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Is Black American Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as a Black American owned business at the vendor site level within an IDV record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met or not reported, while other observed values should be checked against the dataset’s code conventions.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Black American Owned Business
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as a Black American owned business at the vendor site level within an IDV record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met or not reported, while other observed values should be checked against the dataset’s code conventions.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic, diversity, and set-aside analysis in federal procurement. Analysts use it to measure participation by Black American owned businesses across award activity, vendor populations, and contract vehicles, and to assess compliance or outreach outcomes tied to minority-owned business policy goals.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count awards or vendors flagged as Black American owned
  • Segment spend or obligations by minority-owned status
  • Build dashboards for socioeconomic participation and compliance

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming missing values are equivalent to no
  • Aggregating without normalizing coded values across extracts

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter or group on the normalized indicator value after checking the dataset’s code mapping; for example, use a CASE expression to map the field into true, false, and unknown buckets before counting or joining to award-level summaries. Avoid relying on raw text comparisons unless you have confirmed the exact stored representation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_black_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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