PSIC 2019 · Class

Photographic activities

Open to 100%

This class covers various photographic activities for both commercial and consumer purposes, including the production and processing of photographs and videos.

Includes

Digital photograph processing
Portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings, etc.
Photography for commercial, publishers, fashion, real estate, or tourism purposes
Aerial photography
Videotaping of events such as weddings and meetings
Film processing including developing, printing, and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films
Film developing and photo printing laboratories
One hour photo shops (not part of camera stores)
Mounting slides
Copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs
Activities of photojournalists
Microfilming of documents

Excludes

Processing motion picture film related to the motion picture and television industries 5912
Cartographic and spatial information activities 7110

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Details

Level: Class
Section: M Professional, Scientific And Technical Activities
Parent: 742

Sector statistics

Employed persons: 390.6K persons(May 2026)

Whole PSIC section M (not specific to this code). Source: PSA Labor Force Survey, May 2026.

Industry size

Employment: 3,861 persons(2022)
Revenue: ~₱2.7B(2022)

Figures are for PSIC group 742 (the nearest level PSA surveys), not this specific code. Source: PSA OpenStat, Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), 2022. Revenue figures are approximate.

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Set up in the Philippines

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