Glossary
Form N-PORT
Form N-PORT data sets are the SEC's quarterly bulk extracts of fund filings, delivered as tab-delimited TSV inside ZIP archives and covering portfolio holdings, asset categories, derivatives, securities lending and fund-level financials. Of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs, SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog) documents it in its listing.
What is Form N-PORT?
Form N-PORT data sets are the SEC's quarterly bulk extracts of fund filings, delivered as tab-delimited TSV inside ZIP archives and covering portfolio holdings, asset categories, derivatives, securities lending and fund-level financials. Of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs, SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog) documents it in its listing.
In this catalog it shows up concretely:
- SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog) — Security-level holdings per fund per month-end, plus fund-level financials, derivatives, repo, and securities lending detail; amendments included as filed; bulk download delivery, quality score 10/10, free.
- Data.gov Securities Portal — Dataset-level catalog records with resource-level distributions; bulk download delivery, quality score 6/10, free.
Posted quarters run from 2019 Q4 through 2026 Q2 and are refreshed quarterly.
Why does Form N-PORT matter when choosing a dataset?
Product shape determines what analysis is possible; two sources with identical topic labels can differ completely in usable structure.
SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog) shows what specificity looks like: Security-level holdings per fund per month-end, plus fund-level financials, derivatives, repo, and securities lending detail; amendments included as filed.
How do you evaluate Form N-PORT in a data source?
To verify a source really provides Form N-PORT, work through:
- Open SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog) and compare the claim against the artifact - its own listing reports Security-level holdings per fund per month-end, plus fund-level financials, derivatives, repo, and securities lending detail; amendments included as filed..
- Open Data.gov Securities Portal and compare the claim against the artifact - its own listing reports Dataset-level catalog records with resource-level distributions.
- Ask any commercial vendor which cataloged dataset theirs resembles; if they cannot name a comparable public example, treat the claim as unverified.
- Get update cadence in writing: only 22.6% of the 1,744 cataloged datasets update daily, so "always current" needs evidence.
Where to see it in context: asset-management-custody-banks data, investment-banking-brokerage data.
Related terms
Entries that sit next to Form N-PORT in this glossary:
- form-13f — Quarterly SEC disclosures of institutional equity holdings, aggregated commercially by WhaleWisdom into filer-security-quarter position rows covering every 13F filer since 2001 Q1.
- registered-investment-companies — Registered investment companies are the SEC-regulated funds whose Form N-PORT filings feed the data sets, described in the catalog as 'all registered funds'.
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of Form N-PORT?
SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog). Its record lists Security-level holdings per fund per month-end, plus fund-level financials, derivatives, repo, and securities lending detail; amendments included as filed., delivered as a bulk download with free access.
Is data described as "Form N-PORT" free to use?
Not automatically. Across the catalog, 82.4% of 1,744 datasets are free, but licensing is set per source - confirm the license banner on the exact distribution before production use.
How do I verify a vendor really provides Form N-PORT?
Ask them to name a public comparable. The cataloged examples here - starting with SEC Form N-PORT Data Sets (via data.gov Catalog) - document exactly what they ship, so a vendor who cannot match that specificity is asking you to buy on trust.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing Form N-PORT
6 datasets carry form n-port in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
Federal Reserve Data Download Program Data
Federal Reserve Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States (Flow of Funds)
date · Series mnemonic · Description …+3 more
FRED Category 13 - Banking Data Sub-tree
Tree-to-release crosswalks · Scoped series subsets · Assembled panels …+1 more
U.S. Census Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)
World Bank Stock Market Indicators
Country Name · Country Code · Indicator Name …+3 more
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