Support activities for transportation industry dominates Transport and Storage Sector

From the preliminary results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), the Philippines had a total of 777 establishments with Total Employment (TE) of 20 and over engaged in Transport and Storage sector. Support activities for transportation topped the sector with 313 establishments or 40.3 percent. This was followed by Other land transport and Transport via buses industries with 150 establishments (19.3%) and 128 establishments (16.4%), respectively. Figure 1 shows the percent distribution of establishments by industry group in 2010.

The 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) covered a total of 317 mining and quarrying establishments all over the country. Of the total establishments, 255 or 80.4 percent were mining and quarrying establishments with average total employment (ATE) of less than 20 workers and the remaining 19.6 percent (62 establishments) accounted for establishments with ATE of 20 and more workers.

Majority of Establishments were in Collection, Purification and Distribution of Water

There were an estimated total number of 1,009 establishments in business operations during the year 2001 in the electricity, gas and water sector according to the results of the 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI).