Table 4. Number of Commercial Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions by Type of Building by Region
and Province: Philippines, 2006
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TOTAL | BANKS | HOTEL/MOTEL, ETC
Region/Province Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value
| (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 11,634 4,192,056 37,511,447 280 77,341 486,189 798 575,342 6,128,493
National Capital Region 5,662 1,933,692 20,279,710 65 18,695 122,001 47 40,311 329,485
Ist District 203 188,919 1,938,994 5 812 4,118 11 10,238 59,535
2nd District 320 191,384 1,208,277 11 5,217 32,996 4 3,015 31,702
3rd District 1,277 295,434 2,466,106 15 3,624 25,515 2 596 9,039
4th District 164 28,023 170,782 10 2,842 17,326 1 257 2,064
5th District 2,435 712,602 8,128,249 11 3,227 23,982 11 13,924 111,766
6th District 1,263 517,330 6,367,300 13 2,973 18,061 18 12,281 115,376
Cordillera Administrative
Region 83 33,584 197,690 2 1,406 10,314 13 7,462 66,885
Abra 7 7,866 22,956 - - - - - -
Benguet 59 23,602 156,753 2 1,406 10,314 13 7,462 66,885
Ifugao 11 882 6,577 - - - - - -
Kalinga 5 1,234 10,285 - - - - - -
Mountain Province 1 - 1,118 - - - - - -
Region I - Ilocos Region 373 108,089 769,674 10 3,968 38,541 53 22,733 103,287
Ilocos Norte 85 14,177 88,381 - - - 22 5,339 31,096
Ilocos Sur 51 18,585 132,117 - - - 11 3,327 22,852
La Union 75 14,721 107,850 4 1,677 17,138 8 2,231 9,537
Pangasinan 162 60,606 441,324 6 2,291 21,402 12 11,836 39,802
Region II - Cagayan Valley 88 47,203 234,212 2 279 3,289 11 15,922 99,020
Batanes - - - - - - - - -
Cagayan 14 16,071 67,870 1 129 2,194 - - -
Isabela 47 24,232 135,528 1 150 1,095 8 15,180 95,551
Nueva Vizcaya 17 3,508 18,777 - - - 2 454 2,968
Quirino 10 3,392 12,035 - - - 1 288 500
Region III - Central Luzon 977 247,681 1,628,115 48 6,523 44,264 139 63,982 439,179
Bataan 46 10,570 65,617 2 331 3,307 7 2,735 14,999
Bulacan 202 39,772 234,511 7 1,120 9,040 23 2,907 13,180
Nueva Ecija 113 25,191 154,720 - - - 8 2,214 14,023
Pampanga 436 129,075 846,195 30 3,408 20,460 79 46,533 320,511
Tarlac 90 22,417 179,744 4 902 5,706 5 1,162 8,181
Zambales 77 18,860 139,805 4 600 4,479 17 8,431 68,283
Aurora 13 1,796 7,520 1 162 1,270 - - -
Region IVA - CALABARZON 1,135 303,353 2,698,793 41 7,505 49,760 108 19,275 156,646
Batangas 156 38,794 246,552 8 1,356 11,161 5 1,348 8,766
Cavite 453 56,457 501,047 18 1,717 13,989 96 11,280 102,075
Laguna 331 71,017 613,348 4 1,370 6,956 1 924 5,109
Quezon 86 28,545 170,115 4 1,694 9,846 5 2,335 26,603
Rizal 109 108,540 1,167,730 7 1,368 7,806 1 3,388 14,091
Region IVB - MIMAROPA 157 34,085 429,256 5 1,336 12,249 19 4,808 36,186
Marinduque 15 1,895 8,805 - - - 1 350 2,029
Occidental Mindoro 11 3,175 15,757 - - - 1 397 1,467
Oriental Mindoro 46 12,459 92,755 4 990 8,461 3 1,593 14,177
Palawan 80 15,888 305,095 1 346 3,787 14 2,468 18,512
Romblon 5 668 6,841 - - - - - -
Region V - Bicol 168 45,907 249,352 5 811 7,236 27 11,502 63,821
Albay 45 19,640 90,217 1 266 1,273 10 4,554 20,791
Camarines Norte 7 861 6,253 1 90 850 - - -
Camarines Sur 74 17,850 106,762 2 303 2,863 11 6,047 37,238
Catanduanes 15 2,636 16,714 1 152 2,250 5 817 5,346
Masbate 12 1,793 12,116 - - - - - -
Sorsogon 15 3,127 17,287 - - - 1 84 445
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Table 4. (continued)
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TOTAL | BANKS | HOTEL/MOTEL, ETC
Region/Province Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value
| (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 453 309,246 3,429,403 10 1,141 7,006 68 137,995 2,003,713
Aklan 79 137,819 2,059,121 3 578 3,748 32 120,974 1,902,147
Antique 36 5,137 41,706 - - - - - -
Capiz 33 7,729 38,450 1 120 392 6 1,960 8,981
Iloilo 108 32,512 318,006 3 359 2,047 5 7,511 48,432
Negros Occidental 196 125,828 970,818 3 84 818 25 7,550 44,151
Guimaras 1 221 1,300 - - - - - -
Region VII - Central Visayas 993 692,327 5,114,122 19 8,550 45,315 188 195,103 2,415,032
Bohol 136 18,588 98,304 2 624 1,944 13 4,245 33,500
Cebu 750 625,235 4,676,852 17 7,926 43,371 153 186,515 2,357,977
Negros Oriental 81 45,912 316,790 - - - 16 3,316 15,500
Siquijor 26 2,592 22,174 - - - 6 1,027 8,054
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 127 31,180 177,961 3 286 2,598 17 8,989 52,581
Eastern Samar 13 2,534 27,161 - - - 1 1,785 16,864
Leyte 72 21,106 110,894 1 220 2,287 14 6,984 34,345
Northern Samar 2 433 1,030 - - - - - -
Samar (Western Samar) 17 4,176 16,645 - - - - - -
Southern Leyte 23 2,931 22,228 2 66 311 2 220 1,372
Biliran
Region IX - Western Mindanao 122 18,145 105,222 4 1,777 12,706 10 2,967 16,164
Zamboanga del Norte 22 4,020 18,254 3 1,277 6,730 2 167 647
Zamboanga del Sur 93 13,280 76,882 - - - 8 2,800 15,517
Isabela City 7 845 10,084 1 500 5,976 - - -
Region X - Northern Mindanao 271 140,742 674,108 13 7,134 33,937 24 7,958 35,333
Bukidnon 91 28,641 112,870 4 2,889 11,281 8 3,223 12,350
Camiguin 10 439 1,504 - - - 2 69 256
Lanao del Norte 17 45,900 204,489 - - - 1 687 2,683
Misamis Occidental 8 3,572 5,979 - - - - - -
Misamis Oriental 145 62,190 349,264 9 4,245 22,656 13 3,979 20,042
Region XI - Davao Region 587 174,331 1,160,696 37 15,070 76,107 41 30,847 282,929
Davao del Norte 150 28,667 130,868 2 181 1,084 14 1,857 7,507
Davao del Sur 379 133,990 975,789 31 13,734 66,561 23 28,590 273,833
Davao Oriental 19 6,386 29,311 2 843 5,295 - - -
Compostela Valley 39 5,288 24,727 2 312 3,165 4 400 1,587
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 294 45,962 222,222 12 1,577 11,862 30 4,681 21,230
North Cotabato 44 5,124 24,071 2 364 1,711 1 542 2,000
South Cotabato 162 31,391 155,231 4 875 7,060 19 3,737 18,348
Sultan Kudarat 24 5,404 21,891 - - - - - -
Sarangani 12 879 7,487 - - - - - -
Cotabato City 52 3,164 13,540 6 338 3,091 10 402 882
Region XIII - Caraga 129 23,830 119,756 4 1,283 8,996 3 807 6,994
Agusan del Norte 43 8,292 37,687 2 677 3,696 1 60 361
Agusan del Sur 37 6,502 26,296 - - - - - -
Surigao del Norte 40 6,959 44,073 - - - 2 747 6,633
Surigao Del Sur 9 2,077 11,698 2 606 5,300 - - -
Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao 15 2,699 21,148
Basilan
(Excluding Isabela City) 3 1,040 11,535 - - - - - -
Lanao Del Sur 12 1,659 9,613 - - - - - -
Maguindanao
(Excluding Cotabato City)
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Table 4. (continued)
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CONDOMINIUM/OFFICE BUILDING | STORE | OTHERS
Region Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value
| (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
(10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18)
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Philippines 4,476 1,933,036 19,067,070 2,795 946,475 6,386,337 3,285 659,862 5,443,358
National Capital Region 3,735 1,411,963 16,313,867 806 282,977 2,188,605 1,009 179,746 1,325,750
Ist District 37 94,669 1,377,337 32 30,638 246,107 118 52,562 251,893
2nd District 74 134,913 887,646 101 29,320 124,704 130 18,919 131,227
3rd District 966 212,863 1,698,253 147 57,028 555,812 147 21,323 177,485
4th District 22 11,397 68,857 45 10,957 48,195 86 2,570 34,339
5th District 2,167 617,957 7,567,473 78 51,905 189,357 168 25,589 235,669
6th District 469 340,164 4,714,299 403 103,129 1,024,427 360 58,783 495,135
Cordillera Administrative
Region 8 4,395 26,574 18 8,034 32,572 42 12,287 61,344
Abra 2 1,293 11,422 4 4,208 7,812 1 2,365 3,721
Benguet 6 3,102 15,151 10 3,472 24,205 28 8,160 40,196
Ifugao - - - 4 354 554 7 528 6,023
Kalinga - - - - - - 5 1,234 10,285
Mountain Province - - - - - - 1 - 1,118
Region I - Ilocos Region 28 10,779 83,935 105 38,146 315,163 177 32,463 228,746
Ilocos Norte 7 3,247 13,544 28 2,419 12,167 28 3,172 31,573
Ilocos Sur 5 3,147 26,086 8 544 3,752 27 11,567 79,425
La Union 9 2,568 32,342 16 2,378 14,797 38 5,867 34,034
Pangasinan 7 1,817 11,961 53 32,805 284,444 84 11,857 83,712
Region II - Cagayan Valley 18 17,577 69,827 29 7,319 35,652 28 6,106 26,421
Batanes - - - - - - - - -
Cagayan 6 14,087 54,515 7 1,855 11,160 - - -
Isabela 5 1,282 8,075 18 4,638 19,157 15 2,982 11,648
Nueva Vizcaya 6 2,156 6,872 3 656 3,787 6 242 5,149
Quirino 1 52 363 1 170 1,547 7 2,882 9,624
Region III - Central Luzon 143 54,768 397,633 303 78,122 395,175 344 44,286 351,862
Bataan 11 4,044 19,276 8 1,961 7,704 18 1,499 20,330
Bulacan 11 3,753 27,391 51 18,471 69,503 110 13,521 115,395
Nueva Ecija 10 2,268 9,210 54 17,590 87,588 41 3,119 43,897
Pampanga 90 34,676 243,408 128 22,180 123,901 109 22,278 137,914
Tarlac 8 6,813 79,197 30 10,767 69,993 43 2,773 16,665
Zambales 11 2,624 17,599 25 6,139 33,618 20 1,066 15,824
Aurora 2 590 1,548 7 1,014 2,865 3 30 1,835
Region IVA - CALABARZON 123 58,977 429,673 373 141,721 1,350,567 490 75,875 712,145
Batangas 7 4,130 21,222 70 21,488 116,189 66 10,472 89,212
Cavite 36 7,504 48,767 103 15,435 127,500 200 20,521 208,715
Laguna 62 29,022 253,614 130 14,426 80,251 134 25,275 267,415
Quezon 10 7,167 25,692 26 7,829 51,962 41 9,520 56,010
Rizal 8 11,154 80,376 44 82,543 974,663 49 10,087 90,792
Region IVB - MIMAROPA 17 2,475 14,810 41 14,636 103,043 75 10,830 262,967
Marinduque - - - 8 1,319 5,103 6 226 1,673
Occidental Mindoro 1 192 1,584 5 1,525 6,882 4 1,061 5,822
Oriental Mindoro 2 308 1,434 15 3,433 23,194 22 6,135 45,487
Palawan 14 1,975 11,791 12 8,329 67,685 39 2,770 203,319
Romblon - - - 1 30 177 4 638 6,664
Region V - Bicol 13 7,393 37,977 67 13,720 75,245 56 12,481 65,071
Albay 4 4,250 19,386 19 7,287 33,657 11 3,283 15,108
Camarines Norte 1 511 2,474 3 260 1,831 2 - 1,097
Camarines Sur 6 2,094 13,094 27 3,516 19,096 28 5,890 34,470
Catanduanes - - - 5 479 3,767 4 1,188 5,350
Masbate 2 538 3,022 7 1,017 7,765 3 238 1,327
Sorsogon - - - 6 1,161 9,126 8 1,882 7,715
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Table 2. (concluded)
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CONDOMINIUM/OFFICE BUILDING | STORE | OTHERS
Region Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value | Number | Floor Area | Value
| (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000) | | (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
(10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18)
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Region VI - Western Visayas 48 24,957 156,483 156 121,430 917,919 171 23,723 344,279
Aklan 6 4,793 40,697 18 8,524 74,280 20 2,950 38,246
Antique 3 257 3,243 24 4,182 22,430 9 698 16,032
Capiz 5 762 4,811 16 4,011 19,961 5 876 4,303
Iloilo 13 7,610 40,074 17 2,663 11,941 70 14,369 215,510
Negros Occidental 21 11,535 67,656 80 101,829 788,005 67 4,830 70,185
Guimaras - - - 1 221 1,300 - - -
Region VII - Central Visayas 169 251,886 1,107,013 387 84,496 384,046 230 152,292 1,162,714
Bohol 16 2,266 8,011 70 4,489 20,506 35 6,964 34,342
Cebu 140 230,590 942,043 265 60,059 263,383 175 140,145 1,070,077
Negros Oriental 10 18,500 151,466 42 19,291 94,203 13 4,805 55,619
Siquijor 3 530 5,491 10 657 5,953 7 378 2,674
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 30 12,434 69,394 44 7,916 34,197 33 1,555 19,189
Eastern Samar 1 45 260 6 614 4,407 5 90 5,630
Leyte 22 9,235 49,234 23 4,108 19,162 12 559 5,865
Northern Samar 1 300 417 1 133 612 - - -
Samar (Western Samar) 4 1,323 5,188 6 2,331 6,733 7 522 4,724
Southern Leyte 2 1,531 14,294 8 730 3,282 9 384 2,969
Biliran
Region IX - Western Mindanao 10 2,810 18,974 56 5,169 22,028 42 5,422 35,347
Zamboanga del Norte 1 308 1,223 6 416 1,790 10 1,852 7,863
Zamboanga del Sur 9 2,502 17,751 49 4,513 19,362 27 3,465 24,252
Isabela City - - - 1 240 876 5 105 3,232
Region X - Northern Mindanao 26 33,947 149,397 112 73,904 255,593 96 17,799 199,845
Bukidnon 8 3,857 15,053 49 13,359 48,897 22 5,313 25,287
Camiguin 1 60 163 3 215 827 4 95 256
Lanao del Norte 1 559 1,327 3 44,206 153,953 12 448 46,525
Misamis Occidental 2 3,530 5,600 2 42 62 4 - 317
Misamis Oriental 14 25,941 127,252 55 16,082 51,852 54 11,943 127,459
Region XI - Davao Region 64 25,578 133,836 170 45,285 169,205 275 57,551 498,618
Davao del Norte 23 8,628 44,475 62 14,356 44,795 49 3,645 33,005
Davao del Sur 29 13,155 72,332 85 25,960 103,871 211 52,551 459,190
Davao Oriental 4 988 3,139 6 3,761 17,397 7 794 3,478
Compostela Valley 8 2,807 13,888 17 1,208 3,140 8 561 2,944
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 41 11,413 48,995 79 11,686 45,386 132 16,605 94,746
North Cotabato 3 1,264 4,068 3 312 1,151 35 2,642 15,140
South Cotabato 33 9,398 41,367 38 6,242 25,764 68 11,139 62,691
Sultan Kudarat 5 751 3,559 8 2,699 11,174 11 1,954 7,157
Sarangani - - - 5 805 2,686 7 74 4,801
Cotabato City - - - 25 1,628 4,610 11 796 4,956
Region XIII - Caraga 2 1,054 4,546 48 11,504 56,694 72 9,182 42,523
Agusan del Norte 1 474 1,876 12 2,363 11,582 27 4,718 20,170
Agusan del Sur - - - 24 4,106 17,779 13 2,396 8,516
Surigao del Norte - - - 10 4,811 26,704 28 1,401 10,735
Surigao del Sur 1 580 2,670 2 224 628 4 667 3,100
Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 1 630 4,126 1 410 5,237 13 1,659 11,783
Basilan
(Excluding Isabela City) 1 630 4,126 1 410 5,237 1 - 2,170
Lanao Del Sur - - - - - - 12 1,659 9,613
Maguindanao
(Excluding Cotabato City)
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Source: Industry Statistics Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: March 1, 2008
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