NSCB - 2006 Factsheet - Cebu Province Has the Most Number of Registered Motor Vehicles in the Philippines

Cebu Province Has the Most Number of Registered Motor Vehicles in the Philippines
(FS-200601-NS1-01, posted 16 November 2006)

In 2005, the province of Cebu registered 266,086 motor vehicles representing 5.3% of the total motor vehicles registered in the country, and the highest among 79 provinces. By type of motor vehicles, Cebu was top in terms of the number of registered private and government motor vehicles while it ranked 4th in terms of the number of registered for-hire motor vehicles. Out of Cebu’s total number of registered motor vehicles, 229,569 (86.3%) were private vehicles, 33,280 (12.7%) were for-hire vehicles and 2,697 (1.0%) were government vehicles.

Table 1. Provinces with the Highest Number of Motor Vehicles Registered, 2005

Rank	Province	Total
1	Cebu	266,086
2	Laguna	181,148
3	Bulacan	166,548
4	Batangas	166,049
5	Pampanga	161,748
6	Cavite	157,575
7	Pangasinan	140,294
8	Negros Occidental	113,435
9	Nueva Ecija	110,441
10	Davao del Sur	102,758

By kind of vehicle registered, Cebu is also tops in the number of cars, utility vehicles, service utility vehicles, trucks and motorcycles. It ranked 3rd in the number of trailers and 4th in the number of buses. Among the registered private and for-hire vehicles, motorcycles (123,417 or 46.9%) posted the most number of vehicles registered in Cebu; followed by utility vehicles (81,723 or 31.0%) and cars (32,201 or 12.2%).

Meanwhile, for other provinces included in the top ten provinces, seven were from Luzon: Laguna, Bulacan, Batangas, Pampanga, Cavite, Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija; two from Visayas; Cebu and Negros Occidental and only one province from Mindanao (Davao del Sur).

Table 2. Provinces with the Highest Number of Motor Vehicles Registered By Type of Use, 2005

Rank	Private		For Hire		Government
Rank	Province	Number	Province	Number	Province	Number
1	Cebu	229,569	Laguna	41,514	Cebu	2,697
2	Laguna	138,415	Pangasinan	39,100	Davao del Norte	2,451
3	Bulacan	135,100	Cavite	36,149	Davao del Sur	2,402
4	Batangas	130,893	Cebu	33,820	Zamboanga del Sur	2,106
5	Pampanga	127,298	Batangas	33,727	Negros Occidental	2,043
6	Cavite	120,404	Pampanga	32,794	North Cotabato	1,645
7	Pangasinan	100,252	Bulacan	30,804	Pampanga	1,554
8	Nueva Ecija	90,372	Isabela	28,271	Leyte	1,536
9	Negros Occidental	86,382	Negros Occidental	25,010	Misamis Oriental	1,432
10	Davao del Sur	86,318	Tarlac	24,703	Batangas	1,429

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Table 3. Provinces with the Highest Number of Private and For Hire Motor Vehicles Registered
By Kind of Vehicles, 2005

Rank	Cars		Utility Vehicles		Service Utility Vehicles		Trucks		Motorcycles		Trailers		Buses
Rank	Province	Number	Province	Number	Province	Number	Province	Number	Province	Number	Province	Number	Province	Number
1	Cebu	32,201	Cebu	81,723	Cebu	6,707	Cebu	17,384	Cebu	123,417	Bulacan	1,137	Cavite	1,665
2	Laguna	26,364	Laguna	68,436	Zambales	5,492	Negros Occidental	15,947	Pangasinan	81,005	Isabela	1,115	Zambales	1,641
3	Pampanga	26,322	Pampanga	66,524	Bulacan	4,490	Isabela	8,453	Laguna	74,506	Cebu	1,009	Negros Occidental	1,070
4	Cavite	25,114	Bulacan	66,240	Davao del Sur	3,282	Bulacan	8,364	Batangas	72,655	Davao del Sur	923	Cebu	948
5	Batangas	18,480	Batangas	63,816	Pampanga	3,002	Zambales	8,268	Bulacan	67,951	Nueva Ecija	541	Laguna	900

Source: 2005 Philippine Countryside in Figures
Source of basic data: Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)


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