# SEC EDGAR, free: Company enrichment API

> "data.sec.gov" was created to host RESTful data APIs delivering JSON-formatted data to external customers and to web pages on SEC.gov. These APIs do not require any authentication or API keys to access.

SEC EDGAR's company enrichment API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns none of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Industry, Type and status, Images and 9 more.
You get up to 25,920,000 calls a month.
Half of the 1,355 plans we rank by price cost $9.00 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 78 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,355 plans.
[CNPJ API's R$99 monthly plan (/bulk-cnpj)](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/cnpj-api/r-99-monthly-pro-post-bulk-cnpj/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in Brazil only. CNPJ API's R$99 monthly plan costs less up front than Extruct's $49 monthly plan.
[SEC EDGAR](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt), [GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-companies-enrich/llms.txt) and [ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapeunblocker/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-companies-crunchbase/llms.txt) are the best company enrichment API providers in our benchmark for companies in any country.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free
- [Best company enrichment API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK{CIK}.json`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Sold by: SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Score

- Overall score: 72.0
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 48
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 100

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: "data.sec.gov" was created to host RESTful data APIs delivering JSON-formatted data to external customers and to web pages on SEC.gov. These APIs do not require any authentication or API keys to access.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Worldwide
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC’s permission. Please consider appropriate citation to the SEC as the source. [...] Please do not use the SEC seal or any of the other logos or artwork from this site. In addition, please be advised that “SEC,” the EDGAR logo, and the names EDGAR, EDGARLink, and EDGARLink Online are the SEC's registered trademarks. You may not use them in a trade name, trademark, or domain name of an SEC- or EDGAR-related business without a license from the SEC. [...] The SEC does not allow "unclassified" bots or automated tools to crawl the site."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 25,920,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.00 s

## The call

- You send: CIK, User-Agent header
- Method: GET
- Path: /submissions/CIK{CIK}.json

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

entity name, former names, ticker symbols, stock exchanges, filing history

## SEC EDGAR's plans (1)

- [SEC EDGAR, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live

## SEC EDGAR's calls (1)

- `GET /submissions/CIK{CIK}.json`: [SEC EDGAR, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt)

## SEC EDGAR's APIs (1)

- [SEC EDGAR: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt)

## SEC EDGAR: company enrichment API alternatives

- [Brreg, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brreg/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [ScrapeUnblocker, free, POST /companies/crunchbase](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapeunblocker/free-free-post-companies-crunchbase/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, live
- [ApiPeru, free, Gratuito, POST /ruc-sunat](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/apiperu/free-gratuito-post-ruc-sunat/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [VATcomply, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vatcomply/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [Seamless.AI, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/seamless-ai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://www.sec.gov/about/developer-resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.sec.gov/about/privacy-information?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.sec.gov/os/accessing-edgar-data?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.sec.gov/os/webmaster-faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing