| Indicator/Variable |
Number of Establishments |
| Definition |
An establishment is defined as an economic unit, which engages, under a single ownership or control, i.e. under a single legal entity, in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed physical location. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Total employment |
| Definition |
Total Employment refers to the total number of persons who work in or for the establishment as of 15 November of the reference year. This includes paid employees, working owners, unpaid workers and all employees who work full-time or part-time including seasonal workers. Included also are persons on short term leave such as those on sick, vacation or annual leaves and on strike. Excluded from the count of total employment are consultants, home workers, workers receiving pure commission only, workers on indefinite leave, silent or inactive partners and members of cooperative who are not involved in the operation of the cooperative.
Paid employees are all full-time and part-time employees working in or for the establishment and receiving regular pay, as well as those working away from the establishment and paid by and under the control of the establishment.
Working owners refer to owners who are actively engaged in the management of the establishment but do not receive regular pay.
Unpaid workers refer to those who work in the establishment without regular pay for at least one-third of the working time normal to the establishment. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Paid employees |
| Definition |
Paid employees are all full-time and part-time employees working in or for the establishment and receiving regular pay, as well as those working away from the establishment and paid by and under the control of the establishment as of 15 November of the reference year. Included are persons on short term leave such as those on sick, vacation or annual leaves and on strike. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Total income |
| Definition |
Income refers to cash received and receivables for goods/products and by-products sold and services rendered. Valuation is at producer prices (ex-establishment), net of discounts, and allowances, including duties and taxes but excluding subsidies.
Producer price is the amount receivable by the producer from the purchaser for a unit of a good or service produced as output minus any VAT, or similar deductible tax, invoiced to the purchaser. It excludes any transport charges invoiced separately by the producer. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Total expense |
| Definition |
Expense refers to cost incurred by the establishment during the year whether paid or payable to generate revenue or income, representing the cost of doing business. This is treated on a consumed basis. Valuation is at purchaser price including taxes and other charges, net of rebates, returns and allowances. Goods and services received by the establishment from other establishments of the same enterprise are valued as though purchased. Excludes cost incurred in acquisition of income generating assets. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Compensation |
| Definition |
Compensation is the sum of gross salaries and wages and total employer’s contribution paid by the employers to SSS/GSIS, Employees Compensation Commission, PhilHealth, PAG-IBIG, etc.
Gross salaries and wages are payments in cash or in kind to all employees, prior to deductions for employee’s contributions to SSS/GSIS, withholding tax, etc. Included are total basic pay, overtime pay, and other benefits.
Other benefits include vacation, sick and maternity leave pay, bonuses, cost of living allowances, food, uniforms, housing, commissions paid for salaried employees, commutable transportation and representation allowances, and share of catch/harvest given to employees as salaries and wages. Excluded are costs of working clothes, reimbursable transportation and representation allowances, and separation, retirement, terminal pay, gratuities, etc.
Overtime pay is payment given for extra hours worked. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Other expense |
| Definition |
Other expense refers to cost incurred by the establishment during the year in doing business with the exception of the compensation of its workers. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Value of output |
| Definition |
Value of output represents the sum of the sale of products and by-products, income from industrial services done for others, sale of goods less cost of goods sold, fixed assets produced on own account, and change in inventories of finished products and work-in-progress. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Intermediate expense |
| Definition |
Intermediate expense refers to expenses incurred in the production of goods and industrial services such as raw materials, other materials and supplies purchased, fuels purchased, electricity and water purchased, and industrial services done by others plus beginning inventory of raw materials, other materials and supplies and fuels less ending inventory of raw materials, other materials and supplies and fuels. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Value added |
| Definition |
Value added is gross output less intermediate input. Gross output is value of output plus non-industrial services done for others (except rent income from land). Intermediate input is intermediate expense plus non-industrial services done by others (except rent expense for land) and all other expenses. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Gross addition to tangible fixed assets |
| Definition |
Gross addition to tangible fixed assets is equal to capital expenditures less sale of fixed assets, including land.
Capital expenditures refer to the cost of acquisition of tangible fixed assets, intangible assets, and non-produced assets acquired for the year whether or not full payments have been made. Assets received from other establishments belonging to the same enterprise are valued as though purchased.
Sale of tangible fixed assets refer to the actual amount received/realized (not book value) from the sale of tangible fixed assets during the year including the value of tangible fixed assets transferred to other establishments of the same enterprise. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Change in inventories |
| Definition |
Change in inventories is equivalent to the value of inventories at the end of the year less the value of inventories at the beginning of the year.
Inventories refer to the stock of goods owned by and under the control of the establishment as of a fixed date, regardless of where the stocks are located. Valuation should be at current replacement cost in purchaser (market) prices.
Purchaser Price is the amount paid by the purchaser, excluding any deductible VAT or similar deductible tax, in order to take delivery of a unit of a good or service at the time and place required by the purchaser. The purchaser’s price of a good includes any transport charges paid separately by the purchaser to take delivery at a required time and place.
Replacement cost is the cost of an item in terms of its present price rather than its original cost. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Subsidies |
| Definition |
Subsidies refer to special grants received from the government in the form of financial assistance or tax exemption or tax privilege given by the government to aid and develop an industry. Included are price support and price discount, interest rate subsidy, import subsidies, direct subsidies on export, subsidies resulting from multiple exchange rate, subsidies to public corporations and quasi-corporations, subsidies on products used domestically, subsidies on payroll or workforce and subsidies to reduce pollution among others. |
| Indicator/Variable |
Sales from e-commerce transactions |
| Definition |
Sales from e-commerce transactions refer to income generated through the utilization of e-commerce.
E-commerce refers to the selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet Protocol-based networks and other computer networks, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, or other online system. Excluded are orders received via telephone, facsimile or e-mails. |
| Method of Computation/Survey Design/Estimation Procedure |
Method of Computation_2017 ASPBI.pdf |
| Source of Basic Data |
2017 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) |
| Source Document/ Agency |
Philippine Statistics Authority |
| Frequency of Release |
Annually |
| Latest Available |
2017 |
| Level of Disaggregation |
Employment Sizes, National/Regional |