Study on the Economic Development of Selected
Cities in Mindanao
City Information Baseline
City of Tacurong
I.
City
Economic/ Investment Information
Baseline
a.
Number
of establishments by type of
business
Services and trading activities dominate the economic
landscape of Tacurong City
accounting for about 96% of
the establishments included
in the masterlist.
|
Table 1. Number of Establishments By Type of Business - Tacurong
|
|
Type of business
|
Number
|
%
|
|
Manufacturing
|
36
|
3.31%
|
|
Production
|
6
|
0.55%
|
|
Services
|
435
|
40.02%
|
|
Trading
|
610
|
56.12%
|
|
Totals
|
1,087
|
100.00%
|
Source: Masterlist of Business
Establishments in Tacurong City
b.
Number
of establishments by classification
Micro Business enterprises dominate the economic activity
of Tacurong City
accounting for 76.26% of the
number of registered establishments
in the masterlist. Barangay Micro Business level
account for almost 15% while
Small, Medium and Large account
for barely 5% of the total number
of establishments.
|
Table 2. Number of Establishments by Capitalization/ Gross Receipts -
Tacurong
|
|
RANGE
|
Number
|
%
|
|
-
|
50,000
|
160
|
14.72%
|
|
50,001
|
3,000,000
|
829
|
76.26%
|
|
3,000,001
|
15,000,000
|
29
|
2.67%
|
|
15,000,001
|
100,000,000
|
23
|
2.12%
|
|
Over
|
100,000,000
|
3
|
0.28%
|
|
No Data
|
|
43
|
3.96%
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,087
|
100.00%
|
Source: Masterlist of Business
Establishments in Tacurong City
c.
Number
of establishments by employment
[(to include employment and
underemployment)
In terms of employment, the Micro business sector account
for the bulk of employment opportunities
in the City. This can be seen
in both the number of employees
based and capital/ gross sales
based analysis. More than 90%
of the establishments reported
having less than 10 employees
accounting for 62.50% of the
employment positions.
|
Table 3. Number of Employees by Establishment - Tacurong
|
|
RANGE
|
Number of Establishments
|
%
|
Employees
|
%
|
|
no
employees/ no data
|
59
|
5.43%
|
-
|
0.00%
|
|
1
|
9
|
985
|
90.62%
|
1,928.00
|
62.50%
|
|
10
|
99
|
41
|
3.77%
|
865.00
|
28.04%
|
|
100
|
199
|
2
|
0.18%
|
292.00
|
9.47%
|
|
200
|
over
|
-
|
0.00%
|
|
0.00%
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,087
|
100.00%
|
3,085.00
|
100.00%
|
Source: Masterlist of Business
Establishments in Tacurong City
|
Table 4. Employment contribution by Classification of Business - Tacurong
|
|
Classification
|
Employees
|
%
|
|
BaMBE
(less than 50,000)
|
221.00
|
7.16%
|
|
Micro
|
1,860.00
|
60.29%
|
|
Small
|
390.00
|
12.64%
|
|
Medium
|
173.00
|
5.61%
|
|
Large
|
219.00
|
7.10%
|
|
Unclassified
|
222.00
|
7.20%
|
|
Totals
|
3,085.00
|
100.00%
|
|
*
Note: Data is not accurate
as some establishments
do not have employment
data.
|
Source: Masterlist of Business
Establishments in Tacurong City
The Services and Trading sectors contribute the largest
share of employment contributing
about 95% of the employment
opportunities.
|
Table 5. Employees by Type of Business - Tacurong
|
|
Type of business
|
Employees
|
%
|
|
Manufacturing
|
111
|
3.60%
|
|
Production
|
8
|
0.26%
|
|
Services
|
1,383
|
44.83%
|
|
Trading
|
1,583
|
51.31%
|
|
Totals
|
3,085
|
100.00%
|
Source: Masterlist of Business
Establishments in Tacurong City
d.
Revenue
trend for past 3-5 years for
business permit and other revenues
Business Tax Collection increased with an average of
9% over previous year between
year
2000 to 2004 while Real property
Tax Collection had a higher
annual rate of increase of 26%
over previous year.
Table 6. Tacurong City Business Tax
and RPT collections, 2000 –
2004
|
Item
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
|
Business
Tax Collection, P
|
6,105,330.95
|
6,195,157.77
|
7,288,868.85
|
7,358,405.50
|
8,423,306.05
|
|
RPT
Collection, P
|
2,915,015.46
|
5,647,036.59
|
4,666,829.45
|
5,387,892.96
|
6,109,965.83
|
Source: TAF Field Report
Table 7. Computed rate of increase over previous
year. Tacurong
|
Item
|
Average
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
|
Business
Tax Collection, P
|
1.09
|
1.01
|
1.18
|
1.01
|
1.14
|
|
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