🏛️ SEC Investment Adviser (IAPD) Scraper

🚀 Export SEC registered investment adviser records in seconds. Pull individuals and firms from the official Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database with CRD IDs, SEC numbers, disclosure flags, and current employment. Download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-25 · 📊 22 fields per record · Up to 1,000,000 records · United States, every SEC-registered adviser

The SEC IAPD Scraper queries the official SEC api.adviserinfo.sec.gov search service used by the public Investment Adviser Public Disclosure portal. Every record includes the registrant's CRD/Source ID, SEC numbers (full and short), registration scope (Active vs Inactive), disclosure flag, and current employment details where applicable. No login, no CAPTCHA, no manual exports required.

The dataset covers every individual investment adviser representative and every adviser firm tracked by the SEC under IAPD, including legacy registrations and previously-registered persons.

Coverage: 10,000+ individuals and thousands of firms returned per query, fully searchable by name or keyword.

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Target Audience / Use Cases

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Compliance teams	Verify adviser registrations and check disclosure flags
Financial recruiters	Build prospect lists of advisers with experience filters
Wealth management firms	Due diligence on advisers and competing firms
Journalists & researchers	Investigate adviser firms and their regulatory history
Regtech and KYC vendors	Augment customer onboarding with adviser registration data
Academic researchers	Study industry composition and regulatory disclosures

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📋 What the SEC IAPD Scraper does

• Searches the SEC IAPD database by name, firm, or any keyword
• Returns both individual advisers and firm records
• Includes CRD/Source ID, SEC number, full SEC number (801-xxxxx)
• Surfaces disclosure flags and active/inactive scope
• Captures current employment details for individuals (firm, branch city/state/ZIP)
• Captures office address for firms
• Applies maxItems cap so free users get a 10-record preview without wasting quota
• Exports in any Apify-supported format: JSON, CSV, Excel, XML

💡 Why it matters: Manually browsing IAPD is one record at a time. This actor turns IAPD into an automated, scheduled pipeline.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	No	goldman	Name or keyword to search.
maxItems	integer	No	10	Maximum records to return. Free users capped at 10.
searchType	select	No	Firm	Individuals (advisers) or Firms.
activeOnly	boolean	No	false	Only currently active registrations.

Example 1 - Firm search for "Goldman":

{
    "query": "goldman",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "searchType": "Firm"
}

Example 2 - Individual advisers named Smith, active only:

{
    "query": "smith",
    "maxItems": 200,
    "searchType": "Individual",
    "activeOnly": true
}

⚠️ Good to Know: The SEC IAPD search is keyword-based and returns the most-relevant matches first. Some legacy individuals have no current employment and currentEmploymentFirm will be null.

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📊 Output

Each record contains:

Field	Type	Description
📛 title	string	Full display name (person or firm)
🏷️ type	string	Individual or Firm
🆔 id	string	Source ID (CRD-equivalent) used in the SEC profile URL
🪪 secNumber	string	Short SEC number (firms)
📑 fullSecNumber	string	Full SEC number e.g. 801-10970
🟢 scope	string	Active or Inactive
⚠️ hasDisclosures	boolean	Whether disclosures are filed
🏢 currentEmploymentFirm	string	Current firm (individuals)
📍 city / state / country	string	Office location
🔗 sourceUrl	string	SEC IAPD profile URL
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp
❌ error	string	Error message if any

Sample (firm):

{
    "title": "MARK A. GOLDMAN",
    "type": "Firm",
    "id": "117534",
    "otherNames": ["GOLDMAN, MARK A.", "MARK A. GOLDMAN", "GOLDPLAN"],
    "scope": "INACTIVE",
    "hasDisclosures": false,
    "branchesCount": 0,
    "city": "VASHON",
    "state": "WA",
    "country": "United States",
    "sourceUrl": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/117534"
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🟢 No API key, no login, no CAPTCHA
• 🟢 Hits the same backend used by the official SEC portal
• 🟢 Both individuals and firms in a single actor
• 🟢 Outputs structured JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML directly
• 🟢 Free preview tier so you can try before paying

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Option	Search by name	Bulk export	Firms + Individuals	No login
Official SEC IAPD portal	Yes	Manual, one at a time	Yes	Yes
Generic financial-data APIs	Sometimes	Paid, expensive	Often firms only	Requires keys
ParseForge IAPD Scraper	Yes	Yes, JSON/CSV/Excel/XML	Yes, both	Yes

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open this actor on Apify Console
3. Enter a query and pick Individual or Firm
4. Run, then download CSV / Excel / JSON / XML
5. Schedule the run or wire it into Make / Zapier / Slack

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💼 Business use cases

Compliance & KYC

Run an adviser's name through the actor as part of onboarding to confirm registration scope and disclosure flag.

Recruiting & sales

Build prospect lists from currentEmploymentFirm, then enrich with email and LinkedIn lookups.

Competitive intelligence

Pull every firm with a keyword to map the competitive landscape.

Academic & policy research

Aggregate disclosure rates across active firms by state for regulatory studies.

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🔌 Automating SEC IAPD Scraper

The actor integrates with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive, and any HTTP-aware tool through the Apify API.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Study how disclosure rates correlate with firm size or geography.

Personal

Verify an adviser before opening an account.

Non-profit

Investigate adviser concentrations in underserved markets.

Experimentation

Combine with FINRA BrokerCheck data to study dual-registration patterns.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I need a SEC account or developer key? No. The actor hits the same public search endpoint used by adviserinfo.sec.gov.

Q: How fresh is the data? Real-time. Each run queries the live SEC search.

Q: Can I get FINRA BrokerCheck data? Use our companion FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper for the broker side.

Q: Are inactive registrations included? Yes by default. Set activeOnly: true to filter.

Q: How many records can I pull? Free users: 10 per run. Paid users: up to 1,000,000.

Q: Is the data legally usable? IAPD is a public US federal disclosure system. Data is published in the public interest.

Q: Does the actor support firm CRD-only lookup? Yes, just enter the firm name as the query.

Q: What if my query returns zero results? An error record is pushed so you can detect empty results in automation.

Q: Can I get historical employment for individuals? Current employments are returned in allCurrentEmployments. Historical employments require visiting the SEC profile.

Q: Output formats? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML via Apify's dataset exports.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Webhooks, REST API, Make scenarios, Zapier zaps, Slack channels, Airbyte connectors, Google Sheets, and more through the Apify platform.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Only publicly available data from adviserinfo.sec.gov is collected.