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State of Incorporation

Abbreviated or full state where the vendor organization is legally incorporated. It identifies the jurisdiction recorded for the vendor entity in the contract record, not necessarily the place of performance or headquarters.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation
Title
State of Incorporation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/stateOfIncorporation
Description
Abbreviated or full state where the vendor organization is legally incorporated. It identifies the jurisdiction recorded for the vendor entity in the contract record, not necessarily the place of performance or headquarters.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts assess vendor legal domicile, compare award distribution across incorporation states, and support ownership, compliance, and supplier concentration analyses. It can also be useful when studying local economic impact or award patterns tied to entity registration geography.
Example Value
OH
Observed Non-Null Count
12,673

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • state-level vendor concentration analysis
  • filtering awards by vendor incorporation jurisdiction
  • linking vendor domicile to socioeconomic or compliance studies

Common Mistakes

  • confusing state of incorporation with place of performance
  • assuming it indicates the vendor's headquarters or primary office

Query Guidance

Use this field as a categorical filter or grouping key in SQL, typically with exact-match or IN predicates on state codes. Normalize case and trim whitespace, and if the dataset contains both code and description variants, join or inspect the paired description field before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation AS state_of_incorporation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__stateOfIncorporation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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