---
title: "Search institutional investors"
method: GET
path: "/intelligence/institutions/search"
tags: ["Intelligence"]
---

# Search institutional investors

`GET /intelligence/institutions/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public`
- URL: `https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public/intelligence/institutions/search`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key`

Search institutional investors by name (case-insensitive). Matches 13F
filers as well as financial-SIC companies and registered broker-dealers,
so firms that never file a 13F still resolve. Returns CIK, name, AUM,
holdings count, and latest filing period.

**Credit cost: 5**

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `offset` integer

## Response `200`

Matching institutions

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/signal8/apis/signal8-public-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/signal8/apis/signal8-public-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/signal8/apis/signal8-public-api/revisions/5a18ae8d6d58?raw)