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State of Incorporation Name

Human-readable name of the state or jurisdiction where the vendor is incorporated. This is the label value associated with the underlying state-of-incorporation classification in the vendor organization factors structure.

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__stateOfIncorporation__name
Title
State of Incorporation Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/stateOfIncorporation/name
Description
Human-readable name of the state or jurisdiction where the vendor is incorporated. This is the label value associated with the underlying state-of-incorporation classification in the vendor organization factors structure.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify where a vendor is legally formed, which can support vendor profiling, jurisdictional analysis, and examination of incorporation patterns across awards and entities. It is useful when evaluating corporate location trends, potential clustering by state, and relationships between incorporation state and contracting outcomes.
Example Value
DELAWARE
Observed Non-Null Count
12,673

FPDS Compare

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

  • Group vendors by state of incorporation
  • Compare incorporation jurisdiction with award or performance patterns
  • Validate vendor entity attributes against related coded fields

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing state of incorporation with physical vendor location or principal place of business
  • Using the raw label without checking for abbreviations, aliases, or inconsistent capitalization

Query Guidance

Select this field when you need the display value for incorporation state. In SQL, filter or group on the normalized string after trimming and standardizing case, and join to coded counterparts only if you need a canonical state reference or crosswalk.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

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