# Federal Trade Commission

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/federal-trade-commission/  
**Website:** https://www.ftc.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a U.S. federal agency that enforces antitrust and consumer protection laws affecting virtually every area of commerce. The FTC publishes developer-facing data products and APIs through ftc.gov/developer and partner platforms, including the National Do Not Call Registry telemarketer access program and the Consumer Sentinel Network of consumer complaint data shared with law enforcement.

## Kin Score — 11.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 11.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **FTC Developer Portal** — The FTC Developer Portal is the central hub for developer documentation, data dictionaries, and access program details for FTC-managed datasets and services.
- **National Do Not Call Registry** — The National Do Not Call Registry program lets telemarketers and sellers download phone-number data they must scrub against before placing calls. Access is provisioned through t...
- **Consumer Sentinel Network** — Consumer Sentinel is the FTC's secure online database of consumer reports of fraud, identity theft, and other complaints, made available to participating federal, state, local, ...
- **HSR Premerger Notification** — The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Program coordinates premerger filings reviewed by the FTC and DOJ. Filings are submitted electronically through the dedicated ...

## Security (1)

- **Federal Trade Commission Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Federal Trade Commission Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Antitrust, Consumer Protection, Do Not Call, Federal-Government, Law Enforcement, Open Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/federal-trade-commission/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.