# FINRA BrokerCheck Search — Firm & Broker Records API (`nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search`) Actor

Search FINRA BrokerCheck firm and broker records — registration, disclosures and status as clean JSON. For compliance and diligence agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 broker records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## FINRA BrokerCheck Search

Search FINRA BrokerCheck firm and broker records, parsed into clean JSON. Built for analysts, funds, fintech builders and AI agents. Factual public FINRA/SEC data — not financial or investment advice. Not affiliated with the U.S. SEC or FINRA.

### 📊 What you get

Clean JSON, one record per record. Key fields (full output has 11 fields):

- `firm_name` — Company / filer name
- `source_url` — Direct sec.gov filing link
- `scraped_at` — Detection / fetch timestamp
  Every record carries a direct **sec.gov** source link.

**Pricing:** $0.15 per record (Pay-Per-Event) — about **6 records per $1**.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

Structured, source-linked SEC data built for LLM and agent pipelines — point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it and pull FINRA BrokerCheck firm and broker records on demand. Coverage depends on EDGAR availability and filing cadence.

**Sample agent prompt:**

```
Look up a brokerage firm on BrokerCheck and list its disclosure events.
```

**Agentic payments (x402):** Supports agentic payment via x402 — agents can call this actor with USDC, no API key required.

### ⏰ Run on a schedule

The recurring frame is the point — schedule a daily or weekly pull:

```json
{
  "query": "Apple",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

### 🔗 Related SEC actors

**More compliance & oversight trackers:** [Comment Letter Monitor](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-comment-letter-monitor), [Form NT Late-Filing](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-form-nt-late-filing-tracker), [Litigation Releases](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-litigation-releases), [Fails-to-Deliver](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-fails-to-deliver-tracker)

**Agent front doors:** [SEC Corporate Events MCP](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-corporate-events-mcp), [Regulatory Filings MCP](https://apify.com/nexgendata/regulatory-filings-mcp)

***

*Data parsed from public SEC EDGAR filings. Factual public FINRA/SEC data — not financial or investment advice. Not affiliated with the U.S. SEC or FINRA.*

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Firm name, broker name, or CRD number to look up in FINRA BrokerCheck.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

What to search: 'firm' for broker-dealers / RIAs, 'individual' for registered persons, or 'auto' to try both (firm first).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on returned matches. Maximum 100. Default 25.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Goldman Sachs",
  "searchType": "firm",
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "Goldman Sachs",
    "searchType": "firm",
    "maxResults": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "Goldman Sachs",
    "searchType": "firm",
    "maxResults": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Goldman Sachs",
  "searchType": "firm",
  "maxResults": 25
}' |
apify call nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/finra-brokercheck-search",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ZAqGXZggHNLnYwVVa/builds/0nSUdWEduvwfGDp85/openapi.json