Table 3. Number of New Non-Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
by Type of Building, by Region, and Province: First Quarter, 2004
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TOTAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL
Region, Province, Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value
City, and Municipality | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9)
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Philippines 2,633 1,238,617 8,644,922 1,437 514,524 3,260,582 333 390,367 2,864,711
National Capital Region 305 359,795 2,766,742 174 206,545 1,754,620 53 81,549 396,266
Manila, First District 53 22,938 196,476 32 16,707 166,097 9 4,855 12,227
Second District 97 152,642 854,656 54 74,583 385,719 14 38,072 111,607
Third District 32 11,715 59,132 15 4,997 23,081 9 3,506 10,980
Fourth District 123 172,500 1,656,478 73 110,258 1,179,723 21 35,116 261,452
Cordillera Administrative
Region 57 39,385 278,679 47 28,530 155,304 2 2,067 2,845
Abra 5 2,817 7,665 3 750 4,820 2 2,067 2,845
Benguet 44 31,148 198,956 38 26,860 144,165 - - -
Ifugao 4 640 4,337 3 640 2,907 - - -
Kalinga 4 4,780 67,721 3 280 3,412 - - -
Region I - Ilocos 165 43,095 180,024 84 16,245 70,373 16 12,691 37,212
Ilocos Norte 46 3,803 22,246 18 1,793 3,683 1 80 229
Ilocos Sur 17 2,458 14,460 10 1,655 10,375 1 685 700
La Union 33 9,227 36,041 18 3,000 13,073 3 296 586
Pangasinan 69 27,607 107,277 38 9,797 43,242 11 11,630 35,697
Region II - Cagayan Valley 65 15,748 103,816 24 4,822 29,657 9 2,678 11,298
Cagayan 5 3,204 16,284 3 667 5,284 - - -
Isabela 36 8,905 60,060 15 2,806 14,519 9 2,678 11,298
Nueva Vizcaya 17 1,141 11,022 5 1,141 9,497 - - -
Quirino 7 2,498 16,450 1 208 357 - - -
Region III - Central Luzon 393 181,714 1,505,483 260 44,453 208,420 41 105,779 1,029,808
Bataan 11 16,546 64,617 4 722 3,023 4 15,178 55,123
Bulacan 133 35,847 153,246 92 9,776 46,347 14 17,422 55,344
Nueva Ecija 55 11,067 56,005 27 6,636 29,814 7 2,205 4,860
Pampanga 133 46,841 293,130 103 19,689 100,939 7 9,564 32,253
Tarlac 36 43,732 88,026 25 4,849 19,154 5 37,748 59,800
Zambales 10 24,457 825,242 5 645 1,760 3 23,602 822,278
Aurora 15 3,224 25,217 4 2,136 7,383 1 60 150
Region IVA - Calabarzon 444 198,324 1,510,261 252 62,542 375,590 60 71,074 676,983
Batangas 84 51,396 394,836 50 18,724 108,151 13 15,804 165,521
Cavite 116 50,298 471,994 67 16,128 90,261 19 26,327 336,787
Laguna 149 68,871 503,688 78 17,360 124,282 23 26,191 153,914
Quezon 17 5,734 32,606 8 741 5,113 3 2,306 19,385
Rizal 78 22,025 107,137 49 9,589 47,783 2 446 1,376
Region IVB - Mimaropa 70 13,061 87,451 34 7,788 31,072 15 3,193 26,327
Marinduque 9 1,305 13,050 3 759 3,909 - - -
Occidental Mindoro 3 869 3,033 2 667 2,388 1 202 645
Oriental Mindoro 33 7,283 29,039 23 5,439 20,877 7 1,404 4,192
Palawan 24 3,037 36,188 6 923 3,898 7 1,587 21,490
Romblon 1 567 6,141 - - - - - -
Region V - Bicol 80 17,380 121,002 42 10,619 53,692 1 348 925
Albay 9 4,532 20,654 7 2,820 13,145 - - -
Camarines Norte 6 1,784 6,147 5 1,436 5,222 1 348 925
Camarines Sur 50 9,199 77,040 22 4,897 27,461 - - -
Catanduanes 4 141 5,176 2 141 877 - - -
Masbate 7 1,116 5,389 3 717 2,932 - - -
Sorsogon 4 608 6,596 3 608 4,055 - - -
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Table 3. (continued)
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TOTAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL
Region, Province, Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value
City, and Municipality | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas 103 35,563 273,399 41 13,738 67,072 18 4,993 15,643
Aklan 16 7,168 49,563 10 6,351 31,023 - - -
Antique 6 1,905 16,964 5 1,905 14,117 - - -
Capiz 22 5,318 20,676 7 1,680 5,810 9 2,291 9,483
Iloilo 9 1,281 12,211 2 240 687 1 416 1,669
Negros Occidental 50 19,891 173,985 17 3,562 15,435 8 2,286 4,491
Region VII - Central Visayas 256 140,932 954,270 136 43,365 224,021 41 75,218 547,347
Bohol 5 2,444 11,033 2 1,763 6,859 1 155 930
Cebu 197 127,332 878,161 104 38,203 201,514 37 74,015 543,334
Negros Oriental 49 10,850 62,408 28 3,355 15,448 3 1,048 3,083
Siquijor 5 306 2,668 2 44 200 - - -
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 75 11,144 74,414 27 5,000 22,586 3 243 661
Eastern Samar 12 2,702 11,925 4 330 2,239 1 24 55
Leyte 37 3,184 36,369 4 357 1,565 2 219 606
Northern Samar 8 3,040 14,342 7 2,680 12,841 - - -
Samar (Western Samar) 4 226 656 3 226 494 - - -
Southern Leyte 9 969 5,330 6 706 2,423 - - -
Biliran 5 1,023 5,792 3 701 3,024 - - -
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 61 18,409 75,957 34 5,924 26,550 16 7,697 27,339
Zamboanga Del Norte 3 1,706 10,710 1 694 1,600 1 64 110
Zamboanga Del Sur 55 15,687 61,913 32 5,065 24,209 15 7,633 27,229
Isabela City 3 1,016 3,334 1 165 741 - - -
Region X - Northern Mindanao 136 63,864 243,581 57 14,270 49,299 17 9,230 28,282
Bukidnon 45 43,190 169,075 16 4,952 18,336 6 5,519 21,747
Camiguin 3 175 573 2 147 497 - - -
Lanao Del Norte 37 8,662 27,426 22 4,486 13,887 2 780 1,299
Misamis Occidental 6 2,334 11,641 1 66 281 2 995 1,690
Misamis Oriental 45 9,503 34,866 16 4,619 16,298 7 1,936 3,546
Region XI - Davao 195 53,828 291,670 117 26,925 113,814 21 9,411 49,510
Davao Del Norte 54 6,962 32,893 24 4,207 14,268 11 1,208 6,884
Davao Del Sur 112 41,377 231,614 77 19,004 84,009 9 8,137 42,526
Davao Oriental 18 2,950 20,121 11 1,996 11,275 1 66 100
Compostela Valley 11 2,539 7,042 5 1,718 4,262 - - -
Region XII - Soccsksargen 112 28,146 95,864 57 14,222 38,799 12 3,264 7,664
South Cotabato 78 22,409 74,385 40 11,563 28,941 7 2,492 6,280
Sultan Kudarat 4 266 1,331 3 253 1,310 1 13 21
Saranggani 7 1,362 5,817 2 726 1,550 - - -
Cotabato City 23 4,109 14,331 12 1,680 6,998 4 759 1,363
Region XIII - Caraga 108 17,543 77,370 49 9,296 38,316 7 756 5,259
Agusan Del Norte 39 7,353 22,472 18 5,338 12,315 6 456 2,256
Agusan Del Sur 43 5,981 18,357 23 1,641 4,532 - - -
Surigao Del Norte 18 2,271 14,993 4 1,087 5,944 - - -
Surigao Del Sur 8 1,938 21,548 4 1,230 15,525 1 300 3,003
Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao 8 686 4,939 2 240 1,397 1 176 1,342
Maguindanao 2 450 2,117 1 180 917 - - -
Sulu 2 236 1,822 1 60 480 1 176 1,342
Tawi-Tawi 4 - 1,000 - - - - - -
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Table 3. (continued)
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INSTITUTIONAL | AGRICULTURAL | OTHERS
Region, Province, Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Value
City, and Municipality | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (P1,000)
(10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17)
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Philippines 499 309,954 2,022,281 85 23,772 55,851 279 441,497
National Capital Region 57 71,701 598,123 - - - 21 17,733
Manila, First District 5 1,376 9,990 - - - 7 8,162
Second District 21 39,987 351,794 - - - 8 5,536
Third District 7 3,212 25,051 - - - 1 20
Fourth District 24 27,126 211,288 - - - 5 4,015
Cordillera Administrative
Region 5 8,788 106,963 - - - 3 13,567
Benguet 4 4,288 42,654 - - - 2 12,137
Ifugao - - - - - - 1 1,430
Kalinga 1 4,500 64,309 - - - - -
Region I - Ilocos 32 10,709 46,635 18 3,450 6,254 15 19,550
Ilocos Norte 11 1,020 4,207 7 910 1,286 9 12,841
Ilocos Sur 1 12 83 2 106 348 3 2,954
La Union 9 5,355 21,168 3 576 1,214 - -
Pangasinan 11 4,322 21,177 6 1,858 3,406 3 3,755
Region II - Cagayan Valley 10 7,487 41,905 3 761 1,574 19 19,382
Cagayan 2 2,537 11,000 - - - - -
Isabela 6 2,701 20,523 2 720 1,436 4 12,284
Nueva Vizcaya - - - - - - 12 1,525
Quirino 2 2,249 10,382 1 41 138 3 5,573
Region III - Central Luzon 50 26,974 209,199 13 4,508 17,384 29 40,672
Bataan 2 566 6,444 1 80 27 - -
Bulacan 16 6,751 35,544 5 1,898 6,163 6 9,848
Nueva Ecija 8 1,829 7,132 2 397 751 11 13,448
Pampanga 16 16,233 152,057 3 1,355 4,993 4 2,888
Tarlac 2 357 2,976 2 778 5,450 2 646
Zambales 2 210 1,204 - - - - -
Aurora 4 1,028 3,842 - - - 6 13,842
Region IVA - Calabarzon 94 59,398 386,344 12 5,310 7,221 26 64,123
Batangas 11 15,499 115,270 5 1,369 2,130 5 3,764
Cavite 24 7,843 35,311 - - - 6 9,635
Laguna 32 25,198 175,498 2 122 400 14 49,594
Quezon 3 1,172 6,303 3 1,515 1,805 - -
Rizal 24 9,686 53,962 2 2,304 2,886 1 1,130
Region IVB - Mimaropa 9 1,679 15,294 3 401 2,918 9 11,840
Marinduque 4 546 6,178 - - - 2 2,963
Oriental Mindoro 1 140 289 1 300 2,603 1 1,078
Palawan 3 426 2,686 2 101 315 6 7,799
Romblon 1 567 6,141 - - - - -
Region V - Bicol 21 6,190 39,549 2 223 1,229 14 25,607
Albay 2 1,712 7,509 - - - - -
Camarines Sur 15 4,079 29,583 2 223 1,229 11 18,767
Catanduanes - - - - - - 2 4,299
Masbate 4 399 2,457 - - - - -
Sorsogon - - - - - - 1 2,541
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Table 3. (concluded)
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INSTITUTIONAL | AGRICULTURAL | OTHERS
Region, Province, Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Value
City, and Municipality | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (P1,000)
(10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17)
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Region VI - Western Visayas 24 16,545 89,615 1 287 827 19 100,242
Aklan 1 817 4,560 - - - 5 13,980
Antique - - - - - - 1 2,847
Capiz 6 1,347 5,383 - - - - -
Iloilo 2 625 6,078 - - - 4 3,777
Negros Occidental 15 13,756 73,594 1 287 827 9 79,638
Region VII - Central Visayas 37 21,912 126,663 2 437 500 40 55,739
Bohol 2 526 3,244 - - - - -
Cebu 17 14,708 78,253 1 406 450 38 54,610
Negros Oriental 16 6,416 43,778 1 31 50 1 49
Siquijor 2 262 1,388 - - - 1 1,080
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 23 4,933 30,115 3 968 2,421 19 18,631
Eastern Samar 4 1,770 6,325 1 578 800 2 2,506
Leyte 15 2,578 19,199 1 30 120 15 14,879
Northern Samar - - - 1 360 1,501 - -
Samar (Western Samar) - - - - - - 1 162
Southern Leyte 3 263 2,907 - - - - -
Biliran 1 322 1,684 - - - 1 1,084
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 8 3,816 20,479 2 972 1,546 1 43
Zamboanga Del Norte 1 948 9,000 - - - - -
Zamboanga Del Sur 6 2,017 8,929 2 972 1,546 - -
Isabela City 1 851 2,550 - - - 1 43
Region X - Northern Mindanao 29 36,694 144,110 12 3,670 9,455 21 12,435
Bukidnon 13 31,158 121,052 7 1,561 5,723 3 2,217
Camiguin - - - 1 28 76 - -
Lanao Del Norte 6 3,360 10,260 1 36 49 6 1,931
Misamis Occidental 3 1,273 9,670 - - - - -
Misamis Oriental 7 903 3,128 3 2,045 3,607 12 8,287
Region XI - Davao 34 17,220 103,088 4 272 954 19 24,304
Davao Del Norte 12 1,527 5,952 1 20 50 6 5,739
Davao Del Sur 15 14,061 91,784 1 175 800 10 12,495
Davao Oriental 2 831 2,619 1 57 57 3 6,070
Compostela Valley 5 801 2,733 1 20 47 - -
Region XII - Soccsksargen 30 10,020 37,139 2 640 1,100 11 11,162
South Cotabato 22 7,834 29,016 1 520 520 8 9,628
Saranggani 3 516 2,505 1 120 580 1 1,182
Cotabato City 5 1,670 5,618 - - - 2 352
Region XIII - Caraga 35 5,618 25,860 8 1,873 2,468 9 5,467
Agusan Del Norte 7 1,045 5,808 6 514 786 2 1,307
Agusan Del Sur 18 2,981 12,143 2 1,359 1,682 - -
Surigao Del Norte 7 1,184 4,889 - - - 7 4,160
Surigao Del Sur 3 408 3,020 - - - - -
Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao 1 270 1,200 - - - 4 1,000
Maguindanao 1 270 1,200 - - - - -
Tawi-Tawi - - - - - - 4 1,000
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Source: Industry Statistics Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: August 13, 2004
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