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Is Very Small Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is identified as a very small business in the FPDS socio-economic indicators. It is a site-level vendor attribute tied to the IDV record and reflects the recorded status at the time captured in FPDS.

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__isVerySmallBusiness
Title
Is Very Small Business
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isVerySmallBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is identified as a very small business in the FPDS socio-economic indicators. It is a site-level vendor attribute tied to the IDV record and reflects the recorded status at the time captured in FPDS.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by small-business subcategory and assess participation of very small businesses in federal procurement. It is useful for socioeconomic reporting, vendor profiling, and compliance or goal-tracking analyses where very small business representation matters.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 IDVs to very small business vendors
  • Calculate award or obligation share to very small businesses
  • Segment vendor populations by socioeconomic status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag is a current SAM entity size determination
  • Confusing vendor-site status with contractor-wide status

Query Guidance

Use explicit value checks in SQL after confirming the observed coding, for example WHERE isVerySmallBusiness IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'true'). If the field is sparsely populated or inconsistently coded, coalesce only after validating the source values, and join to related socioeconomic fields when building small-business analyses.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVerySmallBusiness AS is_very_small_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVerySmallBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVerySmallBusiness AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVerySmallBusiness 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.