EDGAR Online 2025 Filing Trends

A Year of Expansion & Cross‑Market Growth 

In 2025, EDGAR Online processed 949,945 SEC filings, marking a 23.5K year‑over‑year increase. With growing activity across SEC registrants, OTC issuers, insiders, and institutional investors—as well as the addition of SEDAR data for Canadian cross‑traded companies—2025 was an important year for our data coverage.

This year’s results highlight accelerating activity across capital markets and increased transparency requirements.

Below is a detailed breakdown of the filing trends shaping U.S. and Canadian markets.

A Year of Unprecedented Filing Growth

Total filings processed in 2025: 949,945
Year‑over‑year increase: 23,500+ filings

This growth reflects expanding issuer activity, particularly across OTC markets and international cross‑traded companies.

Key 2025 Filing Categories

Category Total Filings
10‑Qs, 10‑Ks, 20‑Fs, 40‑Fs 28,497
8‑Ks / 6‑Ks 96,947
Registration Statements 49,711
Insider Filings (Forms 3, 4, 5 & 144) 220,755
13F Filings 42,614
Definitive Proxies 14,370
Fixed Income Prospectuses 176,349

The continued rise in insider filings and fixed‑income documentation reflects heightened regulatory scrutiny, increased disclosure norms, and active trading environments across equity and debt markets.


OTC and SEDAR Coverage Expansion

One of the biggest growth areas for the year was OTC issuer filings.

  • OTC issuer filings in 2025: 4,447
  • YOY increase: 450+ filings

Additionally, 2025 marked a major milestone with the launch of SEDAR support for Canadian and cross‑traded issuers on OTC Markets:

  • SEDAR filings processed: 70,660

This expanded coverage now enables clients to access U.S. and Canadian regulatory data in a unified framework.


Company & Market Data Coverage

Data Type Coverage Total
Financials (SEC) 5,642 companies
Financials (OTC) 5,048 companies
Insider Universe 63,116 total insiders
Ownership Reporting Funds 10,484 funds
IPOs 371 deals / $70.6B raised

This level of data density equips analysts, quants, compliance teams, and enterprise platforms with deeper visibility into market structure, executive activity, institutional trends, and new capital formation.


IPO Market

New issuance activity remained healthy through 2025, with a total of 371 IPOs generating $70.6 billion raised.

Quarter IPO Count Capital Raised
Q1 2025 79 $11.36B
Q2 2025 96 $16.02B
Q3 2025 100 $21.15B
Q4 2025 96 $22.12B

Momentum increased throughout the year.


Market Events & Corporate Actions

Metric Total
Bankruptcy Filings 89
Corporate Shell Status Changes 55

These indicators help investors and compliance teams track risk, restructuring activity, and corporate lifecycle changes.


Looking Ahead

As regulatory complexity grows and global markets continue to accelerate, EDGAR Online remains committed to delivering the most reliable access to market‑moving disclosures.

With nearly 950,000 filings processed in 2025 alone—we’re powering transparency, insight, and innovation for the world’s leading financial institutions, researchers, and platforms.

Learn about last year’s filings: 926K+ Total Filings were Processed and Added to our APIs in 2024

Find out more about EDGAR Online

 

Matthew Fuchs, EVP of Market Data, leads the product development, distribution and sales of market data at OTC Markets Group. Prior to joining OTC Markets Group, he served in a number of financial technology roles at the National Research Exchange, Bearing Point and Arthur Andersen. Matt received a BA from Columbia University

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