SEC EDGAR Filings Scraper

Fetches SEC EDGAR filing records from the public EFTS full-text search API. Returns structured data on company filings including form type, filing date, accession number, and location. Ideal for financial research, compliance monitoring, and earnings tracking.

What you get

• company: Company name (cleaned, without ticker/CIK suffix)
• cik: SEC Central Index Key
• form_type: SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, etc.)
• filed_date: Date the filing was submitted to SEC
• accession_no: Unique accession number for the filing
• period_ending: Reporting period end date
• location: Business location (city, state)
• document_url: Link to the company's EDGAR filing page
• scrapedAt: ISO timestamp when the record was fetched

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
formType	String	10-K	SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, etc.)
startDate	String	2026-01-01	Filing date range start (YYYY-MM-DD)
endDate	String	2026-03-31	Filing date range end (YYYY-MM-DD)
query	String	(empty)	Full-text search within filings
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum records to return (0 = unlimited)

Quick Start

1. Find the actor in Apify Store
2. Click Try for free and set your inputs
3. Click Start and wait for the run to finish
4. Download results as JSON, CSV, or via the API

Sample Output

Each item in the dataset looks like this:

{
  "company": "Apple Inc",
  "cik": "0000320193",
  "form_type": "10-K",
  "filed_date": "2024-11-01",
  "accession_no": "0000320193-24-000123",
  "period_ending": "2024-09-28",
  "location": "Cupertino, CA",
  "document_url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193&type=10-K&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-11-01T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Monitor recent 10-K and 10-Q filings for portfolio companies
• Track 8-K filings for material events across an industry sector
• Build a pipeline of new S-1 filings for IPO research
• Compliance monitoring for regulated industries

Notes

• Uses the official SEC EFTS full-text search API — no login or API key required
• Data is publicly available under SEC's open data policy
• Set maxItems to 0 for unlimited results (large date ranges may return thousands)
• Rate limit: 10 requests/second per SEC fair-use policy; actor adds a 300ms delay per page