Support activities for transportation industry leads Transport and Storage Sector
Based on the preliminary results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI), there are 1,000 establishments with Total Employment (TE) of 20 and over engaged in Transport and Storage sector. Support activities for transportation topped the sector with 423 establishments or 42.3 percent, majority of which were engaged in freight forwarding services and cargo handling, auxiliary activity to water transport comprising 58.2 percent of the total establishments. This was followed by industries engaged in other land transport and transport via buses industries with 236 establishments (23.6%) and 145 establishments (14.5%), respectively. Figure 1 shows the percent distribution of establishments by industry group in 2012.