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Is Sole Propreitorship

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor at the site level is classified as a sole proprietorship. It captures the vendor business type for the specific vendor site record in an Other Transaction Award contract detail.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isSolePropreitorship
Title
Is Sole Propreitorship
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isSolePropreitorship
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor at the site level is classified as a sole proprietorship. It captures the vendor business type for the specific vendor site record in an Other Transaction Award contract detail.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor profiling, socioeconomic and ownership analysis, and segmentation of awardees by business structure. It can help analysts identify awards associated with individually owned businesses and assess how sole proprietorships participate in federal procurement or OT activity.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isSolePropreitorship
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isSolePropreitorship
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isSolePropreitorship' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isSolePropreitorship'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filtering awards or vendor records by sole proprietorship status
  • Segmenting vendor populations by business ownership type
  • Supporting compliance, diversity, or market research analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag applies to the award rather than the vendor site record
  • Treating 0/1 values as universal without confirming the dataset's coding conventions

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean filter when the coding is confirmed, for example WHERE isSolePropreitorship = 1 for sole proprietorship records. If the data contains mixed encodings or nulls, normalize values first and validate against adjacent business type fields before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isSolePropreitorship AS is_sole_propreitorship
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isSolePropreitorship IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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