Last Updated: October 2026
On 23 September 2026, federal agents searched a warehouse in North Sioux City, South Dakota, at an address tied to Apex Peptides. No charges have been made public since. This is what the public record shows, what it doesn't, and what Apex buyers can check themselves.
What happened in North Sioux City on 23 September?
Federal agents searched a warehouse at 503 Prosperity Way, North Sioux City, and a residence in nearby Dakota Dunes on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service led the operation, with the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation also on site, local station KTIV reported. Agents removed papers, boxes and bagged items. No agency has said what it is investigating, and as of 5 October 2026 no charge, complaint or indictment involving Apex had been made public.
The warehouse search began around 9 a.m., according to KTIV and KSCJ, and investigators cleared the scene shortly after 4 p.m. The Union County Sheriff's Office and North Sioux City Police assisted. Agents brought in a U-Haul trailer for evidence, and had a UPS driver who arrived around noon unload his packages into it. Postal inspectors searched the Dakota Dunes residence from about 9 a.m. until just before noon. KTIV notes that authorities haven't said what was taken.
Two other outlets add a detail KTIV doesn't report. KCAU and KSCJ each reported two people being escorted out in handcuffs. Neither outlet identified them or said whether they faced charges. A Postal Inspection Service spokesman later told KSCJ that agents had been at several locations around Sioux City and that he couldn't say more while the investigation is active. The FBI has released nothing.
Peptigrity doesn't name the people involved or publish the residence's address. Nobody has been publicly charged, and the forum rules keep rumors about named people off the board.
The timeline below lists what has been reported, with the source for each line, as of 5 October 2026.
| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2025 | Apex Waste Management, LLC registered in South Dakota | KTIV, citing state records |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Better Business Bureau opens a file on "Apex Peptides" (currently listed at 503 Prosperity Way) | BBB profile |
| 3 Apr 2026 | Apex Research, LLC files its 2026 annual report in South Dakota | OpenCorporates |
| Apr to Sep 2026 | Five more Apex-named companies register at 498 Prosperity Way, a building still under construction | KTIV |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Searches at the warehouse and the Dakota Dunes residence | KTIV, KCAU, KSCJ |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Postal Inspection Service confirms an active investigation and gives no details | KSCJ |
| 24 Sep 2026 | KCAU reports the Apex Peptides website showing a temporary closure | KCAU |
| 5 Oct 2026 | No charges, complaint, indictment or DOJ press release found | Peptigrity check |
How is Apex Peptides connected to the searched building?
The link runs through company filings and a business directory, not through anything investigators have said. Local reports identified the searched warehouse as Apex Waste Management's. Company records show Apex Waste Management and Apex Research, LLC, whose Iowa registration carries the name Apex Peptides, LLC, share a head office in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. The Better Business Bureau lists Apex Peptides at the searched address. No agency has named Apex Peptides as the subject of the investigation.
The table below shows what the filings and the BBB record say. The registry entries are read from OpenCorporates' copy of South Dakota's register for Apex Research, which mirrors the state's records rather than replacing them; the waste company's registration date comes from KTIV, citing state records.
| Entity | Record | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Apex Research, LLC | South Dakota DL299126 | In good standing; Iowa branch registered as Apex Peptides, LLC (Iowa 809306); head office in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa; 2026 annual report filed 3 April 2026 |
| Apex Waste Management, LLC | South Dakota DL315028 | Registered 4 December 2025; in good standing; same Sergeant Bluff head office as Apex Research |
| Apex Peptides | BBB profile, opened 25 February 2026 | Listed at 503 Prosperity Way with apexpeptidesupply.com as its website; not BBB accredited |
The waste company's entry is on OpenCorporates' copy of the Apex Waste Management record, and the Apex Peptides listing is on the BBB's Apex Peptides profile.
The Apex name runs well beyond those three. KTIV used South Dakota's business register to find Apex Outdoor Pros, Apex Rx, Apex Assure and Apex Cosmetics at the searched address, and named Apex Peptides and Apex Threadhaus and Ink among the group's better-known businesses. A KTIV follow-up found five more Apex companies registered at 498 Prosperity Way, a building with construction still underway. KCAU's follow-up put the total at roughly two dozen businesses carrying the Apex name.
Shared addresses tell you where the companies are registered. They don't establish ownership, shared finances, or which entity, if any, investigators are looking at.
Which Apex website is the real Apex Peptides?
Three websites carry the Apex Peptides name, and on 5 October 2026 each was in a different state. apex-peptides.com showed only a login screen, apexpeptides.com showed a maintenance page, and apexpeptidesupply.com was online and listing products. Only apexpeptidesupply.com is tied to the searched address by a public record, the BBB profile, and that record doesn't prove who runs the site today. Buyers should first work out which of the three they ordered from.
This is what each site showed when we checked it on 5 October 2026.
| Site | What it showed on 5 October 2026 | Public link to 503 Prosperity Way |
|---|---|---|
| apex-peptides.com | Every page redirects to a login screen; no products, address or notice visible | None we could confirm |
| apexpeptides.com | A maintenance notice repeated in about ten languages; no products, no address and no statement about the search | None we could confirm |
| apexpeptidesupply.com | Online, listing products with research-use-only wording; no street address on the site | The BBB lists it as Apex Peptides' website at that address |
KCAU reported on 24 September that the Apex Peptides site said the business was temporarily closed, with all but one product removed. That wording doesn't match any of the three sites as they stood on 5 October, so it likely described one of them before it changed.
Apex is a common shop name. Peptigrity's index lists other shops with Apex in the name, among them apexxbiolabs.com, and nothing we found connects them to the North Sioux City companies.
What does "research use only" change?
Under FDA rules, what a product is "intended" for is judged on the evidence, and a label line is only part of it. The FDA's rule on the meaning of intended uses, 21 CFR 201.128 judges intent objectively, from labeling claims, advertising, oral or written statements and the circumstances in which a product is sold. Two of the Apex sites carry research-only wording. Whether any of this matters here is unknown: no agency has said what it is investigating, or whether peptides are part of it.
The wording is on the record. apexpeptides.com's terms say its products are for research purposes and not for human consumption, and apexpeptidesupply.com's footer says the same. The May 2025 sitemap of apex-peptides.com lists about 35 product pages, including GLP-1-class compounds such as retatrutide, tirzepatide and semaglutide. A product list on its own doesn't prove intent; under the rule, regulators look at the whole picture.
For contrast, a finished federal case leaves a public trail. In the United States v. Matthew Kawa case page, the Justice Department records that the owner of Indiana's Paradigm Peptides pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years and ten months. Prosecutors said many products sold as SARMs actually contained testosterone, and that its SARM, hCG and peptide products were all unapproved new drugs. That case produced charges, pleas and a sentence, each on the public record. For Apex, none of those steps has appeared. The grey market for peptides, explained covers where research-labeled products sit legally.
What does Peptigrity have on file for Apex?
Not much, and we'd rather say so than fill the gap. Peptigrity's listing for apexpeptides.com holds no lab tests and one community review, from June 2026 (verified October 2026). There's no listing at all for apex-peptides.com or apexpeptidesupply.com. That means there's no independent batch data here to tell an Apex buyer whether a vial matches its label. A certificate you can verify with the issuing lab, or a fresh lab test, is the only check available.
The listing is at apexpeptides.com reviews, ratings & lab tests, and it stays up. A shop page is where a buyer lands to leave a review or report a problem, closed shop or not. How listings, reviews and lab tests feed a shop's record is set out on How Peptigrity actually works.
What should you do if you bought from Apex?
Work out which Apex site you ordered from, check your vial's batch, and don't pay anyone who offers to rescue your order. Orders tied to a searched business can be stuck for a long time: KTIV reported a federal agent telling a waiting customer they didn't know when orders could be collected. A vial you already hold isn't changed by the search, but its certificate is only worth what you can confirm with the lab that issued it.
- Order still open: keep the order confirmation and the payment record, and contact the shop only through the channel you used to order. How much a refund or chargeback can do depends on how you paid; Peptide Shop Payment Methods covers what each method protects.
- Vial in hand: find the batch or lot number and look it up in the Peptide COA lookup. If your certificate names a lab with a public portal, check its accession number on the lab's own site. Freedom Diagnostics runs one, linked from the freedomdiagnosticstesting.com lab profile. Red Flags in Peptide Certificates of Analysis (CoA) lists what else to check.
- No certificate matches: a lab test is the only way to know what's in the vial. Submit a lab test and the result goes on file for the next buyer.
- "We've moved" messages: a shop that goes offline attracts impersonators. Don't pay any new site, chat account or wallet claiming to be Apex unless the shop says so on a site you've ordered from before. Telegram and Discord Peptide Vendors explains why chat-only sellers are the risk.
What isn't known yet?
Almost everything that would explain the search is still undisclosed. No court filing, Justice Department announcement or agency statement has named a suspect or an offense. Neither of the two offline Apex sites has said why it went down, and none of the three has said what happens to paid orders. We checked the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for South Dakota and Northern Iowa and local news through 5 October 2026 and found nothing, though sealed court records never show up publicly.
We'll update this post when the public record changes. If you had an Apex order open when the Apex sites changed, post what happened: which site, the order date, whether it shipped, and whether anyone answered. Stick to what happened to you; rumors about named people get removed. Looking for another shop has its own thread: Recommended peptide suppliers? Read this first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Was Apex Peptides raided?
Federal agents searched a warehouse at 503 Prosperity Way, North Sioux City, on 23 September 2026. Local reports identified the building as Apex Waste Management's, and the Better Business Bureau lists Apex Peptides at the same address. Apex Peptides' Iowa registration belongs to a company that shares a Sergeant Bluff head office with the waste business. No agency has named Apex Peptides as a target, so the honest answer is that its listed address was searched.
Has anyone at Apex been charged?
Not publicly, as of 5 October 2026. No public court record or Justice Department announcement connected to the search has turned up in local news or on the U.S. Attorneys' sites for South Dakota and Northern Iowa. KCAU and KSCJ reported two people escorted out in handcuffs, unnamed and with no charges reported. Sealed records never show up publicly, so no charges today isn't proof that none will follow. We'll update this post if any are filed.
Is Apex Peptides closed for good?
Nobody has said. The three sites using the Apex Peptides name were each in a different state on 5 October 2026: apex-peptides.com sat behind a login screen, apexpeptides.com showed a maintenance notice, and apexpeptidesupply.com was still listing products. None of them carried a statement about the search or a date to reopen. Until one of them does, any claim that Apex has closed permanently, or reopened somewhere new, is a guess.
Will my Apex Peptides order still arrive?
There's no way to know yet. On the day of the search, KTIV reported a federal agent telling a waiting customer they didn't know when orders could be collected. Keep your order confirmation and payment record, contact the shop only through the channel you ordered through, and check what your payment method allows for refunds or disputes. Don't send a second payment to anyone who says they can release the order.
Is Apex Peptide Supply the same business as Apex Peptides?
We can't confirm it. The Better Business Bureau's profile for Apex Peptides, at the searched North Sioux City address, lists apexpeptidesupply.com as its website. That site was online and listing products on 5 October 2026, with no street address on it. A directory entry isn't proof of who operates a website today, so treat the connection as listed, not established, until the shop or a public record says more.
Are my Apex vials safe to use?
Peptigrity can't tell you that, and the search doesn't answer it either way. A vial you already hold is the same vial it was before 23 September. What matters is whether its batch has a certificate you can confirm with the issuing lab. Peptigrity holds no lab tests for any of the three Apex Peptides sites, so if the certificate doesn't check out, an independent lab test is the only way to know what the vial contains.
This article is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Peptides discussed may be investigational compounds not approved by the FDA (or equivalent regulators in your jurisdiction) for human use. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before using any peptide or research compound. Peptigrity is an independent review platform and does not sell, endorse, or recommend specific products or vendors.