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UEI Legal Business Name

Human-readable legal business name associated with the vendor's UEI in the record. It identifies the legal entity name tied to the unique entity identifier rather than a display alias or doing-business-as name.

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__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName
Title
UEI Legal Business Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName
Description
Human-readable legal business name associated with the vendor's UEI in the record. It identifies the legal entity name tied to the unique entity identifier rather than a display alias or doing-business-as name.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor identification, entity resolution, and award rollups when analyzing procurement activity across contracts and transactions. It helps analysts distinguish the actual legal recipient from similarly named organizations and link awards to the correct corporate entity.
Example Value
KRANZE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/entityIdentifiers/vendorUEIInformation/UEILegalBusinessName' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Vendor normalization and entity matching
  • Award counts and obligation totals by legal entity
  • Crosswalks between UEI and organization names

Common Mistakes

  • Using the name alone as a unique identifier
  • Assuming it is always identical to the display vendor name or trade name

Query Guidance

Select and group this field only for readable reporting; join or deduplicate on UEI when possible. In SQL, use it as a label alongside the identifier, and consider case/spacing normalization if comparing names across records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName AS u_e_i_legal_business_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__vendorUEIInformation__UEILegalBusinessName IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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