Explore our knowledge

EDGAR

Amer­ic­an open-ac­cess com­pany data­base con­tain­ing fil­ings, an­nu­al re­ports, quarterly re­ports and more from pub­licly lis­ted com­pan­ies in the United States. For­eign com­pan­ies lis­ted in the US are in­cluded as well.

Link to EDGAR

Facts

Coverage
USA
Period
2001-
Access
Free access
Provider
SEC (U.S. Se­cur­it­ies and Ex­change Com­mis­sion)
Subjects
Companies Annual reports Finance Key figure

Source of in­form­a­tion on Amer­ic­an com­pan­ies

What is EDGAR?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) operates EDGAR, which contains the official documents that publicly listed American companies are required to submit. The database is free to use and serves as a central archive of corporate financial and regulatory information.

Who must report to the SEC?

  • Publicly listed American companies trading securities on US stock exchanges
  • Foreign companies listed in the US
  • Private companies with more than ten million dollars in assets and/or a class of shares held by 2,000 or more persons, or 500 or more persons who are not accredited investors
  • Private companies that have issued public debt exceeding one million dollars

What does EDGAR contain?

On the SEC website you will find an overview of all filing formats.

Some of the most common include:

  • 10-K annual reports from American companies
  • 20-F annual reports from foreign companies
  • 10-Q quarterly reports
  • 14A Proxy Statement, documents related to the annual general meeting including executive compensation, stock options and more
  • 8-K various corporate announcements
  • Prospectus, offering documents

When is EDGAR useful?

EDGAR contains the companies’ own filings, giving you original corporate data directly from the source.

It is a strong and free alternative to the financial databases available in the CBS Library Data Lab.