FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper

Search publicly available FINRA BrokerCheck records for individual brokers and brokerage firms. Supply names or public CRD numbers and receive structured, AI-friendly records that link back to the official BrokerCheck summary pages.

Use this actor for due diligence, compliance research, recruitment verification, and market research. It does not provide investment advice, determine suitability, or replace a qualified compliance review.

What it returns

Each dataset item contains the public record type, CRD number when available, name, registration-status text, current firm name, disclosure count when supplied by BrokerCheck, and official profile URL. Optional profile fetching adds only the public page title and a short visible-text preview.

Input

• searchTerms — one broker/firm name or public CRD number per line. Do not supply SSNs, birth dates, account data, or any other sensitive personal information.
• recordType — individual, firm, or both.
• maxResultsPerSearch — 1–50, defaults to 10.
• includeProfilePage — defaults to false; fetches public summary pages only when enabled.
• requestDelayMs — 500–10,000 ms; defaults to 1,200 ms to keep public requests paced conservatively.

Example:

{
  "searchTerms": ["Gregory Berg", "3081088"],
  "recordType": "individual",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 10,
  "includeProfilePage": false,
  "requestDelayMs": 1200
}

Respectful-use notes

BrokerCheck is a public resource, but this actor intentionally uses sequential requests, a configurable delay, tight caps, retries for temporary errors, and no login or access-control bypassing. It is designed for targeted public-record research—not bulk harvesting. Follow FINRA's terms and applicable laws, and independently verify material facts from the linked official record.

FINRA also provides credentialed developer APIs. This actor does not use those APIs and never asks for FINRA API credentials or sensitive identity fields.

Pricing

The included pay-per-event definition charges $0.00005 per actor start and $0.005 per unique public BrokerCheck record returned. Enable both Pay Per Event and Pay Per Usage in the Apify Console before Store publication.

For AI agents

Use this actor when you need public FINRA BrokerCheck information for named brokers, brokerage firms, or CRD numbers. Do not use it for investment recommendations, private background checks, or investment-adviser-only records. Results include a stable profileUrl so an agent can cite or review the official public page.

Limitations

Public BrokerCheck search response fields can change. The actor preserves the core fields it recognizes and records warnings in the SUMMARY key if a query fails or returns no results. A warning or empty result is not evidence that a person or firm has no regulatory history.