Resolve a stock ticker symbol or company name to its Central Index Key (CIK)
Resolve a stock ticker symbol or company name to its Central Index Key (CIK) - the identifier every other EDGAR endpoint keys on. Exact ticker matches rank first, then company-name prefix/substring matches. Returns each match's zero-padded CIK, numeric CIK, ticker and official company title.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
614 msmedian answer time
$0.006listed price per call
$0.006price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://edgar.openverbs.com/v1/lookup
| Category | Company and compliance |
|---|---|
| Provider host | edgar.openverbs.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 6 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.006 | 614 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"limit": 10,
"query": "example"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"description": "Max matches to return (default 10).",
"maximum": 25,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"query": {
"description": "Ticker symbol (e.g. \"AAPL\") or company name (e.g. \"Apple\") to resolve.",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}