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Country of Incorporation

Country where the vendor entity is legally incorporated. It identifies the jurisdiction of incorporation recorded for the vendor site organization factor in the FPDS IDV record.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation
Title
Country of Incorporation
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation
Description
Country where the vendor entity is legally incorporated. It identifies the jurisdiction of incorporation recorded for the vendor site organization factor in the FPDS IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish U.S.-incorporated vendors from foreign-incorporated vendors, which is relevant for ownership, source selection, domestic preference analysis, and foreign supplier tracking. It also supports segmentation of award activity by incorporation jurisdiction for risk, compliance, and market concentration reviews.
Example Value
USA
Observed Non-Null Count
2,974,474

FPDS Compare

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

  • Separate domestic and foreign-incorporated vendors
  • Group IDVs by incorporation jurisdiction
  • Support compliance and supply chain risk analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Using this field as the vendor's physical address country
  • Confusing incorporation country with place of performance or vendor nationality

Query Guidance

Filter and group on the stored value directly, but normalize country representations when possible because FPDS extracts may contain codes, abbreviations, or free-text variants. Use this field alongside vendor identifiers and location fields to avoid misclassification in SQL joins and summaries.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

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