---
id: "sec_cik"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances", "companies"]
country: ["US"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/sec_cik"
---

# SEC Central Index Key (CIK) (`sec_cik`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of up to ten digits that the US Securities and Exchange Commission assigns to a company or person filing disclosures in the EDGAR system. Filings often write it with leading zeros.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances), Companies/business/organizations (companies)
- Countries: United States (US)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[0-9]{1,10}$
```

## Examples

- `0000831001` — Citigroup
- `0000104169` — Walmart
- `0000829224` — Starbucks

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P5531`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Index_Key>
- doc: <https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5531>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/sec_cik.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/US/finances/sec_cik.yaml>