SEC Filings & Regulatory Monitor

Track SEC filings by company ticker, form type, and keyword. Stay on top of regulatory changes, earnings reports, and material events.

Monitor the SEC EDGAR database for new filings from your portfolio companies, competitors, or industry. Get alerted when 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, S-1s, or any other form type hits the wire.

What it does

The SEC Filings Monitor searches three data sources to catch every relevant filing:

Source	What it covers
SEC Company Submissions API	All filings for specific tickers (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Form 4, S-1, etc.)
EDGAR Full-Text Search	Keyword matches across every filing in the SEC database
SEC RSS Feed	Latest filings from all filers in real-time

Each filing is enriched with company name, CIK, form type, filing date, description, and a direct SEC.gov URL. Results are deduplicated across sources and persisted between runs so you only get notified about genuinely new filings.

Use Cases

• Portfolio monitoring — Get notified when your holdings file quarterly/annual reports or material event notices (8-K)
• Competitive intelligence — Track competitors' S-1, S-3, and 8-K filings
• Regulatory tracking — Monitor SEC filings for mentions of specific regulations, policies, or enforcement actions
• IPO watch — Track S-1 filings and amendments for companies in your sector
• Insider activity — Monitor Form 4 filings for insider trading activity
• Industry research — Search across all filings for mentions of AI, cybersecurity, climate, or any topic

Input

Field	Type	Description
tickers	array	Stock tickers to monitor (e.g., ["AAPL", "MSFT", "GOOGL"])
keywords	array	Keywords to search across all SEC filings (e.g., ["cybersecurity", "artificial intelligence"])
formTypes	array	Filter by form type. Empty = all forms. Common: ["10-K", "10-Q", "8-K"]
daysBack	integer	Look back window in days (default: 7)
maxResults	integer	Max results per source (default: 25)
useCompanyApi	boolean	Fetch by ticker via company submissions API (default: true)
useFulltextSearch	boolean	Search full-text index for keywords (default: true)
useRssFeed	boolean	Monitor SEC RSS feed (default: true)
notificationTypes	select	new_filings (deduplicated) or all_runs (every check)
webhookUrl	string	Optional URL for push alerts

Example Input

{
  "tickers": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "GOOGL"],
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "artificial intelligence", "data breach"],
  "formTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q", "8-K"],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "maxResults": 25,
  "useCompanyApi": true,
  "useFulltextSearch": true,
  "useRssFeed": true,
  "notificationTypes": ["new_filings"],
  "webhookUrl": "https://hooks.example.com/sec-alerts"
}

Output

Each filing record contains:

Field	Description
source	Data source: sec_company, sec_fulltext, or sec_rss
filing_id	Unique hash for deduplication
company_name	Company name
cik	SEC Central Index Key
ticker	Stock ticker (company API source only)
form_type	SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc.)
filing_date	Date filed with SEC
report_date	Reporting period end date (when available)
accession_number	SEC accession number
description	Filing description / title
url	Direct link to the filing on SEC.gov
_new	Boolean — true if filing is new since last run

A summary record with _summary: true is appended at the end showing totals by form type, companies tracked, and new filing counts.

Webhook Payload

When new filings are detected, a POST is sent to your webhook URL:

{
  "event": "new_sec_filings",
  "summary": {
    "total_found": 45,
    "new_filings": 12,
    "days_back": 7,
    "forms": {
      "8-K": 8,
      "10-Q": 3,
      "10-K": 1
    },
    "companies": {
      "APPLE INC": 5,
      "Microsoft Corp": 4,
      "Alphabet Inc": 3
    }
  },
  "filings": [
    {
      "company_name": "Apple Inc.",
      "form_type": "8-K",
      "filing_date": "2026-07-03",
      "description": "Results of Operations",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/..."
    }
  ],
  "checked_at": "2026-07-04T12:00:00+00:00"
}

The payload is capped at 15 filings to avoid oversized POST bodies.

Persistent State

This Actor maintains a persistent key-value store between runs. It tracks every filing ID it has ever seen. When you run it on a schedule (e.g., daily via Apify scheduler), you only get notified about filings that are genuinely new — not a repeat of everything from the previous run.

To reset tracking, delete the sec-filings-monitor-state key-value store in the Apify console.

Scheduled Monitoring

For best results, configure the Actor to run daily via the Apify scheduler:

1. Set daysBack: 2 to catch anything from the previous day
2. Set notificationTypes: ["new_filings"] for deduplicated alerts
3. Configure a webhookUrl for Slack/Discord/Teams integration
4. Use formTypes: ["8-K"] for real-time material event monitoring

Pricing

• Model: PAY_PER_EVENT — $0.01 per run
• Each run checks all configured tickers, keywords, form types, and sources
• Free to try with your Apify trial credits

About SEC Data

This Actor uses publicly available SEC EDGAR APIs:

• SEC Company Submissions API
• SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search
• SEC EDGAR RSS Feed

All data is sourced from public filings. No API key is required. A descriptive User-Agent header is sent as required by SEC policy.