PSIC 2019 · Class

Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus

Open to 100%

This class involves the collection of payments for claims and the remittance of those payments to clients, as well as compiling and providing credit and employment histories for individuals and businesses to help evaluate their creditworthiness.

Includes

Collection of payments for claims and remittance of payments to clients
Bill or debt collection services, such as bills payment centers
Compiling credit and employment histories on individuals
Compiling credit histories on businesses
Providing compiled information to financial institutions and retailers

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82910Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus

Details

Level: Class
Section: N Administrative And Support Service Activities
Parent: 829

Sector statistics

Employed persons: 3.1M persons(May 2026)

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

Industry size

Employment: 13,988 persons(2022)
Revenue: ~₱14.2B(2022)

Figures are for PSIC group 829 (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

Emerhub runs the SEC and BIR filings for a foreign-owned corporation, a local corporation with structured control, employer of record, or product holding, whichever fits PSIC 8291.