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UEI Legal Business Name

Human-readable legal business name recorded for the vendor’s UEI. It identifies the legal entity associated with the Unique Entity Identifier in the award record and functions as the descriptive label for the vendor’s coded identity.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName
Title
UEI Legal Business Name
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName
Description
Human-readable legal business name recorded for the vendor’s UEI. It identifies the legal entity associated with the Unique Entity Identifier in the award record and functions as the descriptive label for the vendor’s coded identity.
Business Meaning
This field is important for identifying the actual legal contractor behind an award, especially when vendor names vary across systems or when multiple records must be consolidated by entity. It supports vendor profiling, market share analysis, duplicate detection, and validation of the awardee’s legal identity.
Example Value
BURNS & ROE INC
Observed Non-Null Count
108,457,309

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Display the vendor’s legal name in award extracts and dashboards
  • Group awards by legal entity for vendor-level spend analysis
  • Crosswalk UEI-based records to vendor master data

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the name as a unique identifier instead of a label
  • Assuming formatting consistency across records or time

Query Guidance

Select and display this field when you need the vendor’s legal name, but join and aggregate on UEI or other identifiers for reliable vendor-level analysis. In SQL, standardize the text before comparison, for example with TRIM and UPPER, and avoid using it alone as a join key.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName AS u_e_i_legal_business_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName 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.