SEC filing API

Search companies and find SEC filing metadata by name, ticker, or CIK

Companies APIAccess not open

api.narwhalapi.com JSON

GET/v1/companies?query=AAPL

{
  "query": "AAPL",
  "companies": [
    {
      "id": "cmp_a1b2c3d4e5f678901234567890abcdef",
      "name": "Apple Inc.",
      "cik": "0000320193",
      "listings": [
        {"ticker": "AAPL", "exchange": "Nasdaq"}
      ]
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": null,
  "as_of": "2026-08-29T12:00:00Z"
}

Company identity and filings stay linked

Stable identity

One company ID stays stable when names or tickers change.

Filing metadata

Forms, dates, amendments, and SEC links stay explicit.

One snapshot

Every page carries one as_of time and stable cursor.

SEC forms you can find

Filter by exact form, including amendments such as 10-K/A and 4/A

Company reports

`10-K`

Annual company
report

`10-Q`

Quarterly company
report

`8-K`

Material company
events

Issuer disclosure

`20-F / 6-K`

Foreign private issuer
reports

`DEF 14A`

Proxy votes, boards,
and executive compensation

`S-1 / S-3 / 424B`

Registrations, offerings,
and prospectuses

Ownership

`Forms 3 / 4 / 5`

Insider beneficial ownership
and changes

`Schedule 13D / 13G`

Large beneficial
owners

`13F-HR`

Institutional manager
holdings

One company ID, changing aliases

CIK, ticker, exchange, and company name remain aliases. Filing discovery uses the stable company ID.

id: Stable opaque company identity returned by search.
cik / listings: SEC identity, ticker, and nullable exchange aliases.
accession_number: Stable identity for one SEC filing.
accepted_at / as_of: Filing time and publication snapshot time.

Endpointsv1

GET/v1/companies?query={name|ticker|cik}

Search covered SEC issuers

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GET/v1/companies/{company_id}

Read one company identity

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GET/v1/companies/{company_id}/filings

List filing metadata

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Official SEC metadata

Narwhal keeps company aliases, filing timestamps, amendment state, and canonical SEC links. It does not turn filing metadata into analysis.

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SEC API resources

API reference

Three REST and MCP operations.

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Coverage

Companies, filings, history, and limits.

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SEC form types

What each common filing means.

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SEC filing questions

Can I search by ticker or CIK?

Yes. Search accepts a company name, ticker, or ten-digit CIK.

What does a filing result include?

Form, filing date, acceptance time, amendment state, report period, and canonical SEC links.

Which SEC forms can I filter?

Any exact form in the covered filing history, including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, Form 4, 13F-HR, and amendments.

Does it include filing text or XBRL facts?

No. This contract covers company identity and filing metadata only.

Open the SEC API docs

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