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Total EDGAR filings and the Form 4 share, by quarter (last 12 full quarters)

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.

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Total EDGAR filings and the Form 4 share, by quarter (last 12 full quarters) — 12 rows by 6 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
quarterall_filings_kform4_filings_kall_filings_displayform4_filings_displayform4_pct_of_filings
2023-Q3245.468.4245,39168,36327.9
2023-Q4247.972.3247,86872,25829.2
2024-Q1355.6120.6355,632120,56333.9
2024-Q2310.599.9310,47099,94232.2
2024-Q3263.467.5263,42567,47725.6
2024-Q4276.672.8276,60772,82526.3
2025-Q1328.3114.5328,296114,49734.9
2025-Q2309.991.8309,90991,75629.6
2025-Q3270.464.5270,44264,45423.8
2025-Q4263.666.3263,59366,26125.1
2026-Q1350.3111.9350,306111,87231.9
2026-Q2336.5100.8336,460100,76929.9
Rows × columns
12 × 6
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Total EDGAR filings and the Form 4 share, by quarter (last 12 full quarters), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
quarter text 12 distinct values (2023-Q3, 2023-Q4, 2024-Q1…)
all_filings_k number 245.4 to 355.6
form4_filings_k number 64.5 to 120.6
all_filings_display text 12 distinct values (245,391, 247,868, 263,425…)
form4_filings_display text 12 distinct values (100,769, 111,872, 114,497…)
form4_pct_of_filings number 23.8 to 34.9 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.

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SELECT formatDateTime(toStartOfQuarter(filing_date), '%Y-Q') || toString(toQuarter(filing_date)) AS quarter,
       round(count() / 1000.0, 1) AS all_filings_k,
       round(countIf(form_type = '4') / 1000.0, 1) AS form4_filings_k,
       reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(count())), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS all_filings_display,
       reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(countIf(form_type = '4'))), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS form4_filings_display,
       round(100.0 * countIf(form_type = '4') / count(), 1) AS form4_pct_of_filings
FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index
WHERE filing_date >= toStartOfQuarter(today() - INTERVAL 36 MONTH)
  AND filing_date < toStartOfQuarter(today())
GROUP BY quarter, toStartOfQuarter(filing_date)
ORDER BY toStartOfQuarter(filing_date)

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