useful when searching for firms that have rebranded. | | `registration_scope` | string | Current registration status: `ACTIVE`, `INACTIVE`, or `TERMINATED` | | `has_disclosures` | string | `Y` if the firm has reportable disclosure events on file; `N` otherwise | | `branch_count` | number | Number of registered branch offices | | `address_street` | string | Street address of the primary office | | `address_city` | string | City of the primary office | | `address_state` | string | State or province of the primary office | | `address_country` | string | Country of the primary office | | `address_postal_code` | string | Postal or ZIP code of the primary office | | `iapd_profile_url` | string | Direct URL to the firm's public IAPD disclosure profile on adviserinfo.sec.gov | *** ### 🔍 FAQ #### How do I scrape SEC-registered investment advisers? SEC Investment Adviser Scraper queries the SEC/FINRA IAPD public database — the official registry of registered investment advisers in the United States. Set a keyword, pick a scope filter, and run. No account or API key required. #### What data can I get from the SEC IAPD database? The scraper returns firmographic data: registered name, FINRA CRD number, SEC registration number, full office address, registration status, disclosure flag, branch count, and former/DBA names. Contact names, AUM, and investment mandates are **not** available in the public search API. #### Can I use this to find family offices? Yes — that's the default search. Set `searchQuery` to `"family office"` (the default) for ~300 registered family-office advisers. Note that single-family offices below the $100M AUM threshold often operate under the private family office exemption and do not appear in IAPD. #### Does this scraper need proxies? No. The IAPD API is a public government service with no IP blocking or bot protection. The scraper uses a 150ms courtesy delay between requests. #### How much does it cost to run? The scraper charges per record returned. A 500-record sweep costs roughly $0.85 at standard pricing (plus the one-time start fee). *** ### Need More Features? Need additional fields, a different registry source, or a custom build for your workflow? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use SEC Investment Adviser Scraper? - **Primary source** — data comes directly from the SEC/FINRA IAPD registry, the same database regulators use. Not a scraped third-party aggregator. - **Clean output** — returns structured JSON with consistent field names and a direct link to each firm's public disclosure profile, which saves time in downstream workflows. - **No friction** — no proxies, no API keys, no accounts. Runs with default settings against a public government API. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Keyword to search for in firm names. Examples: 'family office', 'wealth', 'capital', or a specific firm name. The IAPD search matches anywhere in the firm's registered name. ## `scopeFilter` (type: `string`): Filter by firm registration status. 'active' returns only currently registered firms. 'all' includes inactive and terminated firms. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of investment adviser records to return. The full IAPD database contains thousands of registered firms. Set to 0 for no limit. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchQuery": "family office", "scopeFilter": "active", "maxItems": 15 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchQuery": "family office", "scopeFilter": "active", "maxItems": 15 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/sec-investment-adviser-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchQuery": "family office", "scopeFilter": "active", "maxItems": 15, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/sec-investment-adviser-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchQuery": "family office", "scopeFilter": "active", "maxItems": 15 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/sec-investment-adviser-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/sec-investment-adviser-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SEC Investment Adviser Scraper", "description": "Scrape SEC-registered investment adviser firms from the FINRA/SEC IAPD database. Search by any firm-name keyword (e.g. 'family office', 'wealth', 'capital'). Returns firm name, CRD number, SEC number, office address, registration status, and disclosure flag.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "aRlHLI9UzvNTXssHo" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~sec-investment-adviser-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-sec-investment-adviser-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~sec-investment-adviser-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-sec-investment-adviser-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~sec-investment-adviser-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-sec-investment-adviser-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQuery" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword to search for in firm names. Examples: 'family office', 'wealth', 'capital', or a specific firm name. The IAPD search matches anywhere in the firm's registered name.", "default": "family office" }, "scopeFilter": { "title": "Registration Scope", "enum": [ "active", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by firm registration status. 'active' returns only currently registered firms. 'all' includes inactive and terminated firms.", "default": "active" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of investment adviser records to return. The full IAPD database contains thousands of registered firms. Set to 0 for no limit.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```