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Country of Incorporation Name

Human-readable country name for the vendor's country of incorporation recorded on the award. It is the label associated with the underlying country classification in the vendor organization factors data.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation__name
Title
Country of Incorporation Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation/name
Description
Human-readable country name for the vendor's country of incorporation recorded on the award. It is the label associated with the underlying country classification in the vendor organization factors data.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify where an incorporated vendor is legally domiciled, which is useful for foreign-owned vendor analysis, domestic vs. foreign supplier reporting, and sourcing or industrial-base assessments. It can also support geolocation-based compliance and market concentration review at the vendor level.
Example Value
UNITED STATES
Observed Non-Null Count
12,934

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation__name
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/countryOfIncorporation/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation__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

  • Separate domestic from foreign-incorporated vendors
  • Summarize awards by vendor incorporation country
  • Support vendor-risk and supply-chain origin analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing country of incorporation with place of performance or vendor address
  • Assuming every spelling variant is a distinct country value

Query Guidance

Use this field for display, grouping, and coarse filtering, but prefer the underlying code field for joins or exact comparisons when available. If building SQL logic, standardize case and whitespace and map known variants before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation__name AS country_of_incorporation_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__countryOfIncorporation__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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