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State of Incorporation Name

Human-readable name of the vendor's state of incorporation recorded in the award data. This is the descriptive label for the underlying incorporation-state value, not a geographic location of performance or headquarters.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation__name
Title
State of Incorporation Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/stateOfIncorporation/name
Description
Human-readable name of the vendor's state of incorporation recorded in the award data. This is the descriptive label for the underlying incorporation-state value, not a geographic location of performance or headquarters.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts determine the legal jurisdiction under which the vendor entity was formed, which can be useful for entity resolution, corporate structure review, and compliance or jurisdictional analysis. It is also relevant when comparing vendors across awards or identifying incorporation patterns by state.
Example Value
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Observed Non-Null Count
25,701

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation__name
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/stateOfIncorporation/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/stateOfIncorporation/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation__name'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Grouping awards by state of incorporation
  • Displaying the vendor's incorporation jurisdiction in reports
  • Joining to state reference tables or corporate entity datasets

Common Mistakes

  • Using it as a proxy for vendor location or place of performance
  • Assuming it is always a normalized code rather than a text label

Query Guidance

Use the field as a dimension for filtering, grouping, and presentation. If the dataset includes a companion coded field, join or compare against that field for normalization; when aggregating, standardize casing and trim whitespace, and consider mapping variant labels such as full state names and District of Columbia consistently.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation__name AS state_of_incorporation_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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