Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

December 6, 2021 Dear Vicky Tedja, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 26, 2021 11:07:31 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Number of sari-sari stores. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. In reference to your data request, please see the the attached data on the Number of Establishments Engaged in Retail selling in sari-sari stores by City|Municipality,Philippines: 2020 LE. Please be informed that the sari-sari storesincluded in the coverage of our List of Establishments (LE) are only those with at least one paid employee who was hired exclusively to work in or for the sari-sari store. Thus, sari-sari stores without paid employees are not included in the count. Please take note that household help or kasambahay hired to serve the household is not considered as a paid employee of the sari-sari store. Regardless of whether the establishment is registered or not in the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as long as it is in the scope and coverage of our List of Establishments (LE) we included it in the list. For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aCeUpHWBVq2SOeMATl2dvyrjKw8Tg9Me/view?usp=sharing We appreciate receiving your feedback to improve our service and please send the accomplished form to [email protected] (https://drive.google.com/file/d/16INtJ55GhHnZyUwmOrZPfQJ5UWBABNLg/view?usp=sharing) Thank you. Respectfully, Cesar Reynaldo V. Vinuya Assistant National Statistician Information Technology and Dissemination Service