Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

May 9, 2023 Dear Vincent Arthur Begornia, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 23, 2023 12:53:38 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Small- Medium Enterprises. Your FOI request is approved. Please be informed that PSA does not release establishment-level information as we are bound by the confidentiality provision (Section 26) of Republic Act 10625 which states that: "Individual data furnished by the respondent to statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses of the PSA shall be considered privileged information and as such shall be inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding." "The PSA may release aggregated information from statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution or business enterprise shall appear.” In reference to your data request, our latest and available data on MSMEs based on our ULE 2021 can be accessed through the links below: https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9Ocjxs55IwTLgH3Efp8?e=q2Q84y For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLEYxCpW4RrB2wBX1CZ69KwyX0ZmzoVH/view?usp=sharing You may also check data in our RSET below: Regional Social and Economic Trend - NCR 7th Edition http://rssoncr.psa.gov.ph/RSET 2022 Regional Social and Economic Trend Chapter 6 ESTABLISHMENT CHARACTERISTICS http://rssoncr.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/RSSO/All%20Files/SOCD/Infographics/Publication_RSET%202022.pdf We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service