The Form 10-Q Files Dataset contains the complete filing packages for every SEC Form 10-Q and Form 10-Q/A quarterly report filed on EDGAR from November 1993 to the present. Each record is one filing folder, keyed by accession number, containing a structured metadata.json file, the primary quarterly report document (HTML or plain text), and all non-image exhibit files from the original EDGAR submission. The dataset covers domestic registrants subject to periodic reporting under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including operating companies listed on national exchanges, Section 15(d) filers, REITs, MLPs, SPACs, and other domestic Exchange Act reporting entities. Records are packaged in monthly ZIP containers organized by year and month, with coverage beginning November 1993 when EDGAR first accepted electronic 10-Q submissions.
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The Form 10-Q Files Dataset is built from SEC Form 10-Q, the mandatory quarterly financial report filed for each of the first three quarters of a registrant's fiscal year by domestic issuers. Form 10-Q provides unaudited interim financial statements, management's narrative analysis of operating results and financial condition, and updates on legal proceedings, risk factors, controls, and other material developments since the most recent Form 10-K. The dataset also includes Form 10-Q/A amendments, which correct financial restatements, add omitted exhibits, or revise disclosure language in previously filed quarterly reports.
The dataset covers the entire domestic quarterly-reporting population on EDGAR. Every 10-Q and 10-Q/A accepted by EDGAR from November 1993 forward is represented as a separate record. Records are distributed as ZIP archives organized by year and month, with each archive containing filing folders nested by accession number. File types within the dataset include JSON, HTML, TXT, PDF, and legacy SEC formats (FRM, XFD).
A single record in the Form 10-Q Files Dataset is the complete filing folder for one SEC Form 10-Q or Form 10-Q/A submission, keyed by accession number. The folder contains a metadata.json file, the primary quarterly report document, and all non-image document files (exhibits, text files, and in some cases PDF or legacy format files) from the original EDGAR submission. The folder name is the accession number with hyphens stripped (an 18-digit zero-padded string), nested within a month-level directory inside the ZIP container.
Form 10-Q is the mandatory quarterly financial report filed for each of the first three quarters of a registrant's fiscal year by domestic issuers subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Unlike the 10-K, the 10-Q does not require audited financials, a full set of Part III governance disclosures, or signatures from a majority of the board. Form 10-Q/A filings are amendments to previously filed quarterly reports, typically correcting financial restatements, adding omitted exhibits, or revising disclosure language.
The form is organized into Part I (Financial Information) and Part II (Other Information), each containing numbered Items, followed by a signature block and exhibit attachments.
Each record folder contains at minimum two files and typically around six, with a maximum of roughly thirty. The contents are:
.htm) in most filings; the earliest filings (1993 through the late 1990s) may be plain text (.txt). Some folders also contain PDF renditions..txt, .pdf, or legacy SEC formats (.frm, .xfd).Image files (graphics, logos, chart images) referenced in the original EDGAR submission are excluded. XBRL taxonomy and instance data files (schema, calculation, definition, label, and presentation linkbases) are referenced by URL in the metadata but are not packaged in the ZIP.
The metadata file is a JSON object providing structured filing-level information across four functional groups.
Filing identification and dates. accessionNo carries the hyphenated SEC accession number. formType is 10-Q or 10-Q/A. filedAt records the filing timestamp in ISO 8601 format with timezone offset. periodOfReport gives the fiscal quarter-end date in YYYY-MM-DD format. id is a unique hexadecimal identifier assigned by the dataset provider. description contains a human-readable form title.
Links to EDGAR resources. linkToFilingDetails points to the primary document on EDGAR. linkToTxt points to the complete submission text file. linkToHtml points to the EDGAR filing index page. linkToXbrl points to the XBRL interactive viewer (frequently empty for older filings).
Document and data file manifests. The documentFormatFiles array lists every document in the filing, with each entry carrying sequence (display order), type (SEC document-type classification, e.g., 10-Q, EX-31.1, EX-10.2, GRAPHIC), description, documentUrl, and size (in bytes, as a string). The primary quarterly report always has sequence 1 and type 10-Q (or 10-Q/A). This array is the authoritative mapping from filenames to exhibit types and the reliable way to identify the primary document regardless of file naming conventions. The dataFiles array lists XBRL taxonomy extension files (EX-101.SCH, EX-101.CAL, EX-101.DEF, EX-101.LAB, EX-101.PRE) and the extracted XBRL instance document. These are referenced by URL only and are not included in the ZIP.
Entity information. The entities array contains one entry per filing entity (typically one; occasionally more for co-registrants). Each entity object includes companyName (with filer role annotation), cik (Central Index Key), tickers (array of trading symbols), sic (SIC code with industry description), stateOfIncorporation, fiscalYearEnd (MMDD format), and regulatory identifiers fileNo, irsNo, act, and filmNo. A seriesAndClassesContractsInformation array is present but nearly always empty for 10-Q filers, as it pertains to registered investment company structures.
The primary document is a single file containing the full quarterly report text. In modern filings it is an Inline XBRL HTML document; in older filings it may be plain HTML or ASCII text. All documents are wrapped in the SEC's SGML envelope, which prepends metadata headers (<DOCUMENT>, <TYPE>, <SEQUENCE>, <FILENAME>, <DESCRIPTION>) before the <TEXT> block holding the actual content. File naming conventions vary by filer and era (common patterns include {ticker}-{date}.htm, {ticker}_{date}.htm, and tool-generated identifiers). File sizes range from roughly 50 KB for minimal early-era text filings to over 3 MB for large registrants with extensive financial disclosures and Inline XBRL markup.
The quarterly report follows the structure prescribed by SEC Form 10-Q instructions. The major components, in typical order of appearance, are described below.
The cover page identifies the registrant and the filing context: form type, fiscal quarter and year covered, commission file number, exact legal name, state of incorporation, IRS employer identification number, principal executive office address with telephone number, and the number of shares of each class of common stock outstanding as of a recent date. It indicates filer category (large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, emerging growth company) and whether the registrant has filed all required reports during the preceding twelve months. For companies with listed securities, the cover page states each class of stock, its trading symbol, and the exchange. Since the 2019 cover-page modernization rules, these fields are XBRL-tagged. Inline XBRL filings also include Exhibit 104 (Cover Page Interactive Data File) as a reference to this embedded tagging.
Most HTML-era 10-Q filings include a hyperlinked table of contents immediately after the cover page, listing Part I and Part II Items with page or anchor references. This is a filer-generated convenience feature, not SEC-mandated, but is nearly universal.
Item 1. Financial Statements. Typically the largest section by volume. Contains the registrant's unaudited interim financial statements, ordinarily including:
Financial statements are labeled as unaudited and presented in "condensed" form (certain line items aggregated relative to annual statements), though some registrants elect to file full-detail statements. Entities without subsidiaries use unconsolidated headings. Since the Inline XBRL mandate, all financial values are tagged inline within the HTML using <ix:nonFraction>, <ix:nonNumeric>, and related elements, with dimensional contexts defined in <ix:header> blocks.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A). Management's narrative explanation of the quarter's results. Typically covers: business overview and recent developments; revenue drivers and expense trends for the quarter and year-to-date compared to prior-year periods; gross margin, operating income, and net income analysis; liquidity and capital resources (cash positions, credit facility availability, capital expenditure plans, debt maturities); and known trends, demands, commitments, or uncertainties likely to affect future results. Ranges from a few pages for smaller filers to twenty or more for large, diversified companies. Frequently interleaves narrative paragraphs with tabular presentations of selected financial data, segment results, or non-GAAP reconciliations.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. Discusses exposure to interest rate, foreign currency, commodity price, and equity price risks. May include sensitivity analyses, tabular presentations of derivative instrument notional amounts, or Value-at-Risk disclosures. Smaller reporting companies may omit this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Management's evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures as of quarter-end, and a statement on whether any changes in internal control over financial reporting during the quarter materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant's internal controls. Added to the form effective for fiscal quarters ending after June 15, 2003, implementing Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements.
Item 1. Legal Proceedings. Material pending legal proceedings or updates to previously reported proceedings. Many filers state "None" or incorporate by reference to the legal contingencies note in Item 1 financial statements.
Item 1A. Risk Factors. Material changes to risk factors previously reported in the most recent 10-K. Added by 2005 amendments to Regulation S-K, required only for filings after December 1, 2005. Many filers state no material changes or provide updated language. Smaller reporting companies may omit.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. Reports unregistered sales of equity securities during the quarter and, for recent-IPO issuers, use of offering proceeds. Commonly includes a table of issuer share repurchases showing total shares purchased, average price paid, and remaining authorization.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities. Material defaults on senior securities. Most filers report "None."
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. Required by the Dodd-Frank Act (effective for fiscal periods ending after April 1, 2012) for registrants operating mines subject to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act. Most non-mining registrants state "Not applicable."
Item 5. Other Information. Information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the quarter that was not previously reported. Since SEC rules effective for fiscal quarters ending on or after December 15, 2023, this Item also requires disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adoptions, modifications, or terminations by directors and officers, and whether any directors or officers adopted or terminated non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements.
Item 6. Exhibits. Lists all exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference into the 10-Q. The exhibit table includes exhibit numbers, descriptions, and either inline references to attached documents or incorporation-by-reference citations to prior filings. Common 10-Q exhibits include Sarbanes-Oxley certifications (Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, 32.2), material contracts (Exhibit 10.x series), and Inline XBRL taxonomy extension files (Exhibits 101 and 104).
An authorized officer (typically the principal financial officer or chief accounting officer) signs on behalf of the registrant. The 10-Q requires only one authorized signature, unlike the 10-K which requires signatures from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and a majority of the board.
Exhibit files are separate documents in the record folder, each wrapped in the same SGML <DOCUMENT> envelope as the primary document. The <TYPE> header identifies the exhibit classification; <SEQUENCE> indicates its position in the filing.
Sarbanes-Oxley certifications (present in virtually all 10-Q filings from 2003 onward):
Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 (Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certifications): The CEO and CFO each certify they have reviewed the report, that it contains no material misstatements or omissions, that the financial statements fairly present the registrant's financial condition, and that they are responsible for disclosure controls and internal controls. Typically 8–15 KB HTML files with standardized language.
Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 (Section 906 certifications under 18 U.S.C. 1350): Shorter certifications (3–5 KB) stating that the report fully complies with Exchange Act Section 13(a) or 15(d) and that the financial statements fairly present financial condition and results. Some filers combine both officers' certifications into a single Exhibit 32.1.
Material contract exhibits (Exhibit 10.x series) vary widely: executive employment agreements, equity incentive plans, credit facility agreements, amendments, lease agreements, and other material contracts. These range from a few kilobytes to over one megabyte and contain legal prose with defined terms, recitals, operative provisions, schedules, and signature pages.
Other exhibit types include Exhibit 3.x (articles of incorporation, bylaws, amendments), Exhibit 4.x (instruments defining security holder rights such as indentures or warrant agreements), Exhibit 22 (list of subsidiary guarantors), and Exhibit 95 (mine safety disclosure). Some filings, particularly from smaller registrants, contain no separate exhibit files, embedding certification language within the primary document body.
Exhibits incorporated by reference — cited in the exhibit index but not physically attached because they were filed with a prior submission — do not appear as files in the record folder. Only exhibits actually submitted with the filing are present.
The record folder contains metadata.json and all non-image documents from the original EDGAR submission: the primary 10-Q document, all separately filed exhibits, and any other non-image document files (including text, PDF, and legacy format files where present). The metadata provides structured access to filing identifiers, entity information, document-type mappings, and EDGAR resource URLs. For Inline XBRL filings, the XBRL-tagged data is embedded directly in the primary HTML document and is therefore included.
Image files. Graphics, logos, photographs, and chart images (listed as type GRAPHIC in the documentFormatFiles manifest) are not included in the ZIP.
XBRL taxonomy and instance files. Standalone XBRL data files — schema (EX-101.SCH), calculation linkbase (EX-101.CAL), definition linkbase (EX-101.DEF), label linkbase (EX-101.LAB), presentation linkbase (EX-101.PRE), and the extracted XML instance — are listed in the dataFiles array with EDGAR URLs but are not packaged in the ZIP. (Inline XBRL tags embedded in the primary HTML document are included, as noted above.)
Incorporated-by-reference exhibits. Exhibits referenced in the exhibit index but filed as part of a different submission are not present.
The Form 10-Q Files Dataset spans over three decades of filings, during which both required content and filing format have evolved significantly.
Pre-Sarbanes-Oxley era (1993–2002). Filings lack Exhibits 31 and 32 (officer certifications) and the Controls and Procedures item. Part I contained Items 1–3; Part II contained Items 1–5 plus the exhibit list. The earliest filings were plain text / ASCII with fixed-width formatting and monospaced table layouts, lacking HTML markup entirely. HTML adoption spread through the late 1990s and by the mid-2000s was the dominant format.
Sarbanes-Oxley implementation (2002–2003). Section 302 certifications (Exhibit 31) and Section 906 certifications (Exhibit 32) became required for filings after August 29, 2002. The Controls and Procedures item was added to Part I, requiring quarterly evaluation of disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting.
Risk Factors disclosure (2005). SEC amendments to Regulation S-K added Item 1A (Risk Factors) to Part II, requiring disclosure of material changes from the most recent annual report.
XBRL financial statement tagging (2009–2012). Mandatory XBRL tagging of financial statements phased in from largest accelerated filers (2009) to all filers (2012). Filings began including EX-101 taxonomy extension exhibits. During this period, standalone XBRL instance documents accompanied the HTML filing; these are referenced in metadata but excluded from the ZIP.
Mine Safety Disclosures (2012). The Dodd-Frank Act added Mine Safety Disclosures as Item 4 of Part II (effective for periods ending after April 1, 2012), with subsequent Items renumbered accordingly.
Inline XBRL (2019–2021). Phased rollout embedded XBRL tags directly in the HTML document: large accelerated filers for periods ending on or after June 15, 2019; accelerated filers from June 15, 2020; all other filers from June 15, 2021. This eliminated the need for separate XBRL instance documents. Exhibit 104 (Cover Page Interactive Data File) was introduced as part of this mandate. Concurrent cover-page tagging rules created standardized machine-readable fields for entity name, trading symbol, exchange, filer category, and share counts.
Insider trading arrangement disclosures (2023). Rules effective for fiscal quarters ending on or after December 15, 2023 added a requirement to Item 5 to disclose director and officer Rule 10b5-1 trading plan activity during the quarter.
Identifying the primary document. File naming conventions vary across filers and eras. The reliable method is to consult documentFormatFiles in metadata.json and locate the entry with type equal to 10-Q (or 10-Q/A) and sequence equal to 1.
Amendments (10-Q/A). A 10-Q/A record has the same structural layout as a 10-Q but includes an explanatory note (typically on the cover page or as a preamble) describing the nature and purpose of the amendment. The formType field in metadata.json distinguishes amendments from original filings. An amendment may restate the entire report or only specific sections.
Incorporation by reference. The exhibit index in Item 6 may cite exhibits by reference to prior filings rather than attaching them. These referenced exhibits do not appear as files in the record folder.
SGML envelope. Every document file in the dataset is wrapped in the SEC's SGML envelope (<DOCUMENT>, <TYPE>, <SEQUENCE>, <FILENAME>, <DESCRIPTION>, <TEXT>). This wrapper must be parsed or stripped before processing the underlying content.
Inline XBRL markup density. In post-2019 filings, the ix: and xbrli: namespaces add substantial markup within the HTML. Text extraction pipelines that do not handle these tags will produce noisy output. Financial values wrapped in <ix:nonFraction> elements and text blocks in <ix:nonNumeric> elements can be extracted programmatically but require XBRL-aware parsing for clean results.
HTML complexity and styling. Modern filings contain CSS styling, JavaScript fragments, hidden formatting spans, and deeply nested table or div-based layouts for financial statements. Older HTML filings may use deprecated elements and inconsistent structure. These variations affect automated text and table extraction.
Condensed vs. full financial statements. SEC rules permit 10-Q financial statements to be "condensed," omitting certain line-item detail present in annual reports. Some registrants file full-detail statements regardless. The level of financial granularity varies.
Filer-specific variation. Filing length, detail, and organization vary substantially. Smaller reporting companies may file 30–40 page 10-Qs with minimal exhibits; large accelerated filers may produce 100+ page documents with extensive notes, multiple segment discussions, and numerous contract exhibits. Some filers use custom section headers or reorder Items, though the Part I / Part II structure is consistently maintained.
Form 10-Q is filed by domestic Exchange Act reporting companies — entities with an obligation under Section 13(a) (securities registered under Section 12) or Section 15(d) (effective Securities Act registration statement). The filing population includes:
Form 10-Q is periodic, not event-driven. It is triggered by the close of each of the first three fiscal quarters. No 10-Q is filed for Q4; that quarter is covered by the annual Form 10-K.
Filing deadlines depend on filer category under Rule 12b-2:
| Filer category | Public float | Deadline after quarter-end |
|---|---|---|
| Large accelerated filer | >= $700 million | 40 calendar days |
| Accelerated filer | $75M to < $700M | 40 calendar days |
| Non-accelerated filer | < $75M or not calculable | 45 calendar days |
Accelerated and large accelerated status is assessed as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter, based on the aggregate market value of common equity held by non-affiliates. The resulting category governs deadlines for the following fiscal year.
Smaller reporting companies (public float < $250M, or revenues < $100M when float is < $700M or not calculable) receive scaled disclosure accommodations and, when they are non-accelerated filers, use the 45-day deadline. SRC status is not mutually exclusive with non-accelerated filer status.
Emerging growth companies receive content accommodations (reduced financial statements, no auditor ICFR attestation) but follow the same deadline rules based on their accelerated/non-accelerated classification.
When the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the filing is due the next business day.
A 10-Q/A amends a previously filed 10-Q. It is event-driven, not periodic, and is triggered when the registrant identifies a material error, omission, or required revision in the original filing. Common causes:
A 10-Q/A restates the entire quarterly report (not a piecemeal patch) and includes fresh Section 302 and 906 officer certifications dated as of the amendment.
EDGAR began accepting electronic filings in 1993. The Form 10-Q Files Dataset starts in November 1993, consistent with the early mandatory EDGAR phase-in. Pre-EDGAR 10-Q filings exist only in paper form and are not included.
Form 10-K Files Dataset. The nearest relative. Both serve the same domestic registrant population and share core sections (financial statements, MD&A, officer certifications). The 10-Q covers a single fiscal quarter and is filed three times per year with unaudited financials. The 10-K covers the full fiscal year with audited financials and includes sections absent from the 10-Q: business description, risk factors, subsidiary lists (Exhibit 21), and auditor consents (Exhibit 23). The two are complements across the periodic reporting cycle, not substitutes.
Form 8-K Files Dataset. Event-driven rather than periodic. An 8-K is triggered by material events (earnings releases, executive changes, material agreements) and filed within four business days, whereas the 10-Q follows a fixed quarterly deadline. A single registrant may file dozens of 8-Ks per year versus exactly three 10-Qs. Some overlap exists: Item 2.02 of an 8-K often previews quarterly earnings before the 10-Q lands. But the 8-K never contains structured quarterly financial statements, full MD&A, or SOX certifications. The 10-Q is the authoritative interim financial report; the 8-K is a rapid event-level disclosure.
Form 6-K Files Dataset. The loosest functional equivalent for foreign private issuers (FPIs). FPIs file 6-K instead of 10-Q, but the 6-K has no fixed quarterly schedule, no mandated structure, and no required financial-statement format. Some FPIs file detailed quarterly financials via 6-K; others file brief event notices. The filer populations are mutually exclusive — a company files either the 10-Q or the 6-K series, never both. To build interim coverage across all U.S.-listed companies, the two datasets must be combined.
XBRL / structured financial data extractions. The SEC's EDGAR Financial Statement Datasets and company-facts API extract tagged numerical data (revenue, net income, total assets, etc.) from 10-Q filings into tabular form keyed to the U.S. GAAP taxonomy. These are far more convenient for quantitative work but discard all narrative content: MD&A text, notes to financial statements, exhibit attachments, and certification language. The Form 10-Q Files Dataset preserves the full filing documents. XBRL extractions answer "what were the numbers"; this dataset answers "what did the filing say."
| Dimension | Form 10-Q Files | 10-K | 8-K | 6-K | XBRL extractions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadence | Quarterly (3x/year) | Annual | Event-driven | Varies by issuer | Derived from 10-Q/10-K filings |
| Filer population | Domestic registrants | Same | Same | Foreign private issuers | Same as source filing |
| Financial statements | Unaudited, interim | Audited, full-year | None (may attach earnings release) | Varies; no mandated format | Tagged line items only |
| Content scope | Full document (narrative + exhibits) | Full document, broader sections | Narrow item disclosures + exhibits | Highly variable | Numerical fields only |
| Structure | Regulation-defined parts and items | Regulation-defined | Item-number triggered | No mandated structure | Taxonomy-defined tables |
The Form 10-Q Files Dataset is the full-document, periodic, interim reporting archive for domestic U.S. registrants. It is distinguished from the 10-K by quarterly rather than annual scope, from the 8-K by fixed periodicity rather than event triggers, from the 6-K by a standardized structure and a domestic-only filer base, and from XBRL extractions by preserving complete filing text rather than only tagged numbers. The dataset includes both original filings and 10-Q/A amendments as separate records without deduplication; users building panel data must resolve amendment chains by matching CIK and period of report.
The Form 10-Q Files Dataset serves teams that need complete quarterly filing packages — narrative text, exhibit attachments, inline XBRL data, and structured metadata — rather than extracted financial numbers alone.
Update quarterly earnings models using the condensed financial statements, revenue disaggregation and segment footnotes, and MD&A narrative. Metadata fields (tickers, sic, periodOfReport) support systematic pulls across a coverage universe and peer comparison of disclosure changes quarter over quarter.
Read full 10-Q HTML between annual reports to track working capital shifts, inventory trends, new risk factors, and legal proceedings. The qualitative language in MD&A informs assessments of management credibility. 10-Q/A amendments flag potential restatement risk.
Extract tagged financial facts from inline XBRL instance documents to build systematic equity signals — accrual ratios, filing-delay measures (filedAt vs. periodOfReport), and MD&A sentiment scores. The included XBRL taxonomy extensions (schema, calculation, definition, label, presentation linkbases) allow direct parsing without third-party data feeds. Historical depth to 1993 supports long-horizon backtesting.
Monitor borrower health between annual cycles by tracking debt and liquidity footnotes, covenant compliance language, credit facility amendments (EX-10 exhibits), and operating cash flow trends. SIC code and CIK metadata support systematic surveillance across large issuer portfolios.
Benchmark disclosure practices — legal proceedings, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions, subsequent events — against same-industry peers when drafting or reviewing a client's 10-Q. EX-10 exhibit files support contract review and disclosure adequacy work. 10-Q/A amendment history informs filing risk assessments.
Scan quarterly filings for earnings manipulation indicators: unusual reserve releases, changes in consolidation scope, estimate revisions, and inconsistencies between MD&A narrative and reported numbers. Cross-check XBRL-tagged facts against the HTML document. 10-Q/A amendments are a high-priority subset because they often accompany restatements or control-weakness disclosures.
Flag new or amended 10-Q filings across a watched universe using filedAt timestamps and entity identifiers (cik, tickers). Focus on legal proceedings, subsequent events, and risk factor changes that may trigger reporting obligations or investment restriction reviews.
Parse 10-Q HTML and inline XBRL instance files to populate structured quarterly financial databases. The metadata JSON in each record provides entity identifiers, filing date, period of report, SIC classification, and a document manifest with types and sizes — essential inputs for reliable ingestion pipelines. Consistent packaging (ZIP archives by year and month) reduces supplementary EDGAR crawling.
Use MD&A sections across three decades of filings as training and evaluation corpora for financial language models, sentiment classifiers, summarization systems, and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines. Metadata enables conditioning on industry, filer size, or time period. Paired HTML and XBRL data supports research on grounding model outputs in structured financial facts.
Run empirical studies on earnings quality, disclosure informativeness, market reactions to quarterly filings, and regulatory-change effects. The time series from 1993 forward supports event studies around policy shifts such as XBRL mandates and interim reporting rule changes. MD&A and risk factor text serve as primary corpora for textual analysis research.
Assess target-company interim performance, undisclosed liabilities, and management-representation consistency using quarterly financial statements, contingent liability footnotes, subsequent events, and material contracts filed as exhibits. Amendment history reveals prior restatements bearing on reporting reliability.
Benchmark a company's own quarterly disclosure — MD&A structure, voluntary metric choices, risk factor language, exhibit practices — against peer filings identified through SIC code and filer category metadata. Findings inform decisions about refining future 10-Q presentation.
The Form 10-Q Files Dataset supports workflows that require the full quarterly filing document — narrative text, exhibit attachments, and structured metadata — rather than extracted financial numbers alone.
Equity research analysts and portfolio managers pull MD&A sections from the primary 10-Q HTML documents for a set of companies identified by SIC code and ticker in metadata.json. By diffing MD&A text across consecutive quarters, they detect new management commentary on margin pressures, demand trends, or operational disruptions before these show up in consensus estimate revisions. The periodOfReport and filedAt fields anchor each comparison to a specific fiscal quarter and filing date.
Quantitative researchers compute the lag between periodOfReport and filedAt in metadata.json across the full historical archive back to 1993 to construct filing-delay factors. They flag 10-Q/A amendments — identified by the formType field — as restatement events, then measure post-amendment return patterns. The dataset's historical depth supports multi-decade backtests of these signals without requiring separate EDGAR crawling.
Credit analysts use CIK and SIC metadata to systematically pull 10-Q filings for a watched set of borrowers each quarter. They extract liquidity and debt footnotes from Part I financial statements and review EX-10 exhibit files for credit agreement amendments, new facility terms, or waiver letters. Changes in covenant compliance language or maturity schedules feed directly into internal credit surveillance dashboards.
Securities attorneys compare Item 1 (Legal Proceedings) and Item 1A (Risk Factors) language across same-industry filers to calibrate disclosure specificity when drafting a client's quarterly report. The documentFormatFiles manifest in metadata.json maps each file to its exhibit type, enabling targeted retrieval of the primary document without parsing filenames. Peer filings are identified through SIC code and filer category in the entity metadata.
Forensic accountants scan condensed financial statements and accompanying footnotes for manipulation indicators — unusual reserve releases, estimate revisions, or changes in consolidation scope. They cross-reference narrative claims in MD&A against inline XBRL-tagged financial values embedded in the primary HTML document. The 10-Q/A subset receives priority review, since amendments often accompany restatement disclosures or internal control weakness findings reported in Item 4 (Controls and Procedures).
NLP researchers use the MD&A, risk factor, and financial statement note sections as training corpora for sentiment classifiers, summarization models, and retrieval-augmented generation systems. Metadata fields — SIC code, filer category, filing date, and period of report — enable stratified sampling by industry, company size, and time period. Paired HTML narrative and inline XBRL tags in post-2019 filings provide ground-truth numerical anchors for evaluating model accuracy on financial fact extraction.
Dataset Index JSON API: https://api.sec-api.io/datasets/form-10q-files.json?token=YOUR_API_KEY
The dataset index endpoint returns metadata about the Form 10-Q Files Dataset, including the dataset name, description, last updated timestamp, earliest sample date, total records and total size, covered form types, container format (ZIP), and content file types. It also returns the download URL for the entire dataset and a list of all individual container files. Each container entry includes its download URL, size, record count, and last updated timestamp. Use this endpoint to monitor which containers have been updated in the most recent refresh run and selectively download only those containers on a daily basis.
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Download Entire Dataset: https://api.sec-api.io/datasets/form-10q-files.zip?token=YOUR_API_KEY
Downloads the complete Form 10-Q Files Dataset as a single ZIP archive. This endpoint requires an API key passed as the token query parameter.
Download Single Container: https://api.sec-api.io/datasets/form-10q-files/2026/2026-03.zip?token=YOUR_API_KEY
Downloads one individual container file instead of the full dataset. Containers are ZIP files organized by year and month, each containing filing folders grouped by accession number. Each container entry in the index JSON includes a files array with download URLs for its contents. This endpoint requires an API key passed as the token query parameter.
The dataset covers SEC Form 10-Q (quarterly financial reports) and Form 10-Q/A (amendments to previously filed quarterly reports). Both form types are included as separate records.
One record is a complete filing folder for a single 10-Q or 10-Q/A submission, identified by accession number. The folder contains a metadata.json file, the primary quarterly report document (HTML or plain text), and all non-image exhibit files from the original EDGAR submission.
Domestic companies subject to periodic reporting under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This includes operating companies listed on national exchanges, Section 15(d) filers, MLPs, domestic REITs, SPACs, and other domestic Exchange Act registrants. Foreign private issuers, registered investment companies, and Regulation AB asset-backed issuers use different forms.
Form 10-Q is filed three times per year — after each of the first three fiscal quarters. Large accelerated and accelerated filers have a 40-day deadline after quarter-end; non-accelerated filers have 45 days. 10-Q/A amendments are event-driven and may appear at any time. The dataset is refreshed on a daily basis.
The dataset begins in November 1993, when EDGAR first accepted electronic 10-Q submissions, and continues to the present. Pre-EDGAR paper filings are not included.
Records are packaged in ZIP archives organized by year and month. Each filing folder within a ZIP contains a JSON metadata file and HTML, TXT, PDF, or legacy-format (FRM, XFD) document files. Image files and standalone XBRL taxonomy files are excluded.
XBRL extractions (such as the EDGAR Financial Statement Datasets and company-facts API) provide tagged numerical values in tabular form but discard all narrative content — MD&A text, notes to financial statements, exhibit attachments, and officer certifications. The Form 10-Q Files Dataset preserves the complete filing documents, including both narrative and structured data.