Where the well-known SEC forms rank: filings and overall rank, trailing 12 months
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from The Most Common SEC Filings, Explained by Data.
| form_type | filings | overall_rank | filings_display |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 347404 | 1 | 347,404 |
| 8-K | 63670 | 4 | 63,670 |
| 13F-HR | 34240 | 8 | 34,240 |
| 10-Q | 16566 | 15 | 16,566 |
| DEFA14A | 6621 | 25 | 6,621 |
| 10-K | 6055 | 26 | 6,055 |
| DEF 14A | 4954 | 30 | 4,954 |
| S-1 | 1091 | 63 | 1,091 |
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
form_type |
text | 8 distinct values (10-K, 10-Q, 13F-HR…) | |
filings |
number | 1,091 to 347,404 | |
overall_rank |
number | 1 to 63 | |
filings_display |
text | 8 distinct values (1,091, 16,566, 34,240…) |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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SELECT form_type, filings, overall_rank, filings_display
FROM (
SELECT form_type,
count() AS filings,
reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(count())), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS filings_display,
row_number() OVER (ORDER BY count() DESC, form_type) AS overall_rank
FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index
WHERE filing_date >= today() - INTERVAL 12 MONTH AND filing_date < today()
GROUP BY form_type
)
WHERE form_type IN ('4', '8-K', '13F-HR', '10-Q', 'DEFA14A', '10-K', 'DEF 14A', 'S-1')
ORDER BY filings DESC
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