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Is Black American Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Black American owned business in the vendor socio-economic indicators for the award record. It captures a specific minority-owned status at the vendor site level, as represented in the FPDS/Other Transaction Award data.

Family: Other Transaction Award
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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Black American Owned Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Black American owned business in the vendor socio-economic indicators for the award record. It captures a specific minority-owned status at the vendor site level, as represented in the FPDS/Other Transaction Award data.
Business Meaning
This field supports supplier diversity, socio-economic performance tracking, and equity-focused procurement analysis. Analysts use it to measure participation of Black American owned businesses in federal spending, evaluate compliance with set-aside or reporting goals, and segment award activity by ownership status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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

  • Filter awards to Black American owned vendors
  • Calculate spend share to Black American owned businesses
  • Compare diversity participation across agencies or periods

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's actual coding
  • Using this field alone to represent all minority-owned or small-business status

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter by the observed true value for this flag after confirming the coding convention in your extract, for example WHERE isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness = 1 or = 'Y'. When aggregating, group carefully with other minority-owned indicators to avoid overlap and use DISTINCT award or vendor identifiers if the grain is not one row per vendor site.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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