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Is Sole Propreitorship

Boolean/code flag indicating whether the vendor's business type is a sole proprietorship. In FPDS, it is part of the vendor site business-type attributes and records the presence of that ownership form for the vendor associated with the transaction.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isSolePropreitorship
Title
Is Sole Propreitorship
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isSolePropreitorship
Description
Boolean/code flag indicating whether the vendor's business type is a sole proprietorship. In FPDS, it is part of the vendor site business-type attributes and records the presence of that ownership form for the vendor associated with the transaction.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by vendor ownership structure, which is useful for small business, socioeconomic, and market-participation analysis. It can support checks on vendor classification patterns and identify procurement flow to individually owned businesses.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

  • Filter awards to sole proprietorship vendors
  • Compare award distribution by vendor ownership type
  • Support vendor profile and compliance segmentation

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value means the vendor is not a sole proprietorship without checking whether the field is null, false, or a coded 'no'
  • Using this field as a standalone proxy for small business status

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses as a boolean/coded filter after confirming the observed values in your extract. For example, test for the vendor-owned indicator value that corresponds to true/yes in your data, and validate null handling before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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