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Is Very Small Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is classified as a very small business in the award record. It is a site-level socioeconomic flag nested under vendor site details, not a narrative description of size.

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__isVerySmallBusiness
Title
Is Very Small Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isVerySmallBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is classified as a very small business in the award record. It is a site-level socioeconomic flag nested under vendor site details, not a narrative description of size.
Business Meaning
This field supports small-business and socioeconomic analysis by identifying awards associated with very small business vendor sites. Analysts use it to segment obligations, evaluate participation patterns, and assess compliance or policy outcomes tied to small-business utilization.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVerySmallBusiness
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isVerySmallBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isVerySmallBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 awards involving very small business vendor sites
  • Measure obligations or counts by socioeconomic status
  • Support small-business participation and compliance reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the prime vendor rather than the vendor site
  • Treating 0 as missing instead of false

Query Guidance

Use it as a boolean filter or grouping field, for example WHERE isVerySmallBusiness = 1 (or the equivalent true code in your data). If codes are not standardized, confirm the domain first and handle nulls explicitly with IS NULL or COALESCE depending on the analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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