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 Third 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 2,766 1,384,776 8,316,986 1,580 798,761 4,821,461 323 291,438 1,483,181
National Capital Region 416 247,147 1,838,863 285 190,732 1,515,619 16 6,670 23,118
First District 70 31,592 305,561 42 21,294 185,289 4 475 3,806
Second District 120 78,207 540,204 79 70,346 468,267 7 2,376 9,356
Third District 43 13,554 47,835 28 9,642 24,140 2 330 593
Fourth District 183 123,794 945,263 136 89,450 837,923 3 3,489 9,363
Cordillera Administrative
Region 42 7,153 64,490 12 2,612 18,633 1 20 93
Abra 1 221 1,294 1 221 1,294 0 0 0
Benguet 11 5,179 34,584 8 1,501 11,361 0 0 0
Ifugao 5 910 7,774 3 890 5,978 1 20 93
Kalinga 3 843 3,720 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mountain Province 22 0 17,118 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region I - Ilocos Region 70 23,407 164,501 42 11,560 93,647 7 2,657 10,329
Ilocos Norte 26 10,915 91,321 17 5,162 43,919 1 70 302
Ilocos Sur 12 3,561 12,544 8 2,049 9,821 2 1,080 1,588
La Union 32 8,931 60,636 17 4,349 39,907 4 1,507 8,439
Region II - Cagayan Valley 49 15,151 86,106 34 11,016 54,083 5 1,402 7,212
Cagayan 6 1,657 17,712 4 834 5,377 1 64 350
Isabela 30 9,903 50,539 20 7,680 35,647 3 1,088 6,068
Nueva Vizcaya 10 3,247 17,283 8 2,424 12,839 1 250 794
Quirino 3 344 572 2 78 220 0 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 386 185,319 852,814 237 94,295 438,583 45 37,867 148,695
Bataan 17 16,708 88,050 8 1,715 15,504 1 50 98
Bulacan 88 47,164 232,150 53 16,416 98,363 20 23,950 97,816
Nueva Ecija 72 58,592 223,128 40 39,228 122,361 6 2,064 8,433
Pampanga 140 37,439 207,139 100 23,250 148,477 13 10,054 31,564
Tarlac 49 19,528 63,143 29 11,488 37,314 3 685 2,518
Zambales 16 5,386 35,654 7 2,198 16,564 2 1,064 8,266
Aurora 4 502 3,550 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region IVA - Calabarzon 521 284,365 1,758,970 292 93,365 486,469 91 135,411 827,594
Batangas 81 64,761 425,310 39 29,484 162,958 24 29,964 229,520
Cavite 225 55,144 365,833 164 25,396 147,038 18 12,317 44,320
Laguna 137 128,101 780,833 52 24,030 118,341 42 89,103 523,311
Quezon 24 16,744 78,051 10 1,970 6,740 5 3,497 28,521
Rizal 54 19,615 108,943 27 12,485 51,392 2 530 1,922
Region IVB - Mimaropa 91 28,934 174,493 63 23,873 137,263 8 2,709 9,754
Marinduque 2 78 311 1 18 50 1 60 261
Occidental Mindoro 3 1,820 5,827 2 1,604 5,138 1 216 689
Oriental Mindoro 47 14,757 57,692 40 12,883 47,890 3 558 3,066
Palawan 30 11,231 104,211 15 8,638 80,776 3 1,875 5,738
Romblon 9 1,048 6,452 5 730 3,409 0 0 0
Region V - Bicol 95 28,325 220,769 39 17,746 162,893 11 2,443 9,738
Albay 31 8,030 37,355 8 2,643 12,213 4 1,019 4,630
Camarines Norte 6 1,416 5,175 5 1,296 4,012 0 0 0
Camarines Sur 28 13,971 146,844 15 11,728 133,760 4 956 2,557
Catanduanes 6 1,555 8,723 4 1,003 6,675 1 120 535
Masbate 15 2,355 13,643 4 876 4,856 2 348 2,016
Sorsogon 9 998 9,029 3 200 1,377 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 150 87,170 441,533 94 67,076 287,328 15 3,669 13,412
Aklan 27 18,087 114,523 24 17,598 110,396 0 0 0
Antique 4 1,735 9,097 2 274 1,325 1 1,000 1,305
Capiz 14 20,872 79,616 7 15,975 37,018 1 250 484
Iloilo 37 16,116 84,493 27 14,413 57,112 1 319 3,564
Negros Occidental 68 30,360 153,804 34 18,816 81,477 12 2,100 8,059
Region VII - Central Visayas 252 285,302 1,649,074 139 201,433 1,248,820 43 58,347 199,957
Bohol 14 7,841 30,217 11 6,719 23,387 1 270 451
Cebu 210 271,677 1,594,209 113 191,571 1,213,010 39 56,892 195,783
Negros Oriental 27 5,749 24,492 14 3,108 12,267 3 1,185 3,723
Siquijor 1 35 156 1 35 156 0 0 0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 60 13,144 81,534 25 7,988 47,327 7 1,942 6,184
Eastern Samar 6 608 4,150 1 9 58 1 400 1,426
Leyte 34 9,135 46,516 15 6,445 36,430 4 1,038 2,818
Northern Samar 3 391 3,095 2 391 1,325 0 0 0
Samar (Western Samar) 7 355 2,050 3 253 1,454 0 0 0
Southern Leyte 6 1,586 15,325 2 320 430 1 170 340
Biliran 4 1,069 10,398 2 570 7,630 1 334 1,600
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 56 25,163 151,066 40 5,533 32,161 4 5,806 13,079
Zamboanga del Sur 53 24,582 146,263 38 5,258 29,463 4 5,806 13,079
Isabela City 3 581 4,803 2 275 2,698 0 0 0
Region X - Northern Mindanao 146 32,654 189,161 46 14,632 62,389 8 3,526 30,236
Bukidnon 37 7,216 29,916 20 4,305 16,337 4 587 2,237
Camiguin 64 4,058 18,223 3 524 1,223 0 0 0
Lanao del Norte 7 3,319 16,966 2 453 2,727 0 0 0
Misamis Occidental 13 2,209 15,255 7 946 6,788 0 0 0
Misamis Oriental 25 15,852 108,801 14 8,404 35,314 4 2,939 27,999
Region XI - Davao Region 235 74,686 411,568 134 40,299 173,203 43 21,442 165,019
Davao del Norte 83 18,053 75,165 50 10,353 30,836 14 4,634 24,363
Davao del Sur 127 50,422 311,978 73 28,466 137,957 25 15,837 137,204
Davao Oriental 4 811 3,731 1 256 1,060 0 0 0
Compostela Valley 21 5,400 20,694 10 1,224 3,350 4 971 3,452
Region XII - Soccsksargen 123 30,335 151,562 69 10,126 41,814 13 4,251 11,304
North Cotabato 9 1,396 7,376 0 0 0 1 100 245
South cotabato 69 20,785 116,251 36 6,577 28,616 10 3,885 10,699
Sultan Kudarat 11 4,920 16,940 5 678 4,340 1 53 89
Saranggani 3 563 1,992 3 563 1,992 0 0 0
Cotabato City 31 2,671 9,003 25 2,308 6,866 1 213 271
Region XIII - Caraga 73 16,221 78,902 29 6,475 21,229 6 3,276 7,457
Agusan del Norte 35 10,113 29,084 18 4,641 14,048 6 3,276 7,457
Agusan del Sur 20 2,430 16,998 5 768 2,321 0 0 0
Surigao del Norte 13 2,727 12,348 5 976 4,702 0 0 0
Surigao del Sur 5 951 20,472 1 90 158 0 0 0
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao 1 300 1,580 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maguindanao 1 300 1,580 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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 537 255,683 1,641,553 71 38,894 113,397 255 257,394
National Capital Region 45 49,745 243,211 0 0 0 70 56,915
First District 10 9,823 102,576 0 0 0 14 13,890
Second District 12 5,485 34,328 0 0 0 22 28,253
Third District 5 3,582 20,458 0 0 0 8 2,644
Fourth District 18 30,855 85,849 0 0 0 26 12,128
Cordillera Administrative
Region 6 4,521 26,943 0 0 0 23 18,821
Benguet 3 3,678 23,223 0 0 0 0 0
Ifugao 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,703
Kalinga 3 843 3,720 0 0 0 0 0
Mountain Province 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17,118
Region I - Ilocos Region 7 6,310 49,339 6 2,880 5,473 8 5,713
Ilocos Norte 3 5,026 43,776 2 657 2,067 3 1,257
Ilocos Sur 0 0 0 1 432 600 1 535
La Union 4 1,284 5,563 3 1,791 2,806 4 3,921
Region II - Cagayan Valley 8 2,383 24,159 2 350 652 0 0
Cagayan 1 759 11,985 0 0 0 0 0
Isabela 6 1,051 8,524 1 84 300 0 0
Nueva Vizcaya 1 573 3,650 0 0 0 0 0
Quirino 0 0 0 1 266 352 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 50 31,444 166,818 25 21,713 71,738 29 26,980
Bataan 4 5,616 41,123 2 9,327 28,789 2 2,536
Bulacan 6 1,969 11,160 4 4,829 22,565 5 2,246
Nueva Ecija 12 17,300 76,488 0 0 0 14 15,846
Pampanga 10 2,945 18,479 14 1,190 6,767 3 1,852
Tarlac 9 1,074 6,116 4 6,281 12,809 4 4,386
Zambales 5 2,038 9,902 1 86 808 1 114
Aurora 4 502 3,550 0 0 0 0 0
Region IVA - Calabarzon 89 49,308 380,295 12 6,281 17,455 37 47,157
Batangas 10 3,984 19,850 4 1,329 2,228 4 10,754
Cavite 38 17,431 167,751 0 0 0 5 6,724
Laguna 21 14,726 115,269 1 242 800 21 23,112
Quezon 6 7,888 32,654 3 3,389 10,136 0 0
Rizal 14 5,279 44,771 4 1,321 4,291 7 6,567
Region IVB - Mimaropa 9 2,208 12,972 1 144 623 10 13,881
Oriental Mindoro 3 1,316 6,415 0 0 0 1 321
Palawan 3 574 5,060 1 144 623 8 12,014
Romblon 3 318 1,497 0 0 0 1 1,546
Region V - Bicol 42 8,058 46,132 1 78 243 2 1,763
Albay 19 4,368 20,512 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines Norte 1 120 1,163 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines Sur 7 1,209 9,571 1 78 243 1 713
Catanduanes 1 432 1,513 0 0 0 0 0
Masbate 9 1,131 6,771 0 0 0 0 0
Sorsogon 5 798 6,602 0 0 0 1 1,050
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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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Region VI - Western Visayas 23 16,313 109,788 3 112 397 15 30,608
Aklan 2 489 3,838 0 0 0 1 289
Antique 1 461 6,467 0 0 0 0 0
Capiz 6 4,647 42,114 0 0 0 0 0
Iloilo 2 1,384 11,288 0 0 0 7 12,529
Negros Occidental 12 9,332 46,081 3 112 397 7 17,790
Region VII - Central Visayas 43 24,746 175,941 1 776 1,000 26 23,356
Bohol 2 852 6,379 0 0 0 0 0
Cebu 32 22,438 162,008 1 776 1,000 25 22,408
Negros Oriental 9 1,456 7,554 0 0 0 1 948
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 18 2,566 22,918 2 648 793 8 4,312
Eastern Samar 3 199 1,921 0 0 0 1 745
Leyte 7 1,004 4,678 2 648 793 6 1,797
Northern Samar 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,770
Samar (Western Samar) 4 102 596 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Leyte 3 1,096 14,555 0 0 0 0 0
Biliran 1 165 1,168 0 0 0 0 0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 8 13,386 105,021 4 438 805 0 0
Zamboanga del Sur 7 13,080 102,916 4 438 805 0 0
Isabela City 1 306 2,105 0 0 0 0 0
Region X - Northern Mindanao 84 13,541 82,784 3 955 3,660 5 10,092
Bukidnon 9 1,417 5,794 2 907 3,540 2 2,008
Camiguin 61 3,534 17,000 0 0 0 0 0
Lanao del Norte 5 2,866 14,239 0 0 0 0 0
Misamis Occidental 5 1,215 8,347 1 48 120 0 0
Misamis Oriental 4 4,509 37,404 0 0 0 3 8,084
Region XI - Davao Region 44 10,990 61,256 5 1,955 4,914 9 7,176
Davao del Norte 17 3,034 19,049 1 32 68 1 849
Davao del Sur 20 4,283 27,261 3 1,836 4,497 6 5,059
Davao Oriental 3 555 2,671 0 0 0 0 0
Compostela Valley 4 3,118 12,275 1 87 349 2 1,268
Region XII - Soccsksargen 27 14,127 83,794 5 1,831 4,444 9 10,206
North Cotabato 8 1,296 7,131 0 0 0 0 0
South Cotabato 13 8,600 64,163 4 1,723 4,231 6 8,542
Sultan Kudarat 4 4,081 12,298 1 108 213 0 0
Cotabato City 2 150 202 0 0 0 3 1,664
Region XIII - Caraga 33 5,737 48,602 1 733 1,200 4 414
Agusan del Norte 11 2,196 7,579 0 0 0 0 0
Agusan del Sur 15 1,662 14,677 0 0 0 0 0
Surigao del Norte 3 1,018 6,032 1 733 1,200 4 414
Surigao del Sur 4 861 20,314 0 0 0 0 0
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao 1 300 1,580 0 0 0 0 0
Maguindanao 1 300 1,580 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: February 21, 2006
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