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Is Small Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site associated with the transaction is identified as a small business. It is a site-level socio-economic indicator tied to the vendor location in the record, not a narrative description. Because the observed value may be coded (for example, 0/1), analysts should verify the actual stored values and any paired description field if present.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isSmallBusiness
Title
Is Small Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isSmallBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site associated with the transaction is identified as a small business. It is a site-level socio-economic indicator tied to the vendor location in the record, not a narrative description. Because the observed value may be coded (for example, 0/1), analysts should verify the actual stored values and any paired description field if present.
Business Meaning
This field supports small business set-aside, participation, and compliance analysis across awards and vendor locations. It helps analysts measure how much procurement activity is flowing to small businesses and assess alignment with small business goals and socio-economic reporting requirements.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isSmallBusiness
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isSmallBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isSmallBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__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 or vendor sites reported as small business
  • Calculate small business obligation or award shares
  • Segment vendor performance by socio-economic category

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the field as a textual label instead of a flag or code
  • Assuming missing or zero values always mean not small business without checking the data dictionary or source encoding

Query Guidance

Use this field as a filter or grouping dimension after confirming its stored encoding, e.g. WHERE isSmallBusiness = 1 for positive cases. When aggregating, apply the flag at the vendor-site level and be careful not to double count transactions if multiple site records exist for one award.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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