# Ultimate List: Where to Find U.S. Company Data (Totally Free) **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutorials & Methods\ **Tags:** business, data-recovery\ **Created:** [June 20, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ultimate-list-where-to-find-u-s-company-data-totally-free/306926 "2025-06-20T04:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SRZ](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/srz/32/146132_2.png) [@SRZ](https://onehack.st/u/SRZ)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ultimate-list-where-to-find-u-s-company-data-totally-free/306926/1 "2025-06-20T04:52:24Z")
So… you want real company data—industry, size, or full financials—but every site wants $99/month and your soul? Here’s how to get it all **for free** , legally, and without selling your kidneys on the dark web. This is the biggest, cleanest, most complete list of working tools and sites to fetch U.S. company info like a data ninja. * * * ## 🗺 What’s Inside? Find a company ➜ Pick a method ➜ Grab info ➜ Use for reports, analysis, stalking your ex-CEO (kidding) * * * ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7e03a30b869c529762ecde52af46e611c41873ba.jpeg) * * * ## 🧾 Public Company Financials (Income, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) These are your go-to sources for full 10-K/10-Q style data: ### 1. [SEC EDGAR Search](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/) ✅ - Official U.S. government site - 100% free: annual reports (10-K), quarterly (10-Q), all filings - Raw data, XBRL files, real-time updates ### 2. [SEC API & Bulk JSON](https://data.sec.gov/) 🧪 - For coders: Get filings in clean JSON - Endpoint: `/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK.json` - No API key needed, just CIK number ### 3. [SimFin](https://simfin.com/) 🆓 - Download full datasets or use their free API - Up to 10 years of financials from real companies - Great if you hate raw SEC formats ### 4. [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/) - Easy way to peek at income, balance sheet, cash flow - No login, no mess—just can’t download directly - Pair with [YFinance Python](https://pypi.org/project/yfinance/) for automation ### 5. [Morningstar](https://www.morningstar.com/) & [MarketWatch](https://www.marketwatch.com/) - Quick financial summaries & ratios - No API, but great for snapshots - Pair it with screen-capturing your sanity ### 6. [Google Finance](https://www.google.com/finance) - Basic numbers + cool charts - Also works inside Google Sheets via `GOOGLEFINANCE()` - Not deep, but good for overviews ### 7. [Alpha Vantage](https://www.alphavantage.co/) 💡 - Free API with income, balance sheet, earnings - Needs free API key - JSON/CSV format, clean for scripts ### 8. [Financial Modeling Prep](https://financialmodelingprep.com/) - One of the cleanest APIs for fundamentals - Pull 10-K/10-Q in one line of code - Free tier supports basics ### 9. [Finnhub](https://finnhub.io/) - Real-time data, earnings, even transcripts - Free API token, global market coverage - JSON-based; plays well with code ### 10. [IEX Cloud](https://iexcloud.io/) - U.S. stocks, fundamentals, earnings - Free plan has usage limits - Still useful if you’re not hitting it like a day trader ### 11. [EDGAR Tools (Python)](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools) - For Python peeps—automates SEC scraping - Pulls financials into structured data - No browser-fighting required * * * ## 🧩 Private Company Data (No Financials, but Lots of Details) Full financials? Nope. But these tell you what a private company _is_, _does_, _sells_, and _how big_ it might be. ### 12. [OpenCorporates](https://opencorporates.com/) ✅ - Biggest free business database - Company name, status, address, type - Search by state, country, or use the API ### 13. [BigPicture Open Company Dataset](https://bigpicture.io/) - CSV download: 15M+ companies - Industry, size range, location - Simple, solid, and stupidly useful ### 14. [EFAST 5500 Search](https://www.efast.dol.gov/5500search/) - Companies that offer employee retirement plans - Shows size, location, and status - Works for both public and private firms ### 15. [Data Axle (formerly ReferenceUSA)](https://resource.referenceusa.com/) - Huge U.S. business database - Employee counts, estimated revenue - Free via many U.S. public libraries (ask yours) ### 16. [Mergent Intellect / Online] - Lists millions of private and public companies - Shows profiles, industry, ownership, and maybe revenue - Free with university or city library access * * * ## 🏛 U.S. Government Datasets (Statistical but Gold) ### 17. [U.S. Census – SUSB](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html) - Yearly stats by industry & firm size - Not for single companies—use it to understand sectors - Good for “how many companies in this niche?” type Qs ### 18. [Census Business Dynamics](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds.html) - Tracks startup vs closure, firm age, job creation - No firm names—pure stats, super useful - Good for market research ### 19. [IRS Corporate Source Book](https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-corporation-complete-report) - IRS tax return stats by company asset size & industry - Great for understanding profit levels by sector - Boring tables, powerful insights ### 20. [Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)](https://www.bls.gov/bdm/) - Job gain/loss stats by company size - Shows how big businesses are hiring/firing - Helpful for macro views * * * ## 🧾 Nonprofit Company Financials ### 21. [ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/) - 1.8M+ U.S. nonprofit filings (Form 990) - View revenue, expenses, salaries, etc. - Download PDF filings or use API * * * ## 🔑 Access Tricks (They Won’t Tell You) - 🏫 **Library Access = Goldmine** Don’t ignore public/university libraries. They have Data Axle, Mergent, Morningstar, and more—free with a card. - 🧠 **Google smarter:** Search “company name + investor relations” ➜ They often publish all financials as PDFs. - 🐍 **Python = cheat code:** Use tools like YFinance, EdgarTools, or Alpha Vantage APIs. One line of code = full data. - 🧵 **CIK Codes:** These are company IDs used on SEC. Use them in APIs like `https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIKxxxxxx.json` * * * ## ⚠ Warning: Stuff to Avoid - ❌ Any Telegram dude offering “90 million USA database” - ❌ Sites charging $$$ for SEC data (it’s all free) - ❌ Sites asking for your credit card just to “look” * * * ## 💡 Summary Table (Quick Pick Guide) | Need | Tool(s) | | --- | --- | | Full public company reports | SEC EDGAR, SimFin, FMP, Alpha Vantage | | Financials via code | YFinance, EdgarTools, Finnhub | | Private company info | EFAST 5500, OpenCorporates, BigPicture | | Library-based tools | Mergent, Data Axle, Morningstar (via lib) | | Industry stats | U.S. Census, IRS, BLS | | Nonprofit financials | ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer | | Free trial tools | Alpha Vantage, Finnhub, FMP | * * * ## 🎯 Final Tip You don’t need 100 tools. Use **SEC EDGAR + Yahoo + OpenCorporates + Library access** —and you’ll out-research 90% of LinkedIn analysts. Data is free. You just have to out-Google the paywalls. 😎 * * * ---
**Author:** ![adbenn91](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/adbenn91/32/152792_2.png) [@adbenn91](https://onehack.st/u/adbenn91)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ultimate-list-where-to-find-u-s-company-data-totally-free/306926/2 "2025-12-12T07:46:59Z")
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**Author:** ![slimjval](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/slimjval/32/30254_2.png) [@slimjval](https://onehack.st/u/slimjval)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ultimate-list-where-to-find-u-s-company-data-totally-free/306926/3 "2025-12-14T12:27:39Z")
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