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Symbol Lookup

Search symbols

Fuzzy-matches company name or ticker symbol, ranked by relevance. Returns enriched profiles with sector, industry, description, and logo. Covers stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds.

get/api/lookup/search

Query parameters

searchStringstring required

Search term (name or ticker). Alphanumeric characters, dots, hyphens, and spaces allowed.

type'stock' | 'etf' | 'mf' | 'cef' | 'fund'

Security type.

Value	Meaning
stock	Operating company.
etf	Exchange-traded fund.
mf	Open-end mutual fund. Includes an open-end fund that also offers an exchange-traded share class.
cef	Closed-end fund. Exchange-listed like an ETF, but with fixed capital (SEC form N-2).
fund	A registered fund whose kind is not yet evidenced — typically a series that has not filed its first N-CEN and has no listing.

Filter by security type

exchangestring

Filter by exchange

sectorstring

Filter by business sector

includeDelistedboolean

Include delisted symbols in results.

limitinteger

Maximum number of results

Response

Matching tickers ranked by relevance. A multi-class issuer (e.g. Alphabet) returns one result per active ticker (GOOG and GOOGL separately).

symbolstring nullable

Ticker symbol if available. Null for entities not listed anymore.

exchangestring nullable

Exchange this ticker is listed on. Null for entity-only matches (see symbol).

namestring

Company or fund name

cikinteger

SEC Central Index Key

seriesIdinteger

Series ID (0 for stocks, non-zero for ETF/mutual fund series sharing a CIK)

type'stock' | 'etf' | 'mf' | 'cef' | 'fund'

Security type

sectorstring nullable

Business sector derived from SIC code

industrystring nullable

Industry derived from SIC code

industryGroupstring nullable

High-value industry group, or null

compositeFigistring nullable

Bloomberg Composite FIGI

eininteger nullable

Employer Identification Number

formerNamesstring[]

Historical company names

status'operating' | 'delisted'

Operating status. delisted ONLY when the entity has no active listing left on ANY exchange (fully dark, including OTC). A name still trading OTC after leaving a major reads operating.

Example response

[
  {
    "symbol": "GOOGL",
    "exchange": "Nasdaq",
    "name": "Alphabet Inc.",
    "cik": 1652044,
    "type": "stock",
    "sector": "Technology",
    "industry": "Computer Programming, Data Processing",
    "industryGroup": "Software & SaaS",
    "compositeFigi": "BBG009S39JX6",
    "ein": 611767919,
    "formerNames": [],
    "status": "operating",
    "priorTickers": [
      {
        "symbol": "NLST",
        "exchange": "Nasdaq",
        "lastSeen": "2023-09-30"
      }
    ]
  }
]