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Country of Incorporation

Identifies the country where the vendor organization is legally incorporated in the FPDS award record. It is a vendor site attribute, typically represented as a country name or code value such as "USA".

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation
Title
Country of Incorporation
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation
Description
Identifies the country where the vendor organization is legally incorporated in the FPDS award record. It is a vendor site attribute, typically represented as a country name or code value such as "USA".
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish U.S.-incorporated vendors from foreign-incorporated entities, which is important for socioeconomic, domestic sourcing, and foreign vendor analyses. It also supports segmentation of award populations by organizational origin for compliance and market intelligence workflows.
Example Value
USA
Observed Non-Null Count
70,318,875

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to U.S.-incorporated versus foreign-incorporated vendors
  • Group vendors by incorporation country for market concentration analysis
  • Support compliance and sourcing analyses involving domestic preference or foreign entity review

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing incorporation country with vendor address country or place of performance
  • Assuming a code like 'USA' is always the full country name without normalization

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses and GROUP BY logic after normalizing country values to a consistent standard. For SQL, join or map to a country reference table when needed, and avoid using it as a proxy for vendor citizenship, performance location, or contract destination.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation AS country_of_incorporation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.