SEC EDGAR Scraper — Full-Text Search, Filings & Financials

SEC EDGAR Scraper turns SEC EDGAR into clean datasets for analysts, investors, compliance teams and AI agents. Three things in one Actor: (1) full-text search across the text of every EDGAR filing since 2001, e.g. "going concern" or "tariff" "supply chain" in 10-Ks; (2) company filings by ticker or CIK with form and date filters (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K with item numbers, S-1, 13D, Form 4...), each with document and index links; and (3) standardized financials from XBRL: revenue, gross profit, operating income, net income, EPS, R&D, operating cash flow, capex, free cash flow, assets, liabilities, equity, cash, debt and margins, annual and quarterly. No API key.

What you get

• Full-text search over all EDGAR filings (2001 onwards) with exact phrases, form types, date range and company filter; up to 10,000 hits per query.
• Company filings by ticker (AAPL) or CIK: form, filed date, report date, 8-K items, accession number, primary document and index URLs, plus company profile (SIC, state, fiscal year end, address).
• Standardized financials from XBRL: 15 core metrics plus free cash flow and margins, annual and/or quarterly, using SEC's de-duplicated calendar frames (no double-counted restatements).
• Combine modes: search within a list of companies, or pull filings and financials for a watchlist.
• Polite to SEC servers (declared User-Agent, rate-limited) so runs keep working.
• Fair billing: $0.30 per 1,000 rows; unknown tickers and empty searches are free.

How to use SEC EDGAR Scraper

1. Enter Full-text search queries (use quotes for exact phrases) and/or Companies (tickers or CIKs).
2. Optionally filter by Forms (e.g. 10-K, 8-K) and Start/End date.
3. Turn on Financials to add annual and/or quarterly XBRL financial rows for each company.
4. Run and export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect Google Sheets, a database or an AI agent.

Input example

{
  "companies": [
    "AAPL",
    "MSFT",
    "NVDA"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "10-K",
    "10-Q"
  ],
  "includeFinancials": true,
  "financialPeriods": "annual",
  "maxPeriods": 5
}

All fields are described in the Input tab.

Output example

{
  "type": "financials",
  "companyName": "Apple Inc.",
  "cik": "0000320193",
  "periodType": "annual",
  "periodStart": "2024-09-29",
  "periodEnd": "2025-09-27",
  "calendarPeriod": "CY2025",
  "revenue": 416161000000,
  "grossProfit": 195201000000,
  "operatingIncome": 133050000000,
  "netIncome": 112010000000,
  "epsBasic": 7.49,
  "epsDiluted": 7.46,
  "operatingCashFlow": 111482000000,
  "capitalExpenditures": 12715000000,
  "researchAndDevelopment": 34550000000,
  "totalAssets": 359241000000,
  "totalLiabilities": 285508000000,
  "stockholdersEquity": 73733000000,
  "cashAndEquivalents": 35934000000,
  "longTermDebt": 78328000000,
  "dilutedShares": 15004697000,
  "freeCashFlow": 98767000000,
  "grossMargin": 0.469,
  "netMargin": 0.2692,
  "currency": "USD",
  "input": "AAPL",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-01T20:51:30.000Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
type	searchHit, filing or financials.
query	Search query (search hits).
companyName	Company name.
tickers	Tickers.
cik	10-digit CIK.
form	Form type.
filedDate	Filing date.
periodEnding	Period of report (search hits).
reportDate	Report date (filings).
acceptedAt	EDGAR acceptance time.
accessionNumber	Accession number.
fileName	Matched document file.
fileDescription	Document description.
items	8-K item numbers.
description	Primary document description.
sic	SIC code.
sicDescription	Industry.
businessLocation	Business location.
stateOfIncorporation	State of incorporation.
otherFilers	Other filers on the document.
exchanges	Exchanges.
fiscalYearEnd	Fiscal year end (MMDD).
businessAddress	Business address.
website	Website.
isXBRL	Has XBRL.
sizeBytes	Filing size.
documentUrl	Document URL.
filingIndexUrl	Filing index URL.
score	Search relevance.
input	Ticker/CIK as entered.
periodType	annual or quarterly.
periodStart	Period start.
periodEnd	Period end.
calendarPeriod	SEC calendar frame, e.g. CY2025, CY2026Q2.
revenue	Revenue.
grossProfit	Gross profit.
operatingIncome	Operating income.
netIncome	Net income.
epsBasic	EPS basic.
epsDiluted	EPS diluted.
operatingCashFlow	Operating cash flow.
capitalExpenditures	Capital expenditures.
researchAndDevelopment	R&D expense.
totalAssets	Total assets.
totalLiabilities	Total liabilities.
stockholdersEquity	Stockholders' equity.
cashAndEquivalents	Cash and equivalents.
longTermDebt	Long-term debt.
dilutedShares	Weighted diluted shares.
freeCashFlow	Operating cash flow minus capex.
grossMargin	Gross margin (0-1).
netMargin	Net margin (0-1).
currency	USD.
scrapedAt	When the row was scraped.

Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read them with the API.

Use cases

• Investment research: screen 10-Ks for risk phrases ("going concern", "material weakness", "tariff").
• Fundamental datasets: revenue, earnings, cash flow and balance sheet history for a watchlist.
• Event monitoring: 8-K filings with item numbers (2.02 results, 5.02 executive changes, 1.01 agreements).
• Compliance and legal research: find every filing that mentions a company, product or contract.
• AI agents and RAG: structured filings and financials with direct document links.

How much does SEC EDGAR Scraper cost?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: $0.0003 per row ($0.3 per 1,000). Platform usage is included. There is no start fee. Searches or companies that return nothing are free.

Set Maximum cost per run in the run options to cap your spend; the Actor stops when the limit is reached.

Use SEC EDGAR Scraper with AI agents (MCP)

Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client this Actor as a tool through the hosted Apify MCP server:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/sec-edgar-scraper-filings-financials" --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Or in a JSON MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/sec-edgar-scraper-filings-financials",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

The tool is named technicaldost--sec-edgar-scraper-filings-financials. Ask your agent, for example, to "run SEC EDGAR Scraper with {"companies": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "NVDA"], "forms": ["10-K", "10-Q"], "includeFinancials": true, "financialPeriods": "annual", "maxPeriods": 5}".

Run SEC EDGAR Scraper via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/technicaldost~sec-edgar-scraper-filings-financials/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"companies": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "NVDA"], "forms": ["10-K", "10-Q"], "includeFinancials": true, "financialPeriods": "annual", "maxPeriods": 5}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("technicaldost/sec-edgar-scraper-filings-financials").call(run_input={"companies": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "NVDA"], "forms": ["10-K", "10-Q"], "includeFinancials": True, "financialPeriods": "annual", "maxPeriods": 5})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('technicaldost/sec-edgar-scraper-filings-financials').call({"companies": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "NVDA"], "forms": ["10-K", "10-Q"], "includeFinancials": true, "financialPeriods": "annual", "maxPeriods": 5});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Integrations

Schedule runs (daily, hourly) in Apify Console and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte or your own webhook.

FAQ

Do I need an SEC API key?

No. EDGAR's search, submissions and XBRL services are public. The Actor declares a User-Agent and stays well under SEC's rate limit, as SEC asks. You can add your own contact email in the input.

How does full-text search work?

It uses EDGAR full-text search (2001 onwards). Wrap phrases in quotes, combine terms, and filter by form type, dates and companies. Each hit is one document of a filing with a direct link.

Where do the financials come from?

From the company's XBRL data on data.sec.gov. Revenue uses Revenues or RevenueFromContractWithCustomer (whichever the company files). Values are as reported, in USD; quarterly cash-flow items are only available where companies report a 3-month figure.

Why do some companies have no financials?

Funds, trusts, foreign private issuers (20-F/40-F) and some small companies do not file US-GAAP XBRL facts.

How many filings per company?

Up to 1,000 of the most recent filings (SEC's recent list), filtered by form and date.

How is it priced?

$0.30 per 1,000 rows (a search hit, a filing or a financial period). No start fee.

Is it legal to scrape this data?

The Actor collects publicly available information only and does not log in or bypass access controls. Use the data in line with the website's terms and the laws that apply to you, especially when processing personal data.

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