Business Name Registration

ONE-DTI PROCESS FLOW

• Business Name Registration (until July 31, 2025)

• Business Name Registration (effective August 1, 2025)

RESOURCES

Act No. 3883 (An Act to Regulate the Use in Business Transactions of Names Other than True Names, Prescribing the Duties of the Director of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry in its Enforcement, Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof, and for Other Purposes)

DAO No. 18-07, s. 2018 (Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing Act No. 3883, as amended)

RA No. 10173 (Data Privacy Act of 2012)

RA  No. 11032 (Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018)

OTHER RESOURCES

BN Operations Manual v2 (Procedural Guidelines on Business Name Registration)

COA Circular No. 92-382 dated July 3, 1992 

COA Circular No. 2002-003 dated June 20, 2002

2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC)

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Memo and Guidelines on 100% Online BN Registration

• CSF on Assisted F2F Online BN Registration

Memo re Guidance on Public Request for BN Listing (only effective up to May 28, 2024)

Guidelines in Facilitating Requests for BN Listing

Supplemental Guidelines in Facilitating Requests for BN Listing