Business Registration Requirements
• If the contributed capital is in the form of a real
For Single Proprietorship
1. Business Name Registration
Visit Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)
Provincial Office where the business is located or
log on to www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph
Validity : 5 years
Requirements:
• Accomplished Business Name Registration
Form [Single Proprietorship/Partnership
(Optional)]
• Registration fee of P300.00
2. Mayor’s Permit
Agency: Local municipality where the business
is located
Validity: 1 year
Requirements:
• Accomplished Business Permit Application
Form
• DTI - Business Name Certificate
• Sketch of the business location
• 2 pcs. 2x2 colored ID Picture
• Registration fee, the amount of which depends
on the type of the business
3. Tax Identification Number (TIN)
Agency: Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) National
Office, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Trunkline: (632) 981.7000 / 981.8888
Email: contact_us@cctr.bir.gov.ph
Website: www.bir.gov.ph
Requirements (to be submitted to BIR Revenue
District Office where the business is located) :
• Accomplished Form 1901
• Mayors Permit
• Registration Fee of P500.00
PHARMACY
4. Social Security System (SSS) Certificate property, a Deed of Assignment executed by
Loans and Investment Office the stockholder who is the owner is needed
SSS Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. nos.: (632) 920.6401 / 920.6446
Email: member_relations@sss.gov.ph For Corporation
Website: www.sss.gov.ph
1. Securities and Exchange
Requirements: Commission (SEC) Certificate
• Accomplished R1 Form Address: SEC Building, Edsa, Greenhills,
• DTI Business Name Certificate Mandaluyong City
• Mayor’s Permit Tel. nos.: (632) 726.0931 to 39
Email: mis@sec.gov.ph
5. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Website: www.sec.gov.ph or
Registration http://iregister.sec.gov.ph/MainServlet (for online
(with 5 or more employees) registration)
Agency: Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE)-Labor Standard and Enforcement Division Requirements:
Address: 2nd Flr. Dy International Building, San • Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
Marcelino cor. Gen. Malvar St., Malate, Manila • Verification Slip Form (Re: Corporate Name)
Tel. No.: (632) 339.2013. Hotline No.: 527.8000 • Accomplished Registration Data Sheet
Email: osec@dole.gov.ph • Treasurer’s Affidavit
Website: www.dole.gov.ph • Bank Certificate of Deposit
• Authority to Verify Bank Accounts
Requirements:
• Written Undertaking to Change Corporate
• Accomplished Rule 1020 Form
Name, when necessary
• Lay-out of business location
• Subscriber’s Information Sheet
• Vicinity map
• If the paid-up capital is in the form of a real
property, submit the following additional
For Partnership
requirements:
- Statement of Assets and Liabilities;
1. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Deed of Assignment executed by the
Certificate
stockholder who is the owner of the
Address: SEC Building, Edsa, Greenhills,
property in favor of the corporation. If the
Mandaluyong City
property contributed is a building or a
Tel. nos.: (632) 726.0931 to 39
parcel of land, the deed must be
Email: mis@sec.gov.ph
presented to the Register of Deeds for
Website: www.sec.gov.ph
registration;
or http://iregister.sec.gov.ph/MainServlet (for online
- If the property being contributed is a
registration)
building, submit detailed list of the
building/s giving a brief description of
Requirements:
each;
• Verification Slip Form (Re: Proposed Name) - If the property being contributed is a
• Accomplished Registration Data Sheet parcel of land, submit detailed list of the
• Articles of Partnership parcel of land showing the OCT/TCT
• Written Undertaking to Change Corporate numbers, registered owner, lot and block
Name numbers, area, location and
encumbrances, if any; and
• Registration fee of Php360.00
Other Agency

1. Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) ƒ Any of the following reference books:
Certificate - United States Pharmacopoeia/National
Agency: Bureau of Food and Drugs Formulary (USP-NF) latest edition
Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City - Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences (latest
Alabang, Muntinlupa City edition)
Tel. Nos. (632) 807.0721 / (632) 842.5606 - Goodman and Gillman Pharmacological Basis of
Email: bfad@bfad.gov.ph Therapeutics (latest edition)
Website: www.bfad.gov.ph - Record books duly registered with BFAD
(Prescription Book)
Requirements: ƒ Registration fee of P1,000.00
ƒ Notarized Petition Form/Joint Affidavit of
Undertaking duly accomplished
ƒ Tentative list of products using generic and
brand names, if any
ƒ Floor area not less than 15 squaae meters;
ƒ Generic white labels
ƒ Dry seal or rubber stamp of outlets
ƒ Pharmacist Registration Certificate
ƒ PRC-ID, valid PTR, ID picture and certificate
of attendance of owner/pharmacist to a
BFAD sponsored/accredited seminar on
Licensing of Drug Establishments and
Outlets
ƒ If single proprietorship, Certificate of
Business Name Registration from the DTI
ƒ If corporation, copy of registration with SEC
and Articles of Incorporation or Partnership
ƒ Contract of Lease for the space to be
occupied if the owner does not own it
ƒ Picture of drugstore with signboard
ƒ Additional:
- Location Plan
- Floor Plan with dimension.
ƒ The following reference books must be
present:
- Philippine National Drug Formulary
- R.A. 3720 otherwise known as Food,
Drugs & Devices & Cosmetics Act
- R.A. 6675 otherwise known as Generics
Act of 1988 and relevant implementing
rules and regulations
- R.A. 5921 otherwise known as
Pharmacy Law as amended and
relevant implementing rules and
regulations
- R.A. 8203 otherwise known as Special BUREAU OF SMALL AND MEDIUM
Law on Counterfeit Drugs ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (BSMED)

rinted July 2007

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3 Floor, OPPEN Building
349 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Tel. Nos.: (632) 890.4968 / 897.7596 / 897.1693
Fax No.: (632) 896.7916
Email: bsmed@dti.gov.ph
Website: www.dti.gov.ph