Final results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that the country had a total of 1,536 establishments engaged in agriculture, forestry and fishing in the formal sector of the economy.

Higher education sector has the largest number of establishments

Final results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) conducted nationwide covered a total of 9,949 establishments engaged in private education. As shown in Figure 1, higher education garnered the highest number of establishments at 2,583 (26.0%). Secondary/high school education followed next with 2,547 (25.6%) while the least number of establishments were recorded in other education services with 1,082 (10.9%).

Activities of Employment Placement Agencies industry leads the sector

Final results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry showed that a total of 6,272 establishments were engaged in Administrative and support service activities.

Activities of employment placement agencies comprised 2,442 or 38.9 percent of the total number of establishments. This was followed by establishments engaged in travel agency and tour operator activities with 876 (14.0%). Ranked third were establishments engaged in private security activities with 726 (11.6%). Business support service activities and renting and leasing of personal and household goods contributed about seven percent each while call centers and other related activities and renting and leasing of other machineries 6.5 percent each. The rest of the industries contributed about 8.4 percent of the total. (See Figure 1)