Table 3. Number of Non-Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions, by Type of Building,
by Region, and Province for the First Quarter, 2005
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TOTAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL
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 2,513 935,301 5,496,666 1,408 447,884 2,408,220 280 197,985 773,358
National Capital Region 269 215,884 1,482,937 143 104,185 601,560 28 31,992 114,186
First District 45 24,023 256,820 26 7,019 52,599 0 0 0
Second District 79 77,785 401,541 47 37,336 157,586 10 5,299 23,331
Third District 38 31,255 90,142 15 15,019 39,640 11 16,236 46,595
Fourth District 107 82,821 734,434 55 44,811 351,735 7 10,457 44,260
Cordillera Administrative
Region 34 10,440 67,555 28 8,697 54,709 0 0 0
Abra 6 1,770 13,117 5 1,310 10,032 0 0 0
Benguet 19 6,345 40,331 17 5,674 37,185 0 0 0
Ifugao 5 1,200 7,914 4 752 2,461 0 0 0
Kalinga 4 1,125 6,193 2 961 5,031 0 0 0
Region I - Ilocos Region 111 25,951 178,267 54 10,614 66,171 5 1,486 5,505
Ilocos Norte 30 3,655 34,191 12 2,324 19,695 2 424 1,680
Ilocos Sur 18 4,380 25,400 12 2,003 7,966 2 162 2,025
La Union 51 15,148 108,849 26 5,323 35,314 1 900 1,800
Pangasinan 12 2,768 9,827 4 964 3,196 0 0 0
Region II - Cagayan Valley 51 8,787 71,870 18 4,659 29,250 8 1,627 7,221
Cagayan 16 2,514 23,731 5 1,094 10,072 2 386 1,181
Isabela 24 2,923 21,486 7 1,003 4,396 6 1,241 6,040
Nueva Vizcaya 8 2,649 23,684 4 1,951 12,654 0 0 0
Quirino 3 701 2,969 2 611 2,128 0 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 408 90,619 465,179 274 42,086 233,070 41 22,179 73,084
Bataan 14 2,207 14,857 7 979 6,303 1 162 280
Bulacan 93 27,703 119,062 64 8,262 48,284 11 11,706 33,294
Nueva Ecija 63 14,325 80,470 30 6,285 42,485 13 4,674 12,635
Pampanga 149 29,267 156,803 119 17,343 90,144 13 4,789 23,481
Tarlac 65 13,657 65,167 42 6,439 22,858 2 824 3,293
Zambales 17 3,159 25,459 11 2,758 22,971 1 24 101
Aurora 7 301 3,361 1 20 25 0 0 0
Region IVA - Calabarzon 359 138,659 675,901 228 59,545 282,473 60 34,232 127,139
Batangas 48 8,657 49,624 29 4,721 26,396 11 2,103 13,074
Cavite 216 91,517 455,026 148 44,312 201,817 24 13,000 51,883
Laguna 60 25,574 112,885 34 5,544 30,834 17 15,342 50,932
Quezon 13 5,402 23,285 8 1,455 5,812 2 892 2,019
Rizal 22 7,509 35,081 9 3,513 17,614 6 2,895 9,231
Region IVB - Mimaropa 130 34,090 194,453 73 22,145 103,009 9 4,362 14,289
Marinduque 3 280 5,800 0 0 0 0 0 0
Occidental Mindoro 8 2,069 11,487 4 1,813 6,055 1 100 320
Oriental Mindoro 56 16,283 79,098 47 11,722 59,769 4 3,206 12,332
Palawan 52 10,565 62,675 20 8,337 36,136 4 1,056 1,637
Romblon 11 4,893 35,393 2 273 1,049 0 0 0
Region V - Bicol 89 33,329 179,489 53 14,646 72,493 4 993 4,340
Albay 30 19,003 89,239 19 6,366 29,262 1 200 941
Camarines Norte 19 2,806 27,085 17 2,306 11,761 0 0 0
Camarines Sur 20 6,216 33,728 12 3,273 22,174 1 174 290
Catanduanes 2 1,243 3,786 1 1,165 3,341 0 0 0
Masbate 11 2,930 16,220 3 1,386 5,155 2 619 3,109
Sorsogon 7 1,131 9,431 1 150 800 0 0 0
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Table 3. (continued)
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TOTAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL
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 135 87,703 481,645 82 67,630 353,671 11 3,396 19,868
Aklan 19 40,471 243,764 17 36,178 216,049 1 100 577
Antique 5 2,345 13,372 4 2,169 12,107 0 0 0
Capiz 14 8,972 47,045 8 7,227 38,089 1 500 2,186
Iloilo 13 3,113 26,006 7 541 4,109 1 350 7,551
Negros Occidental 84 32,802 151,458 46 21,515 83,317 8 2,446 9,554
Region VII - Central Visayas 271 157,032 827,921 165 54,649 309,413 45 75,412 331,595
Bohol 6 1,478 7,355 5 1,301 6,363 0 0 0
Cebu 200 146,188 769,146 128 49,515 278,832 40 73,347 326,464
Negros Oriental 62 8,572 46,261 30 3,237 19,940 4 1,867 4,250
Siquijor 3 794 5,159 2 596 4,278 1 198 881
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 88 17,508 101,195 46 8,390 36,958 5 1,412 4,403
Eastern Samar 26 4,340 40,685 11 1,743 13,887 0 0 0
Leyte 30 6,573 28,344 15 4,283 13,407 1 405 2,661
Northern Samar 6 1,142 3,874 4 529 2,650 2 613 1,224
Samar (Western Samar) 9 3,416 17,112 4 275 1,351 1 250 300
Southern Leyte 14 1,344 7,970 10 931 2,885 1 144 218
Biliran 3 693 3,210 2 629 2,778 0 0 0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 64 12,452 62,421 37 6,393 34,682 12 4,223 15,005
Zamboanga del Norte 15 1,532 11,445 3 257 703 1 42 243
Zamboanga del Sur 47 10,789 50,400 33 6,105 33,880 10 4,081 14,285
Isabela City 2 131 576 1 31 99 1 100 477
Region X - Northern Mindanao 132 23,990 287,543 45 8,258 40,572 16 3,109 11,047
Bukidnon 31 9,368 46,836 5 338 972 14 2,768 9,711
Camiguin 5 352 2,485 1 20 27 1 88 236
Lanao del Norte 18 37 7,548 1 37 253 0 0 0
Misamis Occidental 20 3,570 15,465 11 1,130 4,589 0 0 0
Misamis Oriental 58 10,663 215,209 27 6,733 34,731 1 253 1,100
Region XI - Davao Region 211 48,385 268,858 103 24,139 137,579 22 10,647 35,257
Davao del Norte 63 8,990 42,858 33 5,344 28,017 9 2,058 7,560
Davao del Sur 114 34,177 200,234 58 16,815 99,354 10 8,235 27,090
Davao Oriental 5 1,340 7,430 2 556 3,628 0 0 0
Compostela Valley 29 3,878 18,336 10 1,424 6,580 3 354 607
Region XII - Soccsksargen 99 16,975 82,554 27 4,596 20,941 7 1,254 4,762
North Cotabato 48 6,746 29,334 4 1,254 3,342 0 0 0
South cotabato 31 6,910 35,442 15 2,771 14,911 3 679 2,377
Sultan Kudarat 8 626 3,428 4 266 1,510 2 184 698
Saranggani 1 405 2,300 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cotabato City 11 2,288 12,050 4 305 1,178 2 391 1,687
Region XIII - Caraga 62 13,497 68,878 32 7,252 31,669 7 1,661 5,657
Agusan del Norte 24 6,030 34,358 9 2,224 13,239 5 992 2,050
Agusan del Sur 17 2,412 12,024 8 724 1,818 1 504 2,607
Surigao del Norte 11 3,262 11,218 10 3,262 11,187 0 0 0
Surigao del Sur 10 1,793 11,278 5 1,042 5,425 1 165 1,000
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Table 3. (continued)
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INSTITUTIONAL | AGRICULTURAL | OTHERS
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 476 274,164 1,918,077 82 15,268 41,177 267 355,834
National Capital Region 33 79,707 703,025 0 0 0 65 64,166
First District 5 17,004 195,711 0 0 0 14 8,510
Second District 13 35,150 204,756 0 0 0 9 15,868
Third District 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3,907
Fourth District 15 27,553 302,558 0 0 0 30 35,881
Cordillera Administrative
Region 6 1,743 12,846 0 0 0 0 0
Abra 1 460 3,085 0 0 0 0 0
Benguet 2 671 3,146 0 0 0 0 0
Ifugao 1 448 5,453 0 0 0 0 0
Kalinga 2 164 1,162 0 0 0 0 0
Region I - Ilocos Region 15 10,276 78,923 18 3,575 5,810 19 21,858
Ilocos Norte 4 323 3,406 5 584 1,723 7 7,687
Ilocos Sur 2 2,215 13,947 0 0 0 2 1,462
La Union 9 7,738 61,570 9 1,187 1,556 6 8,609
Pangasinan 0 0 0 4 1,804 2,531 4 4,100
Region II - Cagayan Valley 13 2,432 18,709 1 69 120 11 16,570
Cagayan 6 1,034 6,857 0 0 0 3 5,621
Isabela 4 610 4,574 1 69 120 6 6,356
Nueva Vizcaya 2 698 6,437 0 0 0 2 4,593
Quirino 1 90 841 0 0 0 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 46 23,763 129,698 22 2,591 10,254 25 19,073
Bataan 4 1,066 6,221 0 0 0 2 2,053
Bulacan 9 7,397 31,259 2 338 1,377 7 4,848
Nueva Ecija 10 2,873 17,099 3 493 952 7 7,299
Pampanga 8 6,215 40,035 6 920 1,268 3 1,875
Tarlac 9 5,694 32,119 9 700 5,725 3 1,172
Zambales 2 237 621 2 140 932 1 834
Aurora 4 281 2,344 0 0 0 2 992
Region IVA - Calabarzon 61 44,409 252,570 3 473 3,050 7 10,669
Batangas 4 1,360 6,989 3 473 3,050 1 115
Cavite 44 34,205 201,326 0 0 0 0 0
Laguna 5 4,688 23,461 0 0 0 4 7,658
Quezon 3 3,055 15,454 0 0 0 0 0
Rizal 5 1,101 5,340 0 0 0 2 2,896
Region IVB - Mimaropa 17 7,122 47,057 4 461 915 27 29,183
Marinduque 1 280 3,800 0 0 0 2 2,000
Occidental Mindoro 1 156 500 0 0 0 2 4,612
Oriental Mindoro 2 1,121 5,229 2 234 554 1 1,214
Palawan 6 945 5,352 2 227 361 20 19,189
Romblon 7 4,620 32,176 0 0 0 2 2,168
Region V - Bicol 21 14,851 87,129 6 2,839 10,212 5 5,315
Albay 10 12,437 59,036 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines Norte 1 500 14,139 0 0 0 1 1,185
Camarines Sur 2 171 1,056 4 2,598 9,442 1 766
Catanduanes 1 78 445 0 0 0 0 0
Masbate 5 925 6,253 0 0 0 1 1,703
Sorsogon 2 740 6,200 2 241 770 2 1,661
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Table 3. (concluded)
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INSTITUTIONAL | AGRICULTURAL | OTHERS
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 31 14,118 97,981 6 2,559 3,163 5 6,962
Aklan 1 4,193 27,138 0 0 0 0 0
Antique 1 176 1,265 0 0 0 0 0
Capiz 5 1,245 6,770 0 0 0 0 0
Iloilo 4 2,222 13,146 0 0 0 1 1,200
Negros Occidental 20 6,282 49,662 6 2,559 3,163 4 5,762
Region VII - Central Visayas 43 26,971 179,590 0 0 0 18 7,323
Bohol 1 177 992 0 0 0 0 0
Cebu 22 23,326 156,979 0 0 0 10 6,871
Negros Oriental 20 3,468 21,619 0 0 0 8 452
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 29 7,281 55,239 4 425 1,404 4 3,191
Eastern Samar 13 2,517 25,836 1 80 215 1 747
Leyte 11 1,604 11,469 2 281 757 1 50
Samar (Western Samar) 4 2,891 15,461 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Leyte 1 269 2,473 0 0 0 2 2,394
Biliran 0 0 0 1 64 432 0 0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 4 1,632 10,223 4 204 430 7 2,081
Zamboanga del Norte 3 1,152 8,208 1 81 210 7 2,081
Zamboanga del Sur 1 480 2,015 3 123 220 0 0
Region X - Northern Mindanao 16 11,939 81,758 4 684 1,230 51 152,936
Bukidnon 8 6,262 31,848 0 0 0 4 4,305
Camiguin 1 198 1,200 1 46 128 1 894
Lanao del Norte 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 7,295
Misamis Occidental 4 1,802 7,184 3 638 1,102 2 2,590
Misamis Oriental 3 3,677 41,526 0 0 0 27 137,852
Region XI - Davao Region 64 13,111 88,140 9 488 3,007 13 4,875
Davao del Norte 19 1,550 7,198 1 38 58 1 25
Davao del Sur 40 9,027 70,396 1 100 100 5 3,294
Davao Oriental 1 784 2,346 0 0 0 2 1,456
Compostela Valley 4 1,750 8,200 7 350 2,849 5 100
Region XII - Soccsksargen 55 10,225 43,668 1 900 1,582 9 11,601
North Cotabato 42 5,492 24,206 0 0 0 2 1,786
South Cotabato 6 2,560 8,625 1 900 1,582 6 7,947
Sultan Kudarat 2 176 1,220 0 0 0 0 0
Saranggani 1 405 2,300 0 0 0 0 0
Cotabato City 4 1,592 7,317 0 0 0 1 1,868
Region XIII - Caraga 22 4,584 31,521 0 0 0 1 31
Agusan del Norte 10 2,814 19,069 0 0 0 0 0
Agusan del Sur 8 1,184 7,599 0 0 0 0 0
Surigao del Norte 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31
Surigao del Sur 4 586 4,853 0 0 0 0 0
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Source: Industry Statistics Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: July 26, 2005
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