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2019 MSME STATISTICS

Number of Establishments

The 2019 List of Establishments of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recorded a total of 1,000,506
business enterprises operating in the country. Of these, 995,745 (99.5%) are MSMEs and 4,761 (0.5%)
are large enterprises. Micro enterprises constitute 89% (891,044) of total MSME establishments, followed
by small enterprises at 10% (99,936) and medium enterprises at 0.5% (4,765).

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Sectoral Distribution

The top five (5) industry sectors according to the number of MSMEs in 2019 were: (1) Wholesale and
Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles (462,492); (2) Accommodation and Food Service
Activities (144,024); (3) Manufacturing (115,387); (4) Other Service Activities (65,918); and (5) Financial
and Insurance Activities (46,100). These industries accounted for about 83.35% of the total number of
MSME establishments.

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Geographical Spread of MSMEs

Majority of the MSMEs can be found in the National Capital Region (NCR) with 202,011 (20.2%) business
establishments, Region 4-A (CALABARZON) with 148,017 (14.8%), Region 3 (Central Luzon) with
115,877 (11.6%), Region 7 (Central Visayas) with 70,227 (7%), and Region 6 (Western Visayas) with
61,513 (6.1%). These top five (5) locations accounted for about 59.7% of the total number of MSME
establishments in the country. Regional concentration of MSMEs is largely associated with economic
activity and population size.

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Together, these MSMEs generated a total of 5,510,760 jobs or 62.4% of the country’s total employment.
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while medium enterprises were far behind at 7.4%. Meanwhile, large enterprises generated a total of
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In terms of regional distribution, majority of the jobs are generated by MSMEs in the National Capital
Region (NCR) with 1,538,106 jobs; followed by MSMEs in Region 4-A (CALABARZON) with 797,399;
Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 586,508; Region 7 (Central Visayas), 431,056; and Region 6 (Western
Visayas), 307,831.

By industry sector, MSMEs in the Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles
sector generated the most number of jobs with 1,984,227 followed by Accommodation and Food Service
Activities (805,081), Manufacturing (747,114), Financial and Insurance Activities (307,316), and Education
(303,314).

Sales and Census Value-Added

In terms of value added, the MSME sector contributed 35.7% of the total with manufacturing contributing
the largest share of 6.87%. Wholesale and retail trade and repair contributed 6.58% followed by financial
intermediation with a share of 6%.

Within the sector, small enterprises accounted for the largest share of 20.5%. Medium enterprises
followed with a share of 10.3% while micro enterprises registered a share of 4.9%. Among small
enterprises, wholesale and retail trade and repair contributed the most with a share of 4.07% followed by
manufacturing with a share of 3.82% while financial intermediation was next with a share of 3.35%.

For medium enterprises, manufacturing accounted for the biggest share of 2.77% followed by electricity,
gas and water with a share of 1.92% and financial intermediation with 1.87%. For micro enterprises,
wholesale and retail trade and repair represented the largest contribution of 1.73%.

Exports Contribution of MSMEs

MSMEs account for 25% of the country’s total exports revenue. It is also estimated that 60% of all
exporters in the country belong to the MSME category. MSMEs are able to contribute in exports through
subcontracting arrangement with large firms, or as suppliers to exporting companies.

Data Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) (http://psa.gov.ph/) (http://psa.gov.ph/)

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