Get SEC EDGAR Facts for an SEC Registrant
Resolves a US SEC registrant by ticker (preferred) or company-name query. Returns the SEC EDGAR identity facts: legal name, former names, ticker, exchange, SIC industry, state of incorporation, headquarters, and whether it is an operating company, plus the earliest EDGAR filing date and, when EDGAR holds it, the IPO prospectus (listingProspectus). SEC supplies no brand name, website, or summary text — those stay enrichment-owned and are absent here. A name query binds only the one registrant whose title equals it ignoring case and legal suffix, or the only registrant whose title contains it; a name SEC’s ticker listing lacks is looked up in EDGAR’s company-name index, which also holds tickerless filers such as private Form D issuers. Several matches without one exact title return 409: resolution.parameter is ticker with their tickers in resolution.acceptedValue, or, when none has a ticker, name with each legal name that binds alone; filers whose legal names differ only by case or legal suffix return 409 with no resolution and their CIKs in the detail. A ticker missing from SEC’s current listings binds the one registrant whose past filings carried it (a delisted filer, whose ticker list is then empty); several such registrants return 409. A 404 means this lookup matched no SEC registrant; it does not show the company is private. Read live and never persisted.
Authentication
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Query parameters
Trading ticker symbol (preferred resolver)
Company name query (used when no ticker is given)
Response headers
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Response
Listing exchange(s).
True when SEC classifies this registrant as an operating company, false for a SPAC/trust/holding/shell vehicle.
Former registered legal names from SEC formerNames, most recent first.
Other registrants whose title also contains the name query (legal names) beside the exact title match that bound. Empty for a ticker resolution.
Trading ticker symbol(s).
SEC EDGAR company page listing this registrant’s filings; cite it as the thirdPartyWebsite sourceDetail for a fact this lookup supplied.
Employer Identification Number (tax id), when SEC supplies one.
SEC entity type. operating marks a real operating company; other marks a SPAC, trust, holding, or shell filing vehicle.
Fiscal year-end as MMDD.
Headquarters country code; often null for US filers.
Headquarters postal/ZIP code.
The registrant’s IPO prospectus: its first final prospectus (Form 424B4 or 424B1), reported only when an offering registration statement (S-1, F-1, SB-2, S-11) precedes it and no annual or quarterly report does. Null when EDGAR shows no such prospectus, including every company that listed before its EDGAR history starts and every follow-on offering.
State or country of incorporation (SEC code).