Audit

Auditor API: auditor name, location and PCAOB ID for any company

The auditor of any company from its latest 10-K, 20-F or 40-F: firm name, office location, PCAOB firm ID and ICFR attestation.

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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECFEED_KEY" \
  "https://secfeedapi.com/v1/auditor?ticker=AAPL"

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://secfeedapi.com/v1/auditor",
    params={'ticker': 'AAPL'},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SECFEED_KEY']}"},
)
print(r.json())

Overview

Since 2022 the cover page data of annual reports includes the auditor's name, location and PCAOB firm ID, tagged in XBRL. The Auditor API reads them from the company's latest annual report.

It also returns whether the report includes an auditor attestation on internal control over financial reporting.

What you get

Built for developers who would rather not parse EDGAR.

Firm and office

Auditor name and the city that signed the report.

PCAOB ID

Join to PCAOB inspection and Form AP data.

ICFR attestation

Whether the auditor attested to internal controls.

Endpoints

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY. Responses are JSON.

GET/v1/auditorDocs →

Auditor name, location, PCAOB firm ID.

Parameters: ticker | cik

Response fields

The main fields in every result. The raw filing data is always one level down.

Field	Meaning
`auditorName, auditorLocation, auditorFirmId`	Who audits the company and from where.
`icfrAuditorAttestation`	Whether the annual report includes an ICFR attestation.
`cik, accessionNo`	The company and the filing used.

Use cases

Group companies by audit firm
Join to PCAOB inspection findings
Monitor auditor changes alongside 8-K Item 4.01

Datasets behind this API

The SEC forms this API reads, with live filing counts.

10-KAnnual reports

Every Form 10-K annual report filed on EDGAR since 1993, searchable by company, date and text, with sections and XBRL financials as JSON.

20-FForeign annual

Every Form 20-F annual report and 20-F registration filed by foreign private issuers on EDGAR, searchable by company and date, with sections as text.

40-FCanadian annual

Form 40-F annual reports filed by eligible Canadian companies under the US Canada multijurisdictional disclosure system, on EDGAR since 2001.

Tutorials

Market eventsMonitor auditor changes with 8-K Item 4.01

Find every 8-K Item 4.01 change in certifying accountant, read why the auditor left, and spot filings that combine it with other events.

Governance & compensationCompare audit fees and auditors across companies

Pull audit, audit related, tax and other fees from proxy statements, plus the auditor of record, and compare non-audit fee share across companies.

FAQ

Which filings carry the auditor fields?

Annual reports for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2021 tag AuditorName, AuditorLocation and AuditorFirmId.

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