Sec Gov Understand Edgar And Its Three Websites

EDGAR filers interact with EDGAR through three websites—EDGAR Filer Management, EDGAR Filing, and EDGAR Online Forms. Each website offers EDGAR filers different functionality. Consult this How Do I guide to be sure you use the correct website for your filing needs. EDGAR is available for filing from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.

Apply for access to file on EDGAR on Form ID. If an entity or individual seeks access to file electronically on EDGAR, an individual authorized by the entity or individual must complete and submit the Form ID application for access on the dashboard of... See How Do I Prepare and Submit My Form ID Application for Access. Manage a filer’s EDGAR account. Account administrators for a filer can manage the filer’s EDGAR account on the dashboard of the EDGAR Filer Management website. See the How Do I Guides related to the topic Manage the Filer’s Account on the Dashboard.

Reset the filer's CCC. On the dashboard of the EDGAR Filer Management website, filers can reset their CCC. These topics serve as basic resources to help filers understand the EDGAR system. They are not definitive resources or a substitute for the EDGAR Filer Manual, and filers should consult it before making any filings with EDGAR. Create Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Issuing Entities Obtain and Update Investment Company Series and Class IDs

Prepare, Save, and Attach an Organizational Chart Save Authenticating Document as a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat OR Reader Enjoy free public access to millions of informational documents filed by publicly traded companies and others in the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. Find registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms by typing the name or ticker symbol of a company (CIK lookup info) (confidential treatment orders) (SEC correspondence with issuers) Some specific ways to access filings based on time, type, or other categories. Find keywords and phrases in more than 20 years of EDGAR filings, and filter by date, company, person, filing category, or location.

View a listing of real-time filings as they are submitted into the EDGAR system. Also view daily filings by form type within the past week. EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, is the primary system for companies and others submitting documents under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture... Containing millions of company and individual filings, EDGAR benefits investors, corporations, and the U.S. economy overall by increasing the efficiency, transparency, and fairness of the securities markets. The system processes about 4,700 filings per day, serves up 3,000 terabytes of data to the public annually, and accommodates 40,000 new filers per year on average.

EDGAR® and EDGARLink® are registered trademarks of the SEC. Access to EDGAR’s public database is free—allowing you to research, for example, a public company’s financial information and operations by reviewing the filings the company makes with the SEC. You can also research information provided by mutual funds (including money market funds), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), variable annuities, and individuals. The Office of Investor Education and Assistance has created a helpful guide to Using EDGAR to Research Investments. The EDGAR database provides free public access to corporate information, allowing you to research a public company’s financial information and operations by reviewing the filings the company makes with the SEC. You can also research information provided by mutual funds (including money market funds), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and variable annuities.

In addition to this link, you have two ways of accessing EDGAR from the SEC.gov home page: Form Types EDGAR presents search results in chronological order and identifies the filings by form types, shown in the first column of the search results. For example, the form type for the annual report on Form 10-K filed by domestic public companies is “10-K.” Filings with “/A” appended to the form type code indicate an amendment. For example, the form type “10-K/A” would indicate an amendment to a Form 10-K filing. This guide describes where you can find certain types of information in common filings by public companies, mutual funds, and ETFs.

A more comprehensive list of the types of forms filed on EDGAR can be found at this forms list. Founded to help our country respond to the Great Depression, we’re the agency that protects investors from misconduct, promotes fairness & efficiency in the securities markets, and facilitates capital formation for those looking to... We work together to make a positive impact on America’s economy, our capital markets, and people’s lives. The SEC engages in rulemaking through a transparent process guided by the Administrative Procedure Act and informed by public comment. Members of the public are invited to share comments on proposed rulemakings. At Investor.gov, the SEC provides investors with the resources to make informed investment decisions.

All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) system. Anyone can access and download this information for free or query it through a variety of EDGAR public searches. To ensure everyone has equitable access to SEC EDGAR content, please use efficient scripting. Download only what you need and please moderate requests to minimize server load. SEC reserves the right to limit request rates to preserve fair access for all users.

See our Internet Security Policy for our current rate request limit. The SEC does not allow botnets or automated tools to crawl the site. Any request that has been identified as part of a botnet or an automated tool outside of the acceptable policy will be managed to ensure fair access for all users. Please declare your user agent in request headers: As of September 15, 2025, all filers must comply with the EDGAR Next rule and form amendments to file on EDGAR. Please see the EDGAR Next page on SEC.gov for more information.

Filers are responsible for securely maintaining their EDGAR CCC and Login.gov individual account credentials. The CIK is a unique, publicly available number that EDGAR assigns to identify each filer account. It is a permanent identifier: it may not be changed and never expires. It is used with the CCC to file on EDGAR. The CIK is assigned regardless of whether filings are made electronically on EDGAR or submitted to the SEC in paper. The SEC’s EDGAR database provides free public access to corporate information, allowing you to quickly research a company’s financial information and operations by reviewing registration statements, prospectuses and periodic reports filed on Forms 10-K...

You also can find information about recent corporate events reported on Form 8-K.

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