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Breakdown of businesses in the Philippines by type and geography

Requested from PSA by C. Cornejo at 03:59 PM on Dec 15, 2023.
Purpose: Research for investor based in UK
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2019 - 01/11/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-915104818042

Cornejo 03:59 PM, Dec 15, 2023 

Hi, I represent a company based in the UK who is looking at investing/opening a business in the Philippines in 2024. May i ask if you can provide me an aggregate number of the following:
1. breakdown of businesses in the Philippines by geography and type
2. growth of businesses over the last 5 years based on type
3.  growth of hospitality business (hotels, restaurants and bars) over the last 5 years

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Charmaine

Nisperos 02:44 PM, Jan 17, 2024 

January 17, 2024

Dear Charmaine Cornejo,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Dec 15, 2023 03:59:29 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Breakdown of businesses in the Philippines by type and geography.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response. 

In reference to your data request, please be informed that we do not have specific data on this. 

Relatively, you may refer to our establishment-based data below: 

Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/business-and-industry/index 

Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/census/business-and-industry/index 

MSMEs from 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Preliminary Results data: https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million

https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/psa-release/2_Attachment%20Tables%202021%20ULE%20Preliminary%20Results%20Press%20Release%20_rev%2031dec_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLEYxCpW4RrB2wBX1CZ69KwyX0ZmzoVH/view?usp=sharing

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 6 Industry: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 6.1a Summary Statistics for All Establishments by Major Industry Group: 2015 and 2016: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T6_1a.xlsx 

Table 6.1b Summary Statistics for All Establishments by Major Industry Group: 2017 and 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T6_1b.xlsx

2019 Updates to the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files?file=scd/files%20%284%29.pdf

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Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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