SEC Company Search

GET/v1/financial/sec/search$0.01 per call

Search SEC EDGAR for public companies.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
qrequired	query	string

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	e.g. `true`
query	string	e.g. `apple`
results	array
results[].cik	string	e.g. `0001505485`
results[].entityName	string	e.g. `APPLEBY CG`
results[].tickers	array
totalResults	number	e.g. `50`
dataSource	object
dataSource.name	string	e.g. `SEC EDGAR Company Tickers (PostgreSQL)`
dataSource.apiUrl	string	e.g. `database`
dataSource.totalRecords	number	e.g. `711314`
meta	object
meta.dataSource	object
meta.dataSource.name	string	e.g. `SEC EDGAR Company Tickers (PostgreSQL)`
meta.dataSource.provenance	string	e.g. `database`

Fields are read from a real response captured 2026-11-04, shortened. Optional fields may be absent in other responses.

Errors

400 invalid request
401 missing or bad key
403 not in your plan
429 rate limited, see Retry-After
402 payment required
5xx retry with backoff

Error bodies and codes are described in Error codes and troubleshooting.

curl "https://api.compliancegrid.ai/v1/financial/sec/search?q=laptop+computer" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CG_API_KEY"

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q (query, required)

Example response · captured from production 2026-11-04 · shortened

{
  "success": true,
  "query": "apple",
  "results": [
    {
      "cik": "0001505485",
      "entityName": "APPLEBY CG",
      "tickers": []
    },
    {
      "cik": "0001063234",
      "entityName": "APPLE GREG",
      "tickers": []
    }
  ],
  "totalResults": 50,
  "dataSource": {
    "name": "SEC EDGAR Company Tickers (PostgreSQL)",
    "apiUrl": "database",
    "totalRecords": 711314
  },
  "meta": {
    "dataSource": {
      "name": "SEC EDGAR Company Tickers (PostgreSQL)",
      "provenance": "database"
    }
  }
}