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Is Small Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor associated with the award is classified as a small business. It is a vendor socioeconomic flag at the vendor site level, not a monetary or performance measure.

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__isSmallBusiness
Title
Is Small Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isSmallBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor associated with the award is classified as a small business. It is a vendor socioeconomic flag at the vendor site level, not a monetary or performance measure.
Business Meaning
This field supports small business participation analysis, socioeconomic reporting, set-aside validation, and monitoring of agency small business goals. It helps analysts segment awards by vendor size status and assess compliance with small business policies.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isSmallBusiness
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isSmallBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isSmallBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isSmallBusiness'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify awards to small business vendors
  • Measure small business share of obligations or counts
  • Support compliance and socioeconomic reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Using the field as a proxy for vendor revenue or firm size beyond the binary classification
  • Assuming all extracts use the same code mapping without checking observed values

Query Guidance

Filter explicitly on the coded value that represents small business in your extract, then verify against sample records before using in aggregates. In SQL, group by this flag for counts or sums, and join to vendor identifiers if you need vendor-level analysis rather than award-line analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isSmallBusiness AS is_small_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isSmallBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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