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UEI Legal Business Name

Human-readable legal business name associated with the vendor UEI in the IDV record. It identifies the legal entity name tied to the vendor's Unique Entity Identifier rather than a short code or internal identifier.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName
Title
UEI Legal Business Name
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName
Description
Human-readable legal business name associated with the vendor UEI in the IDV record. It identifies the legal entity name tied to the vendor's Unique Entity Identifier rather than a short code or internal identifier.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify the actual contractor entity behind an IDV award and support vendor-level aggregation, matchbacks, and entity resolution across FPDS records. It is useful for distinguishing similarly named firms, validating awardee identity, and linking procurement data to external registries or compliance files.
Example Value
AFFILIATED FOODS INC
Observed Non-Null Count
4,756,277

FPDS Compare

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

  • Vendor name display in IDV reporting
  • Grouping awards by legal entity name
  • Crosswalking FPDS records to UEI-based reference data

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the name as a unique identifier
  • Joining records on the text name alone without UEI or other identifiers

Query Guidance

Select this field for reporting and display, and join or deduplicate on UEI or related identifiers instead of the name text. In SQL, normalize case and whitespace if you need approximate matching, but preserve the original value for auditability.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

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