Table 3. Number of New Non-Residential Building Constructions Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
by Type of Building, by Region and Province: Second Quarter, 2003
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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 2,577 1,432,283 9,838,431 1,447 873,289 6,649,330 301 260,671 941,178
National Capital Region 445 538,392 4,798,714 268 450,726 4,260,972 36 39,056 90,323
Manila, First District 48 31,360 307,226 32 21,575 217,550 2 3,403 8,748
Second District 171 247,338 1,709,441 101 216,833 1,577,424 16 15,226 43,547
Third District 46 28,091 123,429 14 5,428 33,008 11 17,395 25,311
Fourth District 180 231,603 2,658,618 121 206,890 2,432,990 7 3,032 12,717
Cordillera Administrative Region 52 44,544 666,287 38 42,771 650,985 2 495 2,115
Abra 7 2,260 8,718 5 2,149 7,291 - - -
Benguet 41 40,818 652,410 30 39,576 640,152 2 495 2,115
Kalinga-Apayao 3 1,380 4,966 2 960 3,349 - - -
Mountain Province 1 86 193 1 86 193 - - -
Region I - Ilocos Region 140 47,427 252,000 75 21,654 90,539 12 7,393 17,091
Ilocos Norte 20 6,031 23,200 12 5,014 17,886 3 499 1,085
Ilocos Sur 14 10,514 76,122 11 5,553 21,942 - - -
La Union 33 4,937 44,349 14 1,781 11,018 3 494 1,501
Pangasinan 73 25,945 108,329 38 9,306 39,693 6 6,400 14,505
Region II - Cagayan Valley 35 7,329 36,828 18 4,302 15,865 4 661 1,448
Cagayan 10 3,949 17,780 5 2,327 8,196 2 595 1,269
Isabela 18 2,720 14,386 7 1,315 5,112 2 66 179
Nueva Vizcaya 2 40 200 2 40 200 - - -
Quirino 5 620 4,462 4 620 2,357 - - -
Region III - Central Luzon 351 123,875 542,604 225 54,795 246,795 45 40,076 105,233
Bataan 27 6,230 70,521 10 1,568 6,632 7 3,166 8,681
Bulacan 92 46,784 168,739 46 16,897 72,367 22 22,428 52,122
Nueva Ecija 30 8,576 56,022 13 3,193 22,943 3 1,220 6,391
Pampanga 127 47,615 172,562 98 25,126 97,720 10 12,733 35,838
Tarlac 63 11,706 52,563 51 6,717 39,514 3 529 2,201
Zambales 12 2,964 22,197 7 1,294 7,619 - - -
Region IV - Southern Tagalog 495 219,554 1,247,673 259 72,652 415,220 85 82,004 362,992
Batangas 81 27,404 128,428 43 7,241 37,276 13 13,800 51,997
Cavite 147 64,948 401,933 91 25,405 144,198 11 12,402 60,860
Laguna 120 61,076 306,284 59 19,466 114,120 33 34,964 140,582
Marinduque 7 1,498 8,346 5 1,389 8,012 1 34 95
Occidental Mindoro 8 2,175 14,290 3 1,208 6,344 2 673 2,504
Oriental Mindoro 17 8,933 30,702 10 3,703 18,308 3 3,730 6,583
Palawan 37 16,084 148,537 14 4,226 40,008 15 9,266 82,170
Quezon 20 10,893 62,546 11 6,411 28,944 2 923 1,964
Rizal 41 23,025 124,731 19 2,653 14,755 4 6,197 16,187
Romblon 5 751 4,356 - - - - - -
Aurora 12 2,767 17,520 4 950 3,255 1 15 50
Region V - Bicol 89 18,108 110,900 49 12,509 63,152 7 1,337 8,820
Albay 16 4,630 20,393 13 3,186 13,579 - - -
Camarines Norte 3 1,755 12,584 2 1,755 9,918 - - -
Camarines Sur 53 8,780 55,708 26 5,219 26,780 3 1,000 7,934
Catanduanes 6 672 6,412 4 572 5,906 2 100 506
Masbate 2 588 4,300 1 588 1,800 - - -
Sorsogon 9 1,683 11,503 3 1,189 5,169 2 237 380
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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 144 31,182 172,727 107 21,142 108,657 11 2,071 7,164
Aklan 62 8,381 55,567 61 8,301 55,144 - - -
Antique 7 2,730 13,797 5 1,710 7,401 - - -
Capiz 19 4,814 28,149 7 1,466 8,861 3 496 1,730
Iloilo 2 1,791 13,015 - - - - - -
Negros Occidental 54 13,466 62,199 34 9,665 37,251 8 1,575 5,434
Region VII - Central Visayas 234 95,534 437,783 119 40,471 193,729 25 16,156 39,226
Bohol 39 4,572 34,115 15 1,557 6,774 2 159 370
Cebu 123 75,566 354,643 65 29,006 161,252 17 14,787 36,298
Negros Oriental 60 14,399 39,737 29 8,936 17,818 6 1,210 2,558
Siquijor 12 997 9,288 10 972 7,885 - - -
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 62 31,175 310,419 21 5,863 21,378 6 1,835 4,209
Eastern Samar 6 1,004 6,169 - - - 1 200 702
Leyte 38 25,958 290,719 12 3,057 11,848 2 595 1,935
Northern Samar 3 124 993 2 92 925 1 32 68
Samar (Western Samar) 6 1,363 5,228 3 1,184 3,692 - - -
Southern Leyte 6 2,436 6,271 2 1,300 3,984 2 1,008 1,504
Biliran 3 290 1,039 2 230 929 - - -
Region IX - Western Mindanao 95 50,606 191,247 69 41,088 152,503 4 1,424 6,203
Basilan 6 931 5,679 4 595 2,540 - - -
Zamboanga Del Sur 89 49,675 185,568 65 40,493 149,963 4 1,424 6,203
Region X - Northern Mindanao 42 15,381 73,607 16 4,693 18,765 4 3,256 12,840
Bukidnon 23 8,050 41,244 7 1,414 4,927 2 1,072 6,282
Camiguin 2 777 5,648 1 777 2,596 - - -
Misamis Occidental 14 2,986 18,620 7 2,358 10,957 1 48 48
Misamis Oriental 3 3,568 8,095 1 144 285 1 2,136 6,510
Region XI - Southern Mindanao 233 145,364 636,374 104 76,268 321,902 36 43,927 147,349
Davao Del Norte 62 9,182 38,106 15 1,582 4,754 10 2,946 6,959
Davao Del Sur 73 33,657 137,467 39 16,894 72,720 4 5,748 13,766
Davao Oriental 6 473 929 3 306 599 1 55 90
South Cotabato 82 98,115 419,342 44 55,426 222,757 21 35,178 126,534
Sarangani 10 3,937 40,530 3 2,060 21,072 - - -
Region XII - Central Mindanao 61 39,087 214,866 34 17,873 65,241 8 18,004 128,794
Lanao Del Norte 28 20,487 144,299 13 2,024 6,351 5 17,387 126,908
North Cotabato 24 16,518 61,240 14 14,575 52,021 2 113 372
Sultan Kudarat 9 2,082 9,327 7 1,274 6,869 1 504 1,514
Region XIII - Caraga 79 21,886 130,589 34 4,700 17,047 12 2,297 6,153
Agusan Del Norte 29 11,447 49,031 16 2,568 9,004 1 816 2,130
Agusan Del Sur 9 5,790 52,821 2 344 2,519 - - -
Surigao Del Norte 33 3,824 23,866 11 1,180 2,948 11 1,481 4,023
Surigao Del Sur 8 825 4,871 5 608 2,576 - - -
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao 20 2,839 15,813 11 1,782 6,580 4 679 1,218
Maguindanao 20 2,839 15,813 11 1,782 6,580 4 679 1,218
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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 485 267,351 1,774,291 79 30,972 85,971 265 387,661
National Capital Region 62 48,610 394,312 - - - 79 53,107
Manila, First District 5 6,382 56,373 - - - 9 24,555
Second District 25 15,279 82,393 - - - 29 6,077
Third District 6 5,268 60,194 - - - 15 4,916
Fourth District 26 21,681 195,352 - - - 26 17,559
Cordillera Administrative Region 7 1,278 7,845 - - - 5 5,342
Abra 1 111 347 - - - 1 1,080
Benguet 5 747 5,881 - - - 4 4,262
Kalinga-Apayao 1 420 1,617 - - - - -
Region I - Ilocos Region 22 12,024 80,753 13 6,356 27,030 18 36,587
Ilocos Norte 3 453 4,036 2 65 193 - -
Ilocos Sur 1 4,461 50,660 1 500 520 1 3,000
La Union 2 1,788 9,734 4 874 926 10 21,170
Pangasinan 16 5,322 16,323 6 4,917 25,391 7 12,417
Region II - Cagayan Valley 8 2,318 9,336 1 48 241 4 9,938
Cagayan 2 1,027 6,210 - - - 1 2,105
Isabela 6 1,291 3,126 1 48 241 2 5,728
Quirino - - - - - - 1 2,105
Region III - Central Luzon 41 20,829 98,373 20 8,175 13,442 20 78,761
Bataan 4 1,400 6,480 1 96 200 5 48,528
Bulacan 12 5,808 27,339 6 1,651 3,872 6 13,039
Nueva Ecija 6 2,886 19,427 4 1,277 1,707 4 5,554
Pampanga 9 7,572 25,901 6 2,184 1,913 4 11,190
Tarlac 5 1,493 4,648 3 2,967 5,750 1 450
Zambales 5 1,670 14,578 - - - - -
Region IV - Southern Tagalog 98 61,568 391,416 10 3,330 16,302 43 61,743
Batangas 10 3,800 15,170 4 2,563 12,303 11 11,682
Cavite 37 26,753 188,980 2 388 2,612 6 5,283
Laguna 12 6,646 28,387 - - - 16 23,195
Marinduque 1 75 239 - - - - -
Occidental Mindoro 2 294 944 - - - 1 4,498
Oriental Mindoro 2 1,362 5,206 2 138 605 - -
Palawan 6 2,592 25,272 - - - 2 1,087
Quezon 6 3,486 31,513 1 73 125 - -
Rizal 12 14,007 81,549 1 168 657 5 11,583
Romblon 5 751 4,356 - - - - -
Aurora 5 1,802 9,800 - - - 2 4,415
Region V - Bicol 24 4,092 22,303 1 170 515 8 16,110
Albay 3 1,444 6,814 - - - - -
Camarines Norte - - - - - - 1 2,666
Camarines Sur 19 2,391 14,125 1 170 515 4 6,354
Masbate - - - - - - 1 2,500
Sorsogon 2 257 1,364 - - - 2 4,590
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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 23 7,119 47,998 1 850 900 2 8,008
Aklan 1 80 423 - - - - -
Antique 2 1,020 6,396 - - - - -
Capiz 9 2,852 17,558 - - - - -
Iloilo 2 1,791 13,015 - - - - -
Negros Occidental 9 1,376 10,606 1 850 900 2 8,008
Region VII - Central Visayas 63 38,354 181,810 5 553 1,040 22 21,978
Bohol 16 2,748 17,934 2 108 441 4 8,596
Cebu 23 31,373 144,536 1 400 498 17 12,059
Negros Oriental 24 4,233 19,340 1 20 21 - -
Siquijor - - - 1 25 80 1 1,323
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 20 23,371 265,091 1 106 333 14 19,408
Eastern Samar 5 804 5,467 - - - - -
Leyte 10 22,200 257,208 1 106 333 13 19,395
Samar (Western Samar) 3 179 1,536 - - - - -
Southern Leyte 1 128 770 - - - 1 13
Biliran 1 60 110 - - - - -
Region IX - Western Mindanao 14 7,068 27,503 6 1,026 3,120 2 1,918
Basilan 1 336 1,256 - - - 1 1,883
Zamboanga Del Sur 13 6,732 26,247 6 1,026 3,120 1 35
Region X - Northern Mindanao 7 3,753 18,660 6 3,679 10,009 9 13,333
Bukidnon 5 3,173 14,691 5 2,391 8,709 4 6,635
Camiguin - - - - - - 1 3,052
Misamis Occidental 2 580 3,969 - - - 4 3,646
Misamis Oriental - - - 1 1,288 1,300 - -
Region XI - Southern Mindanao 51 18,553 115,660 14 6,616 12,935 28 38,528
Davao Del Norte 23 4,654 21,171 - - - 14 5,222
Davao Del Sur 16 6,558 30,536 6 4,457 9,197 8 11,248
Davao Oriental 2 112 240 - - - - -
South Cotabato 6 5,721 52,373 6 1,790 3,046 5 14,632
Sarangani 4 1,508 11,340 2 369 692 1 7,426
Region XII - Central Mindanao 14 3,210 10,822 - - - 5 10,009
Lanao Del Norte 6 1,076 4,159 - - - 4 6,881
North Cotabato 7 1,830 5,719 - - - 1 3,128
Sultan Kudarat 1 304 944 - - - - -
Region XIII - Caraga 28 14,826 100,951 1 63 104 4 6,334
Agusan Del Norte 12 8,063 37,897 - - - - -
Agusan Del Sur 7 5,446 50,302 - - - - -
Surigao Del Norte 7 1,100 10,667 1 63 104 3 6,124
Surigao Del Sur 2 217 2,085 - - - 1 210
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao 3 378 1,458 - - - 2 6,557
Maguindanao 3 378 1,458 - - - 2 6,557
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Source: Industry Statistics Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: November 13, 2003
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