Among the industry divisions, miscellaneous business activities (K74) like legal, accounting, bookkeeping activities; advertising; investigation and security activities; and related technical consultancy comprised the largest number of establishments accounting for almost three fifths (20,439 or 58.1%) of the total count for the sector. Far next was renting of machinery and equipment without operator; personal and household goods (K71) with 10,234 or 29.1 percent, followed by real estate activities (K70) with 2,963 or 8.4 percent.

The 2005 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry covered a total of 42,681 establishments engaged in real estate, renting and business activities. About 40,593 or 95.1 percent of the total figure were establishments with average total employment (ATE) of less than 20 while 2,088 or 4.9 percent were establishments with ATE of 20 or more.