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  "page": "https://wealthtech.dev/products/sec-form-adv-data",
  "title": "SEC Form ADV data files and IAPD compilation feeds API and MCP",
  "description": "The SEC and IAPD publish Form ADV data as downloadable files: .csv Form ADV Part 1 files (the sec.gov FOIA page says before 2025; the adviserinfo.sec.gov page says from January 2001 through the most recent quarter), zip files of Investment Adviser Information Reports on sec.gov, and XML compilation feeds on adviserinfo.sec.gov for SEC-registered, exempt reporting and state advisers. No key is needed; the IAPD manifest lists feeds dated October 16, 2026.",
  "updated": "2026-10-17",
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    "url": "https://wealthtech.dev/products/sec-form-adv-data",
    "title": "SEC Form ADV data files and IAPD compilation feeds API and MCP",
    "lastChecked": "2026-10-17",
    "id": "sec-form-adv-data",
    "name": "SEC Form ADV data files and IAPD compilation feeds",
    "vendor": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
    "website": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/compilation",
    "category": "regulatory-data",
    "tier": "core",
    "company": "sec",
    "listed": true,
    "access": {
      "value": "open",
      "state": "verified",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "source": "regulator",
      "url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/compilation",
      "evidence": "is available for download in XML format.",
      "capture": "evidence/sec-form-adv-data/adviserinfo-sec-gov-compilation.txt",
      "note": "No sign-up or key. The IAPD site shows an acknowledgment banner ('I UNDERSTAND') before content; the files were readable in the capture without logging in."
    },
    "docsUrl": {
      "value": "https://www.sec.gov/foia-services/frequently-requested-documents/form-adv-data",
      "state": "verified",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "source": "regulator",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/foia-services/frequently-requested-documents/form-adv-data",
      "evidence": "Form ADV Data from January 1, 2025, to present is available on the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website",
      "capture": "evidence/sec-form-adv-data/www-sec-gov-foia-services-frequently-requested-documents-form-adv-data.txt",
      "note": "Two SEC pages describe the .csv files differently. The sec.gov FOIA page says: \"For historical data prior to January 1, 2025, Form ADV Part 1 and Form ADV-W Data Files for SEC registered investment advisers and for SEC exempt reporting advisers is available in .csv format, below.\" The adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data page says: \"Historical ADV Part 1 filing data for SEC registered investment advisers from January 2001 through the most recent quarter and for SEC exempt reporting advisers from December 2011 through the most recent quarter, is available in .csv format, below.\" It then links to \"View ADV data files from before 2025 on www.sec.gov.\" We do not resolve the difference: read both pages before relying on a date range. A third SEC page, Information About Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers (https://www.sec.gov/data-research/sec-markets-data/information-about-registered-investment-advisers-exempt-reporting-advisers; capture evidence/sec-form-adv/sec-ia-page-text.txt), says: \"The Investment Adviser Information Reports are made available as zip files that contain a spreadsheet file when unzipped.\" Its text refers to this month's and last month's reports, so these appear to be recurring files. Compilation (XML) feeds are at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/compilation."
    },
    "style": {
      "value": [
        "bulk-xml"
      ],
      "state": "verified",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "source": "regulator",
      "url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/compilation",
      "evidence": "This file contains information about investment advisers who are registered with the SEC or who are filing reports as Exempt Reporting Advisers with the SEC and is available for download in XML format.",
      "capture": "evidence/sec-form-adv-data/adviserinfo-sec-gov-compilation.txt",
      "note": "Bulk file downloads (XML.gz and XML.zip compilation feeds; .csv Form ADV Part 1 data files). No query API on these pages."
    },
    "auth": {
      "value": null,
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "No authentication is mentioned on the pages read; the files are offered for direct download. sec.gov asks automated clients to declare a User-Agent. Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "howToGetAccess": {
      "value": "Download the files directly from the SEC and IAPD pages; no account needed. Declare a User-Agent for scripted requests to sec.gov.",
      "state": "verified",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "source": "regulator",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-search-assistance/accessing-edgar-data",
      "evidence": "Please declare your user agent in request headers:",
      "capture": "evidence/sec-form-adv-data/www-sec-gov-search-filings-edgar-search-assistance-accessing-edgar-data.txt",
      "note": null
    },
    "sandbox": {
      "value": "unknown",
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "Not applicable: static file downloads. Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "rateLimits": {
      "value": "sec.gov: current max request rate 10 requests/second (applies to sec.gov scripted access). No separate limit stated for reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov.",
      "state": "verified",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "source": "regulator",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-search-assistance/accessing-edgar-data",
      "evidence": "Current max request rate: 10 requests/second.",
      "capture": "evidence/sec-form-adv-data/www-sec-gov-search-filings-edgar-search-assistance-accessing-edgar-data.txt",
      "note": null
    },
    "webhooks": {
      "value": null,
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "No notifications or webhooks mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "sdks": {
      "value": [],
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "No SDKs mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "openapi": {
      "value": "none",
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "No API or OpenAPI spec; the data is published as files. The compilation page links XML schema definition documents (firm and representative). Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "partnerProgram": {
      "value": null,
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "Not applicable. Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "publicIntegrationList": {
      "value": null,
      "state": "unknown",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "Not applicable. Pages read: sec.gov FOIA Form ADV Data page, adviserinfo.sec.gov Form ADV Data and Compilation pages, the IAPD compilation manifest JSON, sec.gov Accessing EDGAR Data."
    },
    "connectionMechanisms": {
      "value": [
        "file"
      ],
      "state": "verified",
      "checked": "2026-10-17",
      "source": "regulator",
      "url": "https://reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov/reports/CompilationReports/CompilationReports.manifest.json",
      "evidence": "IA_FIRM_SEC_Feed_10_16_2026.xml.gz",
      "capture": "evidence/sec-form-adv-data/reports-adviserinfo-sec-gov-reports-compilationreports-compilationreports-manifest-json.txt",
      "note": "The manifest JSON at reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov/reports/CompilationReports/CompilationReports.manifest.json lists three files (SEC firm feed, state firm feed, individual feed) with size and date 10/16/2026. Captured with curl and a declared User-Agent because the browser downloads JSON instead of rendering it."
    },
    "mcp": [],
    "whatDocsDontSay": [
      "The IAPD data page says datasets should not be read as an adviser's registration status; advisers awaiting SEC approval may appear in the datasets but not in IAPD search.",
      "The compilation feed for individual adviser representatives (169 MB) is listed alongside the firm feeds; this record covers firm-level use only.",
      "The FOIA, IAPD Form ADV Data, IAPD compilation and EDGAR access pages read state no license or reuse terms. Warranty wording is on some pages only: the IAPD compilation page says \"we cannot guarantee its accuracy\" (capture evidence/sec-form-adv-data/adviserinfo-sec-gov-compilation.txt), the SEC's Information About Registered Investment Advisers page says \"we can not guarantee its accuracy\" (capture evidence/sec-form-adv/sec-ia-page-text.txt), and the EDGAR access page says of its own files that it does \"not guarantee accuracy or scope\". The FOIA page and the IAPD Form ADV Data page carry no such text.",
      "The SEC says it has no data for state-registered advisers on the FOIA page; the IAPD compilation page lists a separate state investment adviser report.",
      "The FOIA page and the IAPD Form ADV Data page give different accounts of where the .csv files live and which periods they cover; see the note on the docs URL."
    ],
    "changelog": [],
    "summary": "The SEC and IAPD publish Form ADV data as downloadable files: .csv Form ADV Part 1 files (the sec.gov FOIA page says before 2025; the adviserinfo.sec.gov page says from January 2001 through the most recent quarter), zip files of Investment Adviser Information Reports on sec.gov, and XML compilation feeds on adviserinfo.sec.gov for SEC-registered, exempt reporting and state advisers. No key is needed; the IAPD manifest lists feeds dated October 16, 2026.",
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