How We Built a Vector Database for SEC Filings Using PostgreSQL + pgvector

📰 Dev.to · Yash Joshi

Learn how to build a vector database for searching SEC filings using PostgreSQL and pgvector to enable semantic search capabilities

intermediate Published 9 Feb 2026
Action Steps
  1. Install PostgreSQL and pgvector extension
  2. Create a table to store SEC filings with a vector column
  3. Use a library like spaCy to generate vector embeddings for the documents
  4. Index the vector column using pgvector
  5. Test the search functionality using SQL queries
Who Needs to Know This

Data engineers and data scientists can benefit from this approach to enable efficient search and analysis of large document datasets, such as SEC filings

Key Insight

💡 Using a vector database enables search by meaning, not just keywords

Share This
Build a vector database for SEC filings using PostgreSQL + pgvector for semantic search #vectorsearch #postgres

Key Takeaways

Learn how to build a vector database for searching SEC filings using PostgreSQL and pgvector to enable semantic search capabilities

Full Article

The Challenge: Making 250-Page Documents Searchable by Meaning. In Part 1, I showed you QuantTrade...
Read full article → ← Back to Reads