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The EDGAR filing index at a glance: 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.

as of scalar 1×7read in context →
filings millions
1.2
avg per month k
104
distinct form types
387
distinct filers k
156
pct with ticker
46.4
pct amendments
7.7
pct form4 amended
1.5
Rows × columns
1 × 7
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for The EDGAR filing index at a glance: trailing 12 months, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
filings_millions number every row is 1.2
avg_per_month_k number every row is 104
distinct_form_types number every row is 387
distinct_filers_k number every row is 156
pct_with_ticker number every row is 46.4 percent
pct_amendments number every row is 7.7 percent
pct_form4_amended number every row is 1.5 percent

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.

the exact SQL behind every number 
SELECT floor(count() / 1e5) / 10 AS filings_millions,
       round(count() / 12 / 1000) AS avg_per_month_k,
       uniqExact(form_type) AS distinct_form_types,
       floor(uniqExact(cik) / 1000) AS distinct_filers_k,
       round(100.0 * countIf(ticker != '') / count(), 1) AS pct_with_ticker,
       round(100.0 * countIf(endsWith(form_type, '/A')) / count(), 1) AS pct_amendments,
       round(100.0 * countIf(form_type = '4/A') / countIf(form_type IN ('4', '4/A')), 1) AS pct_form4_amended
FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index
WHERE filing_date >= today() - INTERVAL 12 MONTH AND filing_date < today()

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