The Philippine Statistics Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office I (PSA – RSSO I) will conduct the data collection for the 2022 Updating of the List of Establishments (ULE) from 15 August to 15 October 2022.

As a preparatory activity for this undertaking, the PSA – RSSO I facilitated the Second Level Training for the Provincial Focal Persons from the four Provincial Statistics Offices (PSOs) in Bauang, La Union. Officials and Focal Persons from the RSSO I and Central Office also joined the activity as Resource Persons.

The ULE is a regular undertaking which aims to provide an updated and reliable sampling frame for the census and surveys of establishments and enterprises. Nationwide updating is usually undertaken a year prior to the conduct of the Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI).

However, in 2021, a nationwide ULE was conducted mainly to assess the changes in business operations in the country brought by the pandemic and by some natural calamities.

For the 2022 ULE round, the updating will involve field verification of establishments whose business operations have temporarily stopped based on the results of the 2021 ULE. This is to determine the current status of these establishments as to whether they already resume operation, or were already permanently closed, or still temporarily stopped.

Data from the List of Establishments (LE) are used by the government in the formulation of policy recommendations and in monitoring and implementation of industry development programs in the country. 

SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
Regional Director, RSSO I