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, 2006
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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 2,961 1,366,113 10,183,300 1,919 885,611 6,889,671 254 212,486 1,128,272
National Capital Region 980 543,835 5,046,985 825 485,515 4,624,933 28 30,795 159,708
First District 31 42,920 708,105 19 38,199 664,370 1 35 350
Second District 228 175,058 1,276,061 165 149,265 1,073,319 12 7,787 58,382
Third District 34 16,896 45,755 15 3,037 16,157 5 12,303 22,407
Fourth District 687 308,961 3,017,064 626 295,014 2,871,087 10 10,670 78,569
Cordillera Administrative
Region 33 14,586 103,713 20 8,611 34,092 0 0 0
Abra 8 7,121 43,498 4 5,218 9,581 0 0 0
Benguet 17 6,512 49,969 10 2,849 22,062 0 0 0
Ifugao 6 494 1,864 5 494 746 0 0 0
Kalinga 2 459 8,382 1 50 1,703 0 0 0
Region I - Ilocos Region 148 49,811 277,978 75 21,494 104,100 12 13,532 37,475
Ilocos norte 41 5,043 32,477 14 2,243 11,990 2 180 206
Ilocos sur 9 4,209 69,753 4 832 5,716 0 0 0
La union 38 21,190 85,036 22 6,045 35,383 8 13,265 36,820
Pangasinan 60 19,369 90,712 35 12,374 51,011 2 87 449
Region II - Cagayan Valley 45 26,578 174,118 20 3,845 21,841 7 1,820 9,697
Batanes 1 70 712 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cagayan 10 17,715 120,681 4 814 5,698 2 59 102
Isabela 23 6,299 38,986 9 1,277 6,763 4 1,678 9,281
Nueva vizcaya 8 1,749 9,942 5 1,333 7,680 1 83 314
Quirino 3 745 3,797 2 421 1,700 0 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 355 153,666 749,614 168 64,749 343,913 27 38,449 154,058
Bataan 23 6,081 31,000 11 5,284 20,702 1 147 300
Bulacan 89 48,015 212,938 44 9,311 58,898 10 18,149 65,928
Nueva ecija 69 19,241 112,181 42 11,671 67,533 6 2,653 9,366
Pampanga 122 61,049 289,326 48 31,979 160,681 9 16,919 77,779
Tarlac 40 15,461 69,644 18 5,063 23,173 1 581 685
Zambales 7 1,623 15,085 3 1,165 11,936 0 0 0
Aurora 5 2,196 19,440 2 276 990 0 0 0
Region IVA - Calabarzon 332 141,203 1,131,629 184 56,632 350,432 56 46,652 450,751
Batangas 37 20,733 221,888 19 5,811 45,862 13 12,962 163,575
Cavite 150 45,680 293,385 95 17,260 108,984 16 12,811 54,186
Laguna 70 39,288 366,598 30 15,093 102,175 20 19,583 228,623
Quezon 38 15,033 94,743 20 7,581 34,946 5 601 1,967
Rizal 37 20,469 155,015 20 10,887 58,465 2 695 2,400
Region IVB - Mimaropa 66 26,816 398,744 37 11,558 91,298 5 3,037 18,084
Marinduque 5 1,773 24,809 4 207 1,160 0 0 0
Occidental mindoro 9 5,671 42,828 3 643 3,841 3 2,674 16,180
Oriental mindoro 23 5,916 34,437 18 4,644 28,801 1 63 398
Palawan 28 12,916 295,920 12 6,064 57,496 1 300 1,506
Romblon 1 540 750 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region V - Bicol 85 21,803 133,955 55 11,109 63,946 8 1,595 12,541
Albay 18 7,031 35,976 8 1,879 8,583 4 990 7,953
Camarines norte 3 646 5,203 1 80 566 0 0 0
Camarines sur 43 10,077 69,323 32 6,156 38,835 3 437 3,675
Catanduanes 6 1,656 8,882 5 1,361 7,010 0 0 0
Masbate 7 746 3,680 2 166 550 1 168 913
Sorsogon 8 1,647 10,891 7 1,467 8,402 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 112 72,425 499,782 69 57,694 337,880 14 6,204 31,803
Aklan 12 21,231 196,966 12 21,231 196,966 0 0 0
Antique 3 411 2,678 2 311 2,327 1 100 351
Capiz 16 4,580 21,636 10 2,384 12,395 4 1,956 7,622
Iloilo 30 8,479 130,563 20 5,044 33,808 4 868 5,595
Negros occidental 49 37,377 145,316 25 28,724 92,384 5 3,280 18,235
Guimaras 2 347 2,623 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region VII - Central Visayas 232 142,501 807,637 154 87,045 567,234 32 27,869 89,901
Bohol 24 18,972 75,193 17 2,403 15,923 3 1,121 3,037
Cebu 180 115,817 684,647 121 80,198 532,244 27 26,359 86,027
Negros oriental 25 7,334 44,140 14 4,246 17,217 2 389 837
Siquijor 3 378 3,657 2 198 1,850 0 0 0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 65 22,873 150,909 25 8,422 44,836 4 4,283 18,867
Eastern samar 9 3,374 40,180 3 1,837 17,144 1 361 4,750
Leyte 31 14,134 81,829 13 5,376 22,538 3 3,922 14,117
Northern samar 3 1,476 5,348 1 300 418 0 0 0
Samar (western samar) 13 2,664 19,429 1 284 1,461 0 0 0
Southern leyte 8 625 3,407 7 625 3,275 0 0 0
Biliran 1 600 716 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 15 2,384 9,439 14 2,060 8,899 1 324 540
Zamboanga del sur 14 2,060 8,899 14 2,060 8,899 0 0 0
Isabela City 1 324 540 0 0 0 1 324 540
Region X - Northern Mindanao 58 14,553 67,201 27 5,632 19,796 7 2,929 9,124
Bukidnon 33 6,899 30,552 13 2,365 9,209 5 589 2,304
Camiguin 1 96 300 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lanao del norte 6 2,418 20,444 3 1,024 3,815 0 0 0
Misamis oriental 18 5,140 15,905 11 2,243 6,772 2 2,340 6,820
Region XI - Davao Region 264 94,196 442,945 150 46,714 214,344 31 27,241 111,476
Davao del norte 91 28,331 117,232 47 15,117 42,106 14 6,694 34,550
Davao del sur 142 62,182 312,035 85 29,551 164,826 13 20,018 75,351
Davao oriental 10 1,548 6,960 7 1,340 5,929 0 0 0
Compostela valley 21 2,135 6,718 11 706 1,483 4 529 1,575
Region XII - Soccsksargen 98 19,863 101,304 62 7,134 26,314 11 4,814 20,650
North Cotabato 6 1,533 13,197 1 52 227 2 337 463
South Cotabato 61 14,630 68,638 34 5,506 21,700 7 3,277 13,753
Sultan kudarat 8 1,938 10,960 5 414 1,156 2 1,200 6,434
Saranggani 1 43 310 1 43 310 0 0 0
Cotabato City 22 1,719 8,199 21 1,119 2,921 0 0 0
Region XIII - Caraga 70 17,415 83,564 34 7,397 35,813 9 1,337 1,985
Agusan del Norte 35 9,589 44,880 15 3,985 19,647 5 362 771
Agusan del Sur 22 4,243 15,477 11 832 2,205 4 975 1,214
Surigao del Norte 11 2,851 17,637 7 2,257 11,461 0 0 0
Surigao del Sur 2 732 5,570 1 323 2,500 0 0 0
Autonomous Region In Muslim
Mindanao 3 1,605 3,783 0 0 0 2 1,605 1,612
Basilan 1 0 2,171 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maguindanao 2 1,605 1,612 0 0 0 2 1,605 1,612
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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 441 216,627 1,634,371 160 51,389 188,130 187 342,856
National Capital Region 45 27,525 198,099 0 0 0 82 64,245
First District 6 4,686 39,682 0 0 0 5 3,703
Second District 24 18,006 125,551 0 0 0 27 18,809
Third District 7 1,556 4,586 0 0 0 7 2,605
Fourth District 8 3,277 28,280 0 0 0 43 39,128
Cordillera Administrative
Region 9 5,747 67,408 3 228 1,095 1 1,118
Abra 2 1,786 33,412 2 117 505 0 0
Benguet 6 3,552 27,317 1 111 590 0 0
Ifugao 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,118
Kalinga 1 409 6,679 0 0 0 0 0
Region I - Ilocos Region 30 10,870 98,949 23 3,915 18,962 8 18,492
Ilocos Norte 9 1,788 10,870 14 832 3,381 2 6,030
Ilocos Sur 3 3,337 53,981 1 40 56 1 10,000
La Union 4 1,466 11,273 3 414 1,329 1 231
Pangasinan 14 4,279 22,825 5 2,629 14,196 4 2,231
Region II - Cagayan Valley 15 20,526 139,150 2 387 2,699 1 731
Batanes 1 70 712 0 0 0 0 0
Cagayan 4 16,842 114,881 0 0 0 0 0
Isabela 9 3,344 22,211 0 0 0 1 731
Nueva Vizcaya 1 270 1,346 1 63 602 0 0
Quirino 0 0 0 1 324 2,097 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 34 14,573 94,798 98 35,895 127,993 28 28,852
Bataan 2 162 781 2 488 1,218 7 7,999
Bulacan 10 4,300 25,875 23 16,255 60,859 2 1,378
Nueva ecija 10 3,965 22,646 2 952 2,180 9 10,456
Pampanga 6 3,461 21,046 52 8,690 21,710 7 8,110
Tarlac 3 599 3,644 16 9,218 41,395 2 747
Zambales 1 196 2,386 2 262 601 1 162
Aurora 2 1,890 18,420 1 30 30 0 0
Region IVA - Calabarzon 76 36,948 314,779 2 971 1,243 14 14,424
Batangas 4 1,110 11,426 1 850 1,025 0 0
Cavite 36 15,609 127,111 0 0 0 3 3,104
Laguna 10 4,491 25,339 1 121 218 9 10,243
Quezon 13 6,851 57,830 0 0 0 0 0
Rizal 13 8,887 93,073 0 0 0 2 1,077
Region IVB - Mimaropa 17 12,221 131,879 0 0 0 7 157,483
Marinduque 1 1,566 23,649 0 0 0 0 0
Occidental Mindoro 3 2,354 22,807 0 0 0 0 0
Oriental Mindoro 4 1,209 5,238 0 0 0 0 0
Palawan 8 6,552 79,435 0 0 0 7 157,483
Romblon 1 540 750 0 0 0 0 0
Region V - Bicol 19 8,698 56,037 3 401 1,431 0 0
Albay 6 4,162 19,440 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines norte 2 566 4,637 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines sur 6 3,144 25,762 2 340 1,051 0 0
Catanduanes 1 295 1,872 0 0 0 0 0
Masbate 3 351 1,837 1 61 380 0 0
Sorsogon 1 180 2,489 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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Region VI - Western Visayas 23 8,314 118,097 2 213 692 4 11,310
Capiz 2 240 1,619 0 0 0 0 0
Iloilo 5 2,390 90,545 1 177 615 0 0
Negros Occidental 14 5,337 23,310 1 36 77 4 11,310
Guimaras 2 347 2,623 0 0 0 0 0
Region VII - Central Visayas 30 26,699 135,058 5 888 2,162 11 13,282
Bohol 3 15,244 55,927 1 204 306 0 0
Cebu 20 8,576 56,899 4 684 1,856 8 7,621
Negros oriental 6 2,699 20,425 0 0 0 3 5,661
Siquijor 1 180 1,807 0 0 0 0 0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 25 9,400 79,543 2 768 3,216 9 4,447
Eastern samar 2 1,008 13,877 1 168 2,500 2 1,909
Leyte 12 4,836 44,329 0 0 0 3 845
Northern samar 2 1,176 4,930 0 0 0 0 0
Samar (western samar) 9 2,380 16,407 0 0 0 3 1,561
Southern leyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 132
Biliran 0 0 0 1 600 716 0 0
Region X - Northern Mindanao 14 5,265 16,701 6 727 5,690 4 15,890
Bukidnon 9 3,218 13,349 6 727 5,690 0 0
Camiguin 1 96 300 0 0 0 0 0
Lanao del norte 2 1,394 2,109 0 0 0 1 14,520
Misamis oriental 2 557 943 0 0 0 3 1,370
Region XI - Davao Region 59 15,435 99,611 9 4,806 8,778 15 8,736
Davao del norte 20 5,323 35,758 6 1,197 2,489 4 2,329
Davao del sur 31 9,004 59,172 3 3,609 6,289 10 6,397
Davao oriental 3 208 1,031 0 0 0 0 0
Compostela valley 5 900 3,650 0 0 0 1 10
Region XII - Soccsksargen 19 5,725 38,532 5 2,190 14,169 1 1,639
North cotabato 3 1,144 12,507 0 0 0 0 0
South cotabato 14 3,657 17,377 5 2,190 14,169 1 1,639
Sultan kudarat 1 324 3,370 0 0 0 0 0
Cotabato city 1 600 5,278 0 0 0 0 0
Region XIII - Caraga 26 8,681 45,730 0 0 0 1 36
Agusan del norte 14 5,242 24,426 0 0 0 1 36
Agusan del sur 7 2,436 12,058 0 0 0 0 0
Surigao del norte 4 594 6,176 0 0 0 0 0
Surigao del sur 1 409 3,070 0 0 0 0 0
Autonomous Region In Muslim
Mindanao 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,171
Basilan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,171
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Source: Industry Statistics Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: August 17, 2006
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