SEC EDGAR
The SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system - the authoritative record of public company filings in the United States.
What's indexed
10-K annual reports
Comprehensive annual financial reports
10-Q quarterly reports
Quarterly financial updates
8-K current reports
Material events and corporate changes
Selected exhibits
Key exhibits attached to filings
Issuer metadata
Company info with CIK-based entity resolution
Filing metadata
Dates, form types, SIC codes, accession numbers
Why it matters
EDGAR is the mandatory disclosure system for US public companies. Every 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K filing represents a legally required disclosure. This makes it the definitive record for tracking corporate events, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance obligations. For compliance teams and regtech products, EDGAR data is foundational.
Filters and metadata
Example queries
Track 8-K filings for a specific company
search "material event" filter: form_type=8-K, cik=0001318605, since=2024-01-01Search across 10-K risk disclosures
search "cybersecurity risk factors" filter: form_type=10-K, sic=6020Monitor new filings for a watchlist
subscribe: cik IN [0001318605, 0000789019] events: [new_filing]Freshness
EDGAR is recrawled on a scheduled basis to detect new filings and updates. Change events are emitted for new filings, amended filings, and exhibit updates. Subscribe via webhooks or poll the change feed for cursor-based incremental sync.