In putting up a business, there are several government agencies you have to register with depending on the type of your business.
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There are five areas you need to work for the necessary permits and licenses. The first step begins with the BUSINESS REGISTRATION. You can work on the other four areas in no particular order.
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Obtain your secondary licenses with the appropriate regulatory agencies
Depending on the type of products, certain companies are required by law to register with other government agencies.
Advertising on Transport Vehicles
Required Permits/Licenses
- Transit Advertising Permit
Air Quality Management
Required Permits/Licenses
- Permit to Operate / Certificate of Conformity
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR – Environmental Management Bureau
ecac.emb@gmail.com / 376 5541 / 282 6783
Clearance and permitting division: 02-8931-2397
Animal Facilities
Description
Animal shelter/pound, slaughterhouse, kennel, laboratory animal production
Required Permits/Licenses
- Registration for Animal Facility
Issuing Agency/Office
DA - Bureau of Animal Industry
da.bai.ahwd@gmail.com / (02) 928-2836 / (02) 528 2240 local 1500- 1506
Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certification of Registration or Authority to Operate
Issuing Agency/Office
BSP – Integrated Supervision Department
Registration of Pawnshops: 8 708.7701
Local: 2595 / 2666
Registration of Foreign Exchange Dealers, Money Changers and Remittance Agents Trunkline No.: 87087701
Casinos, traditional and electronic bingo parlors, and poker rooms
Required Permits/Licenses
- License to Operate/Authority to Operate / Gaming employment license
Chemical Management
Required Permits/Licenses
- Priority Chemical List Compliance Certificate
- Dealers and Retailers Resellers Registration
- Small Quantity Importation
- Ozone Depleting Substances and Alternative Chemicals
- Pre-manufacture and Pre-importation notification certificate
- Integrated Persistent Organic Pollutants Management Project
- Chemical Control Order
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR – Environmental Management Bureau
ecac.emb@gmail.com / 376 5541 / 282 6783
Clearance and permitting division: 02-8931-2397
Contractors/Subcontractors
Required Permits/Licenses
- Contractor’s License
Issuing Agency/Office
Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board
ciappcab.main@gmail.com / pcab@dti.gov.ph
(+632) 895.4220 , 09178482427
Domestic Employment Agencies (Manpower /Recruitment)
Required Permits/Licenses
- License to Operate a Private Recruitment and Placement Agency
Issuing Agency/Office
DOLE – Bureau of Local Employment
24/7 hotline: 1349
Drugs / Pharmaceuticals/ Medical Devices / Cosmetics / Processed Food / Toys / Child Care Articles / Veterinary Products / Household / Urban Pesticides
Required Permits/Licenses
- License to Operate (LTO)
- Certificate of Product Registration (CPR)
Issuing Agency/Office
FDA
Electronic Gaming Sites
Required Permits/Licenses
- Accreditation for Electronic Gaming System Service Provider
- Accreditation for Data/Content Streaming Provider for Electronic Gaming Sites
- Permit to Possess Gaming Equipment and Gaming Paraphernalia for Data/Content Streaming Provider for Electronic Gaming Sites
Energy Services
Required Permits/Licenses
- Energy Services Companies Accreditation
Issuing Agency/Office
Department of Energy (DOE)
Main office: (632) 8479-2900
Environmental Laboratories
Required Permits/Licenses
- Environmental Laboratory Recognition
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR – Environmental Management Bureau
ecac.emb@gmail.com / 376 5541 / 282 6783
Clearance and permitting division: 02-8931-2397
Esports
Required Permits/Licenses
- Esports athlete license
Issuing Agency/Office
Games and Amusement Board
(+632) 840 0274 & (+632) 813 7109
Firecrackers and Pyrotechnics
Required Permits/Licenses
- License for Firecracker and Pyrotechnics manufacturer
Issuing Agency/Office
PNP - Firearms and Explosives Office
emdfeocsg@gmail.com
723-0401 loc 4268 / 4498
Fisheries and Fish/Aquatic Products
Required Permits/Licenses
- Commercial Export Permit
- Gratutous Export Permit
- Permit to import
Issuing Agency/Office
DA - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
info@bfar.da.gov.ph / +63(2)929-9597; 929-8074
Fishing vessels, support vessels, fishing gear
Required Permits/Licenses
- Commercial Fishing Vessel / Gear License
- International Fishing Permit
- Fish Workers ID card
- Foreign Fishermans License
- Certificate of Eligibility
- Importation of Fishing Vessel
Issuing Agency/Office
DA - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
info@bfar.da.gov.ph / +63(2)929-9597; 929-8074
Food Products
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certificate of Product Registration
Issuing Agency/Office
FDA – Center for Food Regulation and Research
Food-production related enterprises, mainly rice and grain
Required Permits/Licenses
- License for Retailing/ Wholesaling/ Retailing & Wholesaling Combined
- License - Milling
- License - Warehousing
- License - Threshing
- License - Corn Shelling
- License - Manufacturing
- License - Importing/Exporting/Indenting
- License - Grains Packaging
- License - Mechanical Drying
- Registration - Transporting
- Registration - Poultry/Hog Raising Institution
- Registration - Post Production Equipment
Issuing Agency/Office
NFA
Text line: 0906-436-3133
Industry Services Department 929-7319 / 920-9605
Public Affairs Department 455-2758
Grains Marketing Operations Department 981-3800 local 1208
Office of the Deputy Administrator for Operations 929-7319 / 926-7237
Administrator’s Office/ Office of the OIC 929-7319 / 926-7237
Foreign Exchange Dealers (FXDs)
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certification of Registration or Authority to Operate
Issuing Agency/Office
BSP – Integrated Supervision Department
Registration of Pawnshops: 8 708.7701
Local: 2595 / 2666
Registration of Foreign Exchange Dealers, Money Changers and Remittance Agents Trunkline No.: 87087701
Generation of Electricity
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certificate of Endorsement
Issuing Agency/Office
DOE - Electric Power Industry Management Bureau
Main office: (632) 8479-2900
8840-2120 / 8808-9211
Hazardous Waste Management
Required Permits/Licenses
- Importation Clearance
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR – Environmental Management Bureau
ecac.emb@gmail.com / 376 5541 / 282 6783
Clearance and permitting division: 02-8931-2397
Health Services and Facilities
Description
- Ambulance Service and Ambulance service provider
- Ambulatory surgery clinic
- Blood service facility
- Clinical Laboratory
- Dental Laboratory
- Dialysis
- Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation center
- Drug testing laboratory
- HIV testing laboratory
- Hospital, Infirmary and birthing home
- Human stem cell and cell based or cellular therapy facility
- Kidney transplant unit
- Laboratory for drinking water analysis
- Medical facility for overseas workers and seafarers
- Newborn screening center
- Psychiatric care facility
Required Permits/Licenses
- License to Operate / Certificate of Accreditation / Authority to Operate
Issuing Agency/Office
DOH - Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau
8651-7800 locals 2502, 2504, 2511
DOH CALL CENTER: (632) 8651-7800 local 5003-5004 / (632) 165-364
Mobile No (DOH Main Office): +63919-1601418
Email Address: callcenter@doh.gov.ph
Land Transport Operators, TNVS Operators
Required Permits/Licenses
- Franchise / Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC)
Mining related businesses
Required Permits/Licenses
- Mineral Product Sharing Agreement
- Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement
- Mineral Processing Permit
- Industrial Sand and Gravel Permit
- Exploration Permit
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR - Mines and Geosciences Bureau
central@mgb.gov.ph / (63-2) 9209120; (63-2) 9209136; Trunk Line No. (63-2) 6676700
Money Changers (MC)
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certification of Registration or Authority to Operate
Issuing Agency/Office
BSP – Integrated Supervision Department
Registration of Pawnshops: 8 708.7701
Local: 2595 / 2666
Registration of Foreign Exchange Dealers, Money Changers and Remittance Agents Trunkline No.: 87087701
Natural Gas sector
Required Permits/Licenses
- Application for Permit for the Construction, Operation & Maintenance, Expansion, Extension and Modification of Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution of Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution Pipeline Projects
- Application for Permit to Supply Natural Gas
- Application for Permit for the Construction, Operation & Maintenance, Expansion and Modification of Natural Gas Transmission- and/or Distribution-Related Facilities
- Application for Legislative Franchise
Issuing Agency/Office
DOE - Oil industry Management Bureau
rino.abad@doe.gov.ph / rodela.romero@doe.gov.ph / alvin.lim@doe.gov.ph / hideliza.ludovice@doe.gov.ph / laura.saguin@doe.gov.ph / alex.rayos@doe.gov.ph
8840-2114 / 8840-2130 / 8840-2095 / 840-2155 / 840-2184
Nuclear/Atomic Energy, Radioactive Materials
Required Permits/Licenses
- Radioactive Material License
Issuing Agency/Office
DOST - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
nrd@pnri.dost.gov.ph /
(632) 8920-8796 or (632) 8929-6012 loc.213 or 244
Fax No: (632) 8920-8796
Offshore gaming / POGO
Required Permits/Licenses
- Offshore Gaming employment license
- Offshore gaming license
Optical Media Business
Description
- Optical media (film products, music products, games/applications software, business sofware, book on disc)
- Manufacturing equipment (replicating equiment/metallizing/downstream), printing equipment
- Manufacturing Materials (optical grade polycarboante, adhesives,lackquers chemicals, paints ink
Required Permits/Licenses
- Registration for Optical Media Business / Import-Export Permit
Issuing Agency/Office
Optical Media Board – Registry and Licensing Division
info@omb.gov.ph
(02) 7905-1678
Overseas Employment Agencies (Manpower /Recruitment)
Required Permits/Licenses
- License for Recruitment Agency
Issuing Agency/Office
POEA – Licensing and Regulation Office
722-1191 / 726-3265
Pawnshops and Money Service Business (MSBs)
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certification of Registration or Authority to Operate
Issuing Agency/Office
BSP – Integrated Supervision Department
Registration of Pawnshops: 8 708.7701
Local: 2595 / 2666
Registration of Foreign Exchange Dealers, Money Changers and Remittance Agents Trunkline No.: 87087701
Philippine Fiber Products
Required Permits/Licenses
- License for Grading-Baling establishments, Buying Station, Trader-Exporter, Local Trader, Processor
- License for FIber Classifiers
Issuing Agency/Office
Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority
oed@philfida.da.gov.ph
(632) 273 2474 Local 2650 / 2651
Plant, vegetable, seed and crop related businesses
Description
- Plant materials
- Plant tissue
- Trees
- Plant nursery
- Treatment, freezing, milling, transport and warehouse facilities
- Export of fruites and vegetables
- Crop growers
- Distribution of seeds, planting materials and farm inputs
- Other applicable businesses
Required Permits/Licenses
- Application for Plant Material Certification of Asexually Propagated Seedling
- Application for Plant Material Certification of Trees
- Application for Plant Nursery Accreditation
- Application for Plant Tissue Culture Facility Accreditation
- Issuance of Certificate of Analysis
- Application for License to Operate for Facilities (Treatment, Freezing, Milling, Transport and Warehouses)
- Application for Laboratory Accreditation
- Application for Laboratory Certificate of Analysis
- Application for PhilGap Certification
- Plant Pest Diagnosis
- Plant Identification and Certification
- Distribution and Sale of Vegetable Seeds and Planting Material
- Application for Crop Variety Registration
- Application for Plant Variety Protection
- Importers Registration
- Application for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC)
- Application for Registration of Farm/Growers
- Application for License to Export of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
- Application for License to Operate - Quarantine Treatment Provider
- Application and Issuance of Phytosanitary Certificate
- Issuance of Clearance for Domestic Transport
- Application for License to Operate of Packing Facility for Fruits and Vegetables
- Application for Issuance of Biosafety Permit for Direct Use as Food and Feed, or for Processing
- Application for Issuance of Biosafety Permit for Commercial Propagation
- Application for Issuance of Biosafety Permit for Field Trial
- Distribution of Quality Seeds, Planting, Materials, and other Farm inputs (Individual or Group)
- Provision of Technical Assistance
- Conduct of Training
- Soil Analysis for Bacterial Wilt and Potato Cyst Nematode
- Disease Indexing for Viruses of Potato, Citrus and Banana
Issuing Agency/Office
DA - Bureau of Plant Industry
bpi.information@yahoo.com
bpiad.regulatory@gmail.com
(0917)715-5980
Products Under Mandatory Quality and/or Safety Certification Schemes
Description
- HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
- CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
- LIGHTING AND WIRING DEVICES
- STEEL PRODUCTS
- PLASTIC PIPES AND CERAMIC PRODUCTS
- CEMENT AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
- CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
- AUTOMOTIVE RELATED PRODUCTS
- OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCTS
You may view the detailed List of Products Under Mandatory Certification here.
Required Permits/Licenses
- Philippine Standard (PS) Quality and/or Safety Certification Mark Licensing Scheme
- Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) Certification
Remittance and Transfer Companies (RTCs)
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certification of Registration or Authority to Operate
Issuing Agency/Office
BSP – Integrated Supervision Department
Registration of Pawnshops: 8 708.7701
Local: 2595 / 2666
Registration of Foreign Exchange Dealers, Money Changers and Remittance Agents Trunkline No.: 87087701
Resource-extractive, infrastructure, processing, manufacturing and other related projects
Required Permits/Licenses
- Environmental Compliance Certificate / Certificate of Non-Coverage
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR – Environmental Management Bureau
ecac.emb@gmail.com / 376 5541 / 282 6783
Clearance and permitting division: 02-8931-2397
Science and Technology Oriented Foundations
Required Permits/Licenses
- Certification for Science and Technology oriented Foundations
Issuing Agency/Office
DOST - Science and Technology Foundation Unit
Trunkline : (02) 837-2071 loc 2026
(02) 837-2922
stfu.dostco@gmail.com
Sea Freight Forwarder
Required Permits/Licenses
- Accreditation for Sea Freight Forwarders
Issuing Agency/Office
DTI-FTEB
FTEB@dti.gov.ph / fteb_blad@dti.gov.ph
(+632) 8811.8231 / (+632) 7215.1165>
Small Town Lottery
Sports betting
Required Permits/Licenses
- Accreditation of a Service Provider for Sports Betting System with Bookmaking
Suppliers of Gaming Paraphernalia
Required Permits/Licenses
- Permit to Posess Gaming Equipment and Gaming Paraphernalia
- Permit to Hold Gaming Equipment and Gaming Paraphernalia
Technical Vocational Institute
Required Permits/Licenses
- Program Registration and Accreditation for TVIs
Issuing Agency/Office
TESDA - Certification Office
893-8297 / mspdelarama@tesda.gov.ph / jmabasolo@tesda.gov.ph
Timber on Private Land
Required Permits/Licenses
- Private Land Timber Permit
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR - Forestry Management Bureau
fmbdenr@mozcom.com / officeofthedirector.fmb@gmail.com / (632) 8927-4788 / Fax No. (632) 8928-9313
Tourism Enterprise
Description
- Hotel
- Resort
- Accommodations
- Tourist Inn
- Pension House
- Motel
- Homestay
- Travel and tour agency (operators, agencies, online agencies)
- Tourist transport operator (air, land, water)
- Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions
- EcoTourism (ecoguide, ecolodge, ecotour facility, ecotour operator)
- Tour guide
Note: Accreditation is voluntary for
- Health and Wellness (Ambulatory clinic, spa, medical concierge, tertiary hospital)
- Agritourism site/farm
- Department store/mall/specialty store
- Galleries
- Museums
- Restaurants
- Tourism entertainment complex
- Tourism recreational facility
- Tourism training centers
- Rest areas
- Tourism trainers
Required Permits/Licenses
- DOT Accreditation
Issuing Agency/Office
DOT - (NCR) - Tourism Regulation Division and Accreditation Unit
Toy Manufacturing/Dealer/Importation
Required Permits/Licenses
- License to Operate (manufacturers, importers, distributors of toys)
- Clearance for Conditional Release
- Clearance for Customs Release for toys
- Certificate of Conformity
Transport of Animals
Required Permits/Licenses
- Local Shipping Permit for Animal By-Products
- Accreditation of Animal Products and Animal By-Products Exporter
- Accreditation of Animal Products and Animal By-Products Importer
- Local Shipping Permit for Avian
- Local Shipping Permit for Cattle/Carabao
- Local Shipping Permit for Dogs and Cats
- Local Shipping Permit for Goats and Sheep
- Local Shipping Permit for Horse
- Accreditation of Live Animals Importer/Exporter
- Local Shipping Permit for Meat and Meat Products
- Local Shipping Permit for Table Eggs, Balut and Salted Eggs
- Local Shipping Permit for Wild Exotic and Other Pets
Issuing Agency/Office
DA - Bureau of Animal Industry
da.bai.ahwd@gmail.com / (02) 928-2836 / (02) 528 2240 local 1500- 1506
Water Purification Systems
Required Permits/Licenses
- Registration for Water Purification Systems/Devices
Issuing Agency/Office
DOH - Bureau of Health Devices and Technology
DOH CALL CENTER: (632) 8651-7800 local 5003-5004 / (632) 165-364
Mobile No (DOH Main Office): +63919-1601418
Email Address: callcenter@doh.gov.ph
Water Quality Management
Required Permits/Licenses
- Waste Water Discharge Permit
Issuing Agency/Office
DENR – Environmental Management Bureau
ecac.emb@gmail.com / 376 5541 / 282 6783
Clearance and permitting division: 02-8931-2397
345, 1209 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave, Makati, Metro Manila PHILIPPINES
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