Support activities for transportation industry dominates Transport and Storage Sector

According to the final results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), there were 2,891 establishments engaged in Transport and Storage sector. Support activities for transportation topped the sector with 1,433 establishments or 49.6 percent. Majority of establishments under this industry group were engaged in freight forwarding services and customs brokerage (ship and aircraft) comprising 78.4 percent of the total establishments in the industry group. This was followed by other land transport and transport via buses industries with 639 establishments (22.1%) and 303 establishments (10.5%), respectively. Figure 1 shows the percent distribution of establishments by industry group in 2010.

Restaurants and mobile food service activities dominate Accommodation and Food Service Activities section

Based on the final results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) conducted nationwide, with 2010 as the reference year, the Philippines had a total of 14,937 establishments engaged in Accommodation and Food Service Activities. A total of 11,208 establishments or 75.0 percent had a total employment (TE) of less than 20 while 3,729 or 25.0 percent had TE of 20 and over.

The bulk of the jobs were in Call center activities, which employed about 150,000 workers. Far second were establishments engaged in Other Software and Consultancy and Supply with about 17,000 workers. Data Processing Activities employed around 13, 000 employees or about 6.9 percent of the total workforce for BPO activities. Database Activities and On-line Distribution of Electronic Content employed the least with only 410 workers.