AnswerPool

SEC Company Search API: Search SEC registrants by name substring or ticker — free lookup

Search SEC registrants by name substring or ticker — returns candidate filers with CIK, ticker and registered name. Free. Use to disambiguate an informal company name before calling filings or facts endpoints.

Free — no key, no signup, rate-limited to 60 calls per minute per client.

How do you call it?

GET /v1/sec/search/company — product id sec_company_search. Over MCP, call answerpool_get with product_id=sec_company_search.

curl "https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/search/company?q=jefferies"

Live call: https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/search/company?q=jefferies · JSON sample: /v1/samples/sec_company_search

What does the answer look like?

A representative response, the same static sample served at /v1/samples/sec_company_search.

as_of2026-08-31T14:00:00Z
count1
refresh_after2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z

matches

ciktickername
0000096223JEFJEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
The same sample as raw JSON
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-31T14:00:00Z",
 "count": 1,
 "matches": [
  {
   "cik": "0000096223",
   "ticker": "JEF",
   "name": "JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC."
  }
 ],
 "refresh_after": "2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z"
}

How fresh is it, and where does the data come from?

The fastest source behind this answer can change every 15 minutes, so every response carries a refresh_after timestamp — right now it would be 2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z. Schedule the next call on that value rather than on a guess.

Method version 0.1.0 · serving cache 1 day · every response carries a result_id you can resolve at /v1/provenance.

When should you use it?

The exact registered name or ticker is unknown.

What you skip building

When should you not use it?

You already have the ticker or CIK — use the lookups.

Where else can you find this?