Table 3. Number of New Non-Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
by Type of Building, by Region, Province and Municipality: Fourth 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 2,770 1,140,277 7,039,299 1,802 584,263 3,516,082 305 238,156 1,223,270
National Capital Region 383 302,120 2,356,986 263 223,992 1,753,761 37 27,034 189,244
Manila, First District 50 21,677 187,185 29 14,034 111,737 3 2,641 18,727
Second District 174 132,278 963,872 130 102,784 713,144 18 19,334 144,690
Third District 46 18,935 94,170 29 12,640 37,918 7 1,956 9,647
Fourth District 113 129,230 1,111,759 75 94,534 890,962 9 3,103 16,180
Cordillera Administrative
Region 58 28,339 181,038 43 22,579 154,926 3 363 3,465
Abra 2 82 240 2 82 240 - - -
Benguet 51 27,317 175,491 38 21,797 151,923 3 363 3,465
Kalinga 3 612 4,364 1 372 1,820 - - -
Mountain province 1 272 711 1 272 711 - - -
Apayao 1 56 232 1 56 232 - - -
Region I - Ilocos 125 37,086 231,984 70 29,591 176,758 10 2,523 7,524
Ilocos norte 36 5,263 24,440 15 2,368 5,664 2 226 650
Ilocos sur 13 2,188 10,346 6 2,090 5,622 1 12 14
La union 23 6,360 38,215 11 3,763 22,206 5 1,636 4,379
Pangasinan 53 23,275 158,983 38 21,370 143,266 2 649 2,481
Region II - Cagayan Valley 50 18,065 113,402 14 3,130 27,435 7 5,269 10,826
Cagayan 9 6,455 45,797 4 974 10,119 1 1,369 2,948
Isabela 30 10,453 61,319 8 1,774 14,819 5 3,580 7,374
Nueva vizcaya 10 837 5,782 2 382 2,497 - - -
Quirino 1 320 504 - - - 1 320 504
Region III - Central Luzon 554 135,279 696,452 434 54,012 248,741 41 45,403 181,061
Bataan 18 9,541 116,533 2 456 2,830 8 2,460 22,264
Bulacan 133 36,225 152,269 103 20,186 88,112 15 9,600 34,487
Nueva ecija 38 10,522 55,119 16 3,873 19,515 2 1,184 2,921
Pampanga 308 63,181 300,030 286 23,441 111,301 9 30,522 116,938
Tarlac 30 9,447 41,709 15 1,815 7,115 4 1,456 3,810
Zambales 16 3,515 20,726 10 3,061 17,768 2 93 491
Aurora 11 2,848 10,066 2 1,180 2,100 1 88 150
Region IVA - Calabarzon 625 191,204 1,249,564 425 82,818 447,264 91 73,208 570,094
Batangas 219 73,988 504,413 172 43,405 262,697 27 24,040 192,597
Cavite 154 41,743 282,433 117 19,028 87,608 16 11,365 114,038
Laguna 171 58,841 354,176 84 11,590 52,836 44 35,699 252,166
Quezon 17 1,796 15,396 9 851 4,626 - - -
Rizal 64 14,836 93,146 43 7,944 39,497 4 2,104 11,293
Region IVB - Mimaropa 87 15,482 93,702 50 10,865 40,118 11 2,623 17,089
Marinduque 15 890 13,224 4 447 1,950 2 54 128
Occidental Mindoro 5 288 6,294 0 - - 2 264 845
Oriental Mindoro 26 3,684 23,989 19 3,064 14,680 1 180 500
Palawan 32 9,245 41,275 22 6,371 20,042 6 2,125 15,616
Romblon 9 1,375 8,920 5 983 3,446 - - -
Region V - Bicol 66 18,415 115,452 46 15,048 74,202 2 846 5,323
Albay 16 8,187 36,946 16 8,187 36,946 - - -
Camarines Norte 3 402 2,367 3 402 2,367 - - -
Camarines Sur 22 3,300 31,022 12 2,362 10,661 1 774 4,791
Catanduanes 4 1,181 6,960 3 1,047 6,385 - - -
Masbate 5 857 8,578 4 713 7,682 - - -
Sorsogon 16 4,488 29,579 8 2,337 10,161 1 72 532
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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 138 35,825 206,037 80 23,224 101,185 12 3,223 10,100
Aklan 26 6,166 39,367 22 5,979 34,796 2 187 1,780
Antique 4 298 2,271 2 115 416 - - -
Capiz 14 3,802 14,714 11 3,033 8,268 1 104 107
Iloilo 45 13,532 73,021 24 8,666 29,950 3 1,475 5,280
Negros Occidental 47 11,941 74,098 21 5,431 27,755 6 1,457 2,933
Guimaras 2 86 2,566 - - - - - -
Region VII - Central Visayas 156 155,415 968,893 95 27,214 176,369 36 26,728 113,864
Bohol 3 2,895 21,945 2 251 2,045 - - -
Cebu 103 145,807 916,201 65 23,401 157,166 29 25,431 108,386
Negros Oriental 39 3,770 14,966 23 2,090 9,233 5 566 782
Siquijor 11 2,943 15,781 5 1,472 7,925 2 731 4,696
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 100 32,433 158,117 39 10,456 56,060 16 5,532 10,773
Eastern Samar 8 2,895 27,388 5 2,632 24,157 - - -
Leyte 62 23,699 107,131 20 4,276 17,702 10 4,759 8,636
Northern Samar 6 1,039 3,968 2 323 885 1 160 881
Samar (Western Samar) 9 1,398 6,868 4 801 3,201 2 112 359
Southern Leyte 12 2,769 6,597 5 1,791 3,950 3 501 897
Biliran 3 633 6,165 3 633 6,165 - - -
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 21 4,106 15,438 17 3,776 14,322 1 140 200
Zamboanga del Norte 3 301 821 2 209 655 - - -
Zamboanga del Sur 18 3,805 14,617 15 3,567 13,667 1 140 200
Region X - Northern Mindanao 116 33,657 196,390 68 15,171 73,773 9 5,166 35,501
Bukidnon 26 9,773 42,662 9 4,187 16,544 2 460 1,172
Camiguin 1 36 482 - - - 1 36 482
Lanao del Norte 25 6,881 52,414 16 3,990 19,111 1 2,210 26,938
Misamis Occidental 16 3,746 14,576 11 2,160 10,204 1 288 550
Misamis Oriental 48 13,221 86,256 32 4,834 27,914 4 2,172 6,359
Region XI - Davao 133 67,587 207,325 73 21,968 80,243 19 37,634 63,020
Compostela Valley 5 459 667 4 439 567 - - -
Davao del Norte 49 34,608 80,876 24 2,891 11,812 11 31,379 52,425
Davao del Sur 72 31,445 119,429 43 18,103 65,726 7 6,159 10,369
Davao Oriental 7 1,075 6,353 2 535 2,138 1 96 226
Region XII - Soccsksargen 78 42,089 117,513 47 33,157 71,598 8 1,501 3,214
Cotabato City 9 1,856 7,605 8 1,256 6,977 1 600 628
North Cotabato 8 1,229 4,754 4 755 1,923 2 185 665
South Cotabato 44 36,712 91,309 28 30,109 59,212 3 264 879
Sultan Kudarat 11 1,676 6,345 7 1,037 3,486 2 452 1,042
Saranggani 6 616 7,500 - - - - - -
Region XIII - Caraga 80 23,175 131,006 38 7,262 19,327 2 963 1,972
Agusan del Norte 22 5,907 29,026 13 2,535 7,525 - - -
Agusan del Sur 9 1,102 4,738 5 584 1,761 - - -
Surigao del Norte 40 14,235 89,153 18 3,803 9,481 - - -
Surigao del Sur 9 1,931 8,089 2 340 560 2 963 1,972
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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 365 293,024 1,872,912 55 24,834 50,945 243 376,090
National Capital Region 58 51,094 348,182 - - - 25 65,799
Manila, First District 11 5,002 40,118 - - - 7 16,603
Second District 21 10,160 65,746 - - - 5 40,292
Third District 7 4,339 46,091 - - - 3 514
Fourth District 19 31,593 196,227 - - - 10 8,390
Cordillera Administrative
Region 8 5,397 15,023 - - - 4 7,624
Benguet 7 5,157 14,327 - - - 3 5,776
Kalinga 1 240 696 - - - 1 1,848
Region I - Ilocos 13 2,821 13,636 13 2,151 5,142 19 28,924
Ilocos Norte 4 1,514 5,005 8 1,155 2,565 7 10,556
Ilocos Sur 2 86 692 - - - 4 4,018
La Union 3 721 5,113 1 240 422 3 6,095
Pangasinan 4 500 2,826 4 756 2,155 5 8,255
Region II - Cagayan Valley 18 9,666 60,601 - - - 11 14,540
Cagayan 4 4,112 32,730 - - - - -
Isabela 13 5,099 25,371 - - - 4 13,755
Nueva Vizcaya 1 455 2,500 - - - 7 785
Region III - Central Luzon 45 29,261 227,264 15 6,603 18,775 19 20,611
Bataan 3 6,235 86,584 2 390 966 3 3,889
Bulacan 5 3,129 15,933 5 3,310 8,940 5 4,797
Nueva Ecija 10 3,090 16,501 3 2,375 7,022 7 9,160
Pampanga 8 8,858 70,596 3 360 547 2 648
Tarlac 9 6,176 28,667 - - - 2 2,117
Zambales 2 193 1,167 2 168 1,300 - -
Aurora 8 1,580 7,816 - - - - -
Region IVA - Calabarzon 54 25,400 155,793 9 9,778 14,746 46 61,667
Batangas 7 4,869 34,398 5 1,674 6,323 8 8,398
Cavite 12 11,350 66,234 - - - 9 14,553
Laguna 16 3,556 12,634 2 7,996 8,066 25 28,474
Quezon 6 877 4,032 1 68 137 1 6,601
Rizal 13 4,748 38,495 1 40 220 3 3,641
Region IVB - Mimaropa 10 1,994 9,990 - - - 16 26,505
Marinduque 3 389 794 - - - 6 10,352
Occidental Mindoro 1 24 77 - - - 2 5,372
Oriental Mindoro 1 440 2,538 - - - 5 6,271
Palawan 3 749 5,442 - - - 1 175
Romblon 2 392 1,139 - - - 2 4,335
Region V - Bicol 6 2,521 8,920 - - - 12 27,007
Camarines Sur 1 164 744 - - - 8 14,826
Catanduanes 1 134 575 - - - 0 0
Masbate 1 144 896 - - - 0 0
Sorsogon 3 2,079 6,705 - - - 4 12,181
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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 7,169 53,135 5 2,209 6,626 17 34,991
Aklan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2,791
Antique 2 183 1,855 0 0 0 0 0
Capiz 2 665 6,339 0 0 0 0 0
Iloilo 8 2,063 15,314 1 1,328 4,930 9 17,547
Negros Occidental 12 4,258 29,627 3 795 1,511 5 12,272
Guimaras 0 0 0 1 86 185 1 2,381
Region VII - Central Visayas 11 100,703 669,196 3 770 1,150 11 8,314
Bohol 1 2,644 19,900 0 0 0 0 0
Cebu 3 96,945 645,247 1 30 150 5 5,252
Negros Oriental 7 1,114 4,049 0 0 0 4 902
Siquijor 0 0 0 2 740 1,000 2 2,160
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 29 16,412 77,120 1 33 169 15 13,995
Eastern Samar 2 263 1,756 0 0 0 1 1,475
Leyte 19 14,631 68,881 1 33 169 12 11,743
Northern Samar 3 556 2,202 0 0 0 0 0
Samar (Western Samar) 2 485 2,597 0 0 0 1 711
Southern Leyte 3 477 1,684 0 0 0 1 66
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 3 190 916 0 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga Del Norte 1 92 166 0 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga Del Sur 2 98 750 0 0 0 0 0
Region X - Northern Mindanao 18 11,652 62,620 2 1,668 2,015 19 22,481
Bukidnon 6 3,656 13,535 1 1,470 1,500 8 9,911
Lanao Del Norte 4 681 3,745 0 0 0 4 2,620
Misamis Occidental 3 1,100 3,307 1 198 515 0 0
Misamis Oriental 5 6,215 42,033 0 0 0 7 9,950
Region XI - Davao 28 7,985 42,376 0 0 0 13 21,686
Davao Del Norte 7 338 1,622 0 0 0 7 15,017
Davao Del Sur 17 7,183 37,847 0 0 0 5 5,487
Davao Oriental 3 444 2,807 0 0 0 1 1,182
Compostela Valley 1 20 100 0 0 0 0 0
Region XII - Soccsksargen 9 5,869 31,021 6 1,562 2,208 8 9,472
North Cotabato 2 289 2,166 0 0 0 0 0
South Cotabato 5 5,393 27,038 5 946 1,329 3 2,851
Sultan Kudarat 2 187 1,817 0 0 0 0 0
Saranggani 0 0 0 1 616 879 5 6,621
Region XIII - Caraga 31 14,890 97,119 1 60 114 8 12,474
Agusan Del Norte 8 3,312 21,387 1 60 114 0 0
Agusan Del Sur 4 518 2,977 0 0 0 0 0
Surigao Del Norte 15 10,432 68,544 0 0 0 7 11,128
Surigao Del Sur 4 628 4,211 0 0 0 1 1,346
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Source: Industry Statistics Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: May 3, 2004
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