Business Guide: Register your Business, Get your Business Permit and License with the Municipality, City or Local Government Units

Once you register your business name appropriately in DTI, SEC or CDA, suited on whether it is a sole proprietorship, a partnership/corporation, or a cooperative, you have to get a business permit and license at the municipality/city where your business will be put up.

The requirements that must be fulfilled (if applicable) in order to get a business permit and license from the municipality or city are the following:

1. DTI or SEC registration
2. SSS Registration
3. Certificate / Articles of Incorporation
4. Community  Tax Certificate
5. Barangay Clearance
6. Location Clearance
7. Fire Safety / Inspection Permit
8. Electrical Inspection Certificate
9. Certificate of Occupancy
10. Building Permit
11. Contract of Lease
12. Site Picture / Sketch
13. Public Liability Insurance (for cinemas, malls, restaurants)

The city/municipality/town business permit will be valid for 1 year, so yearly renewal should be expected.