PSIC is the Philippines industry classification structure used to organize economic activities into a hierarchy from broad sectors to detailed subclasses.
This page is part of an independent reference site. Verify critical tax, registration, legal or reporting decisions against the current official PSA, BSP or BIR source that applies to your workflow.
PSIC stands for Philippine Standard Industrial Classification. In practice, users usually encounter it when they need to match a business activity to an official code structure.
The hierarchy moves from section to division, group, class and then subclass. Each step narrows the wording and improves the fit between a real activity and the official classification label.
Starting from the top reduces false matches. It helps users see adjacent categories, compare boundaries and avoid choosing the first code that merely sounds close.
PSIC classifies industry and economic activity, not the worker's occupation.
For this site, the subclass level is the most specific practical lookup layer, because it is the layer users usually need for activity matching.
The hierarchy helps you move from broad sector context to a specific activity wording instead of jumping straight to the first similar label.