Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated October 14, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the Number of jewelry shops per province in Bicol Region

We are pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.

In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to our published data:

Index of Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/business-and-industry/index

2022 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) - Manufacturing Section: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2022-annual-survey-philippine-business-and-industry-aspbi-manufacturing-section-preliminary

Index of Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/census/business-and-industry/index

2018 Census of Philippine Business and Industry: Manufacturing: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2018-census-philippine-business-and-industry-manufacturing

You may check this link for the Number of MSME: More than 1.08 million Establishments Operated in 2021 which Generated Total Employment of 8.57 million (2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Preliminary Results) https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million

https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/psa-release/2_Attachment%20Tables%202021%20ULE%20Preliminary%20Results%20Press%20Release%20_rev%2031dec_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1YJEZqBIeoW3N38eg3MlHkNX_tc3IXcrm/htmlview?pli=1

2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 6 Industry: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

2019 Updates to the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification: Section C. Manufacturing; Division 32. Other Manufacturing 321 Manufacture of jewelry, bijouterie and related articles: https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psic

For other sources, you may also visit the following websites:

(For Time series Data) OpenStat: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/

(For Microdata/PUF) PSADA: https://psada.psa.gov.ph/

(For Online Publication) Digital Library: https://library.psa.gov.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Jing B. Jalisan

(Information Technology Officer III)

Officer-in-Charge, Assistant National Statistician

Information Technology and Dissemination Service