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, 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 2,450 1,502,743 13,440,746 1,420 1,005,640 9,505,710 251 193,519 1,485,574
National Capital Region 642 433,247 4,148,685 429 339,757 3,060,729 40 38,834 203,563
First District 77 27,306 272,554 45 21,033 189,290 1 57 584
Second District 216 112,973 816,730 159 86,129 627,974 15 7,404 70,231
Third District 65 25,571 112,770 20 3,761 19,599 11 10,552 31,785
Fourth District 284 267,397 2,946,631 205 228,834 2,223,866 13 20,821 100,963
Cordillera Administrative
Region 22 13,358 66,910 10 7,456 35,898 0 0 0
Abra 1 81 305 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benguet 10 12,485 58,813 7 7,058 34,544 0 0 0
Ifugao 3 206 2,584 2 206 385 0 0 0
Kalinga 6 527 3,727 1 192 969 0 0 0
Mountain Province 2 59 1,481 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region I - Ilocos Region 129 28,701 162,708 75 16,626 92,018 12 1,753 5,314
Ilocos Norte 37 7,546 36,606 27 5,043 18,336 1 160 615
Ilocos Sur 12 3,101 19,108 6 1,960 15,102 2 596 1,489
La Union 19 4,012 18,528 7 982 7,135 2 155 279
Pangasinan 61 14,042 88,466 35 8,641 51,445 7 842 2,931
Region II - Cagayan Valley 49 65,045 433,854 20 31,385 148,518 11 6,321 75,716
Cagayan 7 15,829 61,654 4 14,090 55,642 0 0 0
Isabela 34 47,603 361,731 12 16,471 89,797 11 6,321 75,716
Nueva Vizcaya 5 1,306 9,641 3 536 2,579 0 0 0
Quirino 3 307 828 1 288 500 0 0 0
Region III - Central Luzon 338 118,570 815,772 160 52,490 382,608 28 22,518 221,785
Bataan 8 15,568 35,498 2 217 2,571 1 2,400 10,000
Bulacan 37 15,785 92,982 13 2,760 16,887 4 3,119 11,422
Nueva Ecija 43 12,544 71,480 15 3,160 16,540 3 969 4,568
Pampanga 183 55,391 471,842 107 32,931 249,261 14 13,331 169,866
Tarlac 44 12,377 117,234 12 9,140 85,135 3 1,542 20,807
Zambales 11 4,517 18,503 6 3,576 10,190 2 557 3,386
Aurora 12 2,388 8,233 5 706 2,024 1 600 1,736
Region IVA - Calabarzon 354 146,145 1,410,723 195 40,209 300,790 56 65,860 772,486
Batangas 85 37,496 297,670 39 12,474 67,398 19 18,304 176,648
Cavite 141 32,858 446,890 96 9,058 106,160 12 15,171 272,954
Laguna 54 43,018 453,732 19 7,433 48,953 22 31,726 320,201
Quezon 25 11,937 46,123 9 2,339 12,679 2 444 1,276
Rizal 49 20,836 166,308 32 8,905 65,600 1 215 1,407
Region IVB - Mimaropa 36 15,398 85,777 17 4,402 19,963 6 5,342 35,925
Occidental Mindoro 8 2,945 15,342 4 1,596 5,580 0 0 0
Oriental Mindoro 8 5,019 18,507 2 453 2,673 2 608 1,397
Palawan 19 7,254 51,428 10 2,173 11,210 4 4,734 34,528
Romblon 1 180 500 1 180 500 0 0 0
Region V - Bicol 56 16,802 90,537 29 7,372 41,791 2 1,202 5,520
Albay 17 6,369 28,884 4 587 2,740 1 1,150 4,938
Camarines Norte 1 588 2,308 0 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines Sur 25 7,206 42,453 15 4,410 24,023 0 0 0
Catanduanes 3 678 4,353 2 466 3,196 0 0 0
Masbate 4 394 3,893 3 394 3,768 0 0 0
Sorsogon 6 1,567 8,646 5 1,515 8,064 1 52 582
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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 144 187,265 2,502,262 82 165,236 2,362,426 16 4,531 15,860
Aklan 19 93,401 1,662,575 16 93,293 1,647,114 1 108 1,005
Antique 5 1,396 10,847 3 704 9,148 1 588 1,376
Capiz 16 2,360 13,956 4 642 4,161 6 703 4,791
Iloilo 24 4,201 29,645 16 2,784 17,118 2 386 2,531
Negros Occidental 77 84,756 778,647 43 67,813 684,885 5 2,458 5,592
Guimaras 3 1,151 6,592 0 0 0 1 288 565
Region VII - Central Visayas 215 305,516 2,886,917 128 260,079 2,677,597 40 28,134 75,755
Bohol 7 1,745 13,174 5 796 2,946 1 199 522
Cebu 174 284,982 2,685,701 101 246,289 2,541,989 36 26,925 70,084
Negros Oriental 32 18,649 185,563 21 12,889 130,247 3 1,010 5,149
Siquijor 2 140 2,479 1 105 2,415 0 0 0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 66 21,540 114,318 28 9,060 48,078 5 2,826 8,697
Eastern Samar 2 0 3,533 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leyte 40 17,446 96,277 19 5,919 38,564 3 2,662 8,324
Northern Samar 2 217 773 1 133 613 1 84 160
Samar (Western Samar) 13 3,177 10,191 6 2,846 8,632 0 0 0
Southern Leyte 7 575 3,298 2 162 269 1 80 213
Biliran 2 125 246 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 52 7,943 42,502 38 5,428 29,925 3 106 370
Zamboanga Del Norte 16 2,919 14,537 11 2,109 11,212 1 40 200
Zamboanga Del Sur 33 4,560 26,502 26 3,079 17,837 1 30 88
Isabela City 3 464 1,463 1 240 876 1 36 82
Region X - Northern Mindanao 35 49,796 184,064 24 11,328 33,480 6 1,221 4,493
Bukidnon 18 43,279 168,610 12 5,391 20,731 4 840 3,279
Camiguin 5 302 656 5 302 656 0 0 0
Lanao Del Norte 1 31 203 0 0 0 0 0 0
Misamis Oriental 11 6,184 14,595 7 5,635 12,093 2 381 1,214
Region XI - Davao Region 175 54,874 305,329 102 35,312 184,965 17 9,698 42,051
Davao Del Norte 44 8,278 53,766 20 3,013 11,560 6 1,658 8,861
Davao Del Sur 103 38,242 195,684 68 26,514 142,478 7 6,589 17,814
Davao Oriental 6 2,908 17,560 2 2,548 13,231 0 0 0
Compostela Valley 22 5,446 38,319 12 3,237 17,696 4 1,451 15,376
Region XII - Soccsksargen 83 25,643 125,341 46 10,241 43,236 4 3,963 12,500
North Cotabato 8 2,328 14,146 4 1,294 5,257 0 0 0
South Cotabato 42 15,980 70,487 16 4,811 21,656 3 3,888 11,963
Sultan Kudarat 5 4,672 30,302 3 2,530 10,322 0 0 0
Cotabato City 28 2,663 10,406 23 1,606 6,001 1 75 537
Region XIII - Caraga 47 11,808 57,293 32 8,449 38,237 4 1,003 3,736
Agusan Del Norte 19 3,170 14,278 12 970 2,950 2 680 2,732
Agusan Del Sur 16 5,476 23,655 12 4,476 17,355 1 240 465
Surigao Del Norte 12 3,162 19,360 8 3,003 17,932 1 83 539
Autonomous Region In Muslim
Mindanao 7 1,092 7,754 5 810 5,451 1 207 1,803
Basilan 1 207 1,803 0 0 0 1 207 1,803
Lanao Del Sur 6 885 5,951 5 810 5,451 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 447 235,364 1,787,138 70 68,220 224,491 262 437,833
National Capital Region 49 54,656 619,353 0 0 0 124 265,040
First District 7 6,216 68,145 0 0 0 24 14,535
Second District 18 19,440 102,299 0 0 0 24 16,226
Third District 3 11,258 51,386 0 0 0 31 10,000
Fourth District 21 17,742 397,523 0 0 0 45 224,279
Cordillera Administrative
Region 10 5,902 27,695 0 0 0 2 3,317
Abra 1 81 305 0 0 0 0 0
Benguet 3 5,427 24,269 0 0 0 0 0
Ifugao 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,199
Kalinga 5 335 2,758 0 0 0 0 0
Mountain Province 1 59 363 0 0 0 1 1,118
Region I - Ilocos Region 28 7,991 53,987 6 2,331 5,584 8 5,805
Ilocos Norte 7 2,061 16,805 2 282 850 0 0
Ilocos Sur 1 126 492 2 419 975 1 1,050
La Union 6 1,245 7,039 2 1,630 3,759 2 316
Pangasinan 14 4,559 29,651 0 0 0 5 4,439
Region II - Cagayan Valley 14 27,320 208,250 1 19 55 3 1,315
Cagayan 3 1,739 6,012 0 0 0 0 0
Isabela 10 24,811 195,502 0 0 0 1 716
Nueva Vizcaya 1 770 6,736 0 0 0 1 326
Quirino 0 0 0 1 19 55 1 273
Region III - Central Luzon 55 24,131 146,924 43 19,431 37,107 52 27,348
Bataan 2 627 5,664 2 12,324 16,992 1 271
Bulacan 8 7,522 48,252 2 2,384 3,828 10 12,593
Nueva Ecija 20 8,390 45,861 1 25 30 4 4,481
Pampanga 14 4,431 28,877 38 4,698 16,257 10 7,581
Tarlac 4 1,695 10,169 0 0 0 25 1,123
Zambales 1 384 3,628 0 0 0 2 1,299
Aurora 6 1,082 4,473 0 0 0 0 0
Region IVA - Calabarzon 85 33,562 250,353 7 6,514 11,468 11 75,626
Batangas 25 6,718 52,405 0 0 0 2 1,219
Cavite 32 8,629 67,743 0 0 0 1 33
Laguna 6 3,859 17,802 0 0 0 7 66,776
Quezon 7 2,640 20,700 7 6,514 11,468 0 0
Rizal 15 11,716 91,703 0 0 0 1 7,598
Region IVB - Mimaropa 9 5,619 27,284 1 35 111 3 2,494
Occidental Mindoro 4 1,349 9,762 0 0 0 0 0
Oriental Mindoro 4 3,958 14,437 0 0 0 0 0
Palawan 1 312 3,085 1 35 111 3 2,494
Region V - Bicol 24 8,228 43,101 0 0 0 1 125
Albay 12 4,632 21,206 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines Norte 1 588 2,308 0 0 0 0 0
Camarines Sur 10 2,796 18,430 0 0 0 0 0
Catanduanes 1 212 1,157 0 0 0 0 0
Masbate 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 125
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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 35 17,463 100,682 1 35 68 10 23,226
Aklan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14,456
Antique 1 104 323 0 0 0 0 0
Capiz 6 1,015 5,004 0 0 0 0 0
Iloilo 5 1,031 9,891 0 0 0 1 105
Negros Occidental 21 14,450 79,437 1 35 68 7 8,665
Guimaras 2 863 6,027 0 0 0 0 0
Region VII - Central Visayas 28 17,194 124,910 2 109 197 17 8,458
Bohol 1 750 9,706 0 0 0 0 0
Cebu 18 11,659 64,973 2 109 197 17 8,458
Negros Oriental 8 4,750 50,167 0 0 0 0 0
Siquijor 1 35 64 0 0 0 0 0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 23 8,886 46,033 4 768 6,558 6 4,952
Eastern Samar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3,533
Leyte 13 8,222 41,698 2 643 6,312 3 1,379
Samar (Western Samar) 7 331 1,559 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Leyte 3 333 2,776 0 0 0 1 40
Biliran 0 0 0 2 125 246 0 0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 11 2,409 12,207 0 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga Del Norte 4 770 3,125 0 0 0 0 0
Zamboanga Del Sur 6 1,451 8,577 0 0 0 0 0
Isabela City 1 188 505 0 0 0 0 0
Region X - Northern Mindanao 2 479 1,953 2 36,768 143,291 1 847
Bukidnon 1 448 1,750 1 36,600 142,850 0 0
Lanao Del Norte 1 31 203 0 0 0 0 0
Misamis Oriental 0 0 0 1 168 441 1 847
Region XI - Davao Region 46 9,796 73,606 1 68 72 9 4,635
Davao Del Norte 15 3,607 30,317 0 0 0 3 3,028
Davao Del Sur 23 5,139 34,454 0 0 0 5 938
Davao Oriental 4 360 4,329 0 0 0 0 0
Compostela Valley 4 690 4,506 1 68 72 1 669
Region XII - Soccsksargen 18 9,297 35,369 2 2,142 19,980 13 14,256
North Cotabato 4 1,034 8,889 0 0 0 0 0
South Cotabato 10 7,281 22,612 0 0 0 13 14,256
Sultan Kudarat 0 0 0 2 2,142 19,980 0 0
Cotabato City 4 982 3,868 0 0 0 0 0
Region XIII - Caraga 9 2,356 14,931 0 0 0 2 389
Agusan Del Norte 5 1,520 8,596 0 0 0 0 0
Agusan Del Sur 3 760 5,835 0 0 0 0 0
Surigao Del Norte 1 76 500 0 0 0 2 389
Autonomous Region In Muslim
Mindanao 1 75 500 0 0 0 0 0
Lanao Del Sur 1 75 500 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: March 16, 2007
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