The Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) is one of the designated statistical activities undertaken which seeks to collect and generate information on the levels, structure, and trends of economic activities in the entire country.

The scope of the census consists of 14 sectors of the Philippine economy as classified in the 1994 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC). This metadata contains the documentation for the Business and Services sectors.

The CPBI contains statistics on number of establishments, employment, compensation, revenue, costs, fixed assets, capital expenditures, capacity utilization, inventories, and value added are presented by region, industry group and sub-class for easy reference by data users. These are disaggregated by employment size for establishments with total employment of 20 and over and less than 20. Information contained in this report will be useful to government and non-government agencies in formulating and implementing economic plans and programs.