SEC EDGAR Company Search
Operator: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United States
Free SEC database for company filings, financial reports and other published submissions.
Companies & Business
Product
Official database of published SEC filings.
Availability and source date
Active
As of: 15 October 2026.
No functionality test has been performed.
Use in OSINT research
Provides published financial reports, ownership disclosures and other company filings. These allow companies and their reported circumstances to be researched using original documents.
Queries
| Input | Result | Result type |
|---|---|---|
| Company / organisation name | Companies and their published SEC filings. | Retrieved |
| Company registration number | Filings associated with the SEC identifier CIK. | Retrieved |
| Keyword / free text | Full-text matches in electronic filings, with filters for period and form type. | Retrieved |
Features
- Finds companies by name, stock ticker or the SEC identifier CIK.
- Shows published financial reports, ownership disclosures and other form types.
- Searches the full text of filings and filters by period and document type.
- Provides filing histories and structured financial data through public APIs.
- Offers datasets updated daily for download.
Categories
- Companies & Business
- Financial statements
Coverage
Geographical coverage
USA; also foreign companies required to file with the SEC
Dataset
Published filings by companies, funds and other filers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Access
Requirements
Public research without an account. The public data APIs require neither registration nor an API key.
Export
Original filings for download; JSON through the data APIs; XBRL financial data and daily bulk ZIP files.
Provider
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Country of establishment
United States
Interfaces
API
Available. Public JSON APIs for filing histories and XBRL financial data without registration or an API key. EDGAR Next filing services are a different offering.
MCP
Not documented. No provider information on the product and API pages reviewed.
AI agents
Not documented. No provider information on the product and API pages reviewed.
Usage note
Automated queries must not exceed a total of ten requests per second; access must follow SEC requirements for identifying the program.
Legal note
Limitations
- Covers documents filed with the SEC, not all US companies.
- According to the current product page, full-text search covers more than 20 years.
Guides and practical reports
Official · How Do I Use EDGAR?
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 07/2024 · EN
Explains company search, CIK, form types and date filters.