You can access the FINRA BrokerCheck Search — Firm & Broker Records API programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "query": "Goldman Sachs",
10    "searchType": "firm",
11    "maxResults": 25,
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

FINRA BrokerCheck API — Broker & Firm Lookup API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use FINRA BrokerCheck Search — Firm & Broker Records API API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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