With our business registration services, we can help you register all types of business structures in the Philippines and can advise of the most appropriate structure to achieve your business objectives.
Let us support you throughout the entire company registration process with ease. With our years of experience, we will be by your side to give advice and answer any questions you have.
Get your business and up and running in less than a week with our time-saving processing.
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We can reliably help you with the process of registering a new company in the Philippines, whether you are expanding from overseas or are a local resident. There are several structures you can choose from. The most popular are:
Ideal for foreign companies seeking to study the market in the Philippines for research and business development purposes.
A Domestic Corporation is ideal for most local and foreign entities as it offers limited liability and allows flexibility.
A solution for foreign companies wishing to establish in the Philippines to expand existing operations of the head office.
Get a clear picture of starting your company in the Philippines by scheduling a free 30-minute consultation with us. We can advise you on anything from the optimal business structure, capital investment, full foreign ownership options to shareholder requirements and more.
The Philippines does not place many restrictions on foreigners owning a company, however there is a local resident Corporate Secretary & Treasurer requirement, plus the majority shareholder(s) must be resident in the Philippines. Foreign entities can efficiently operate their Phlippines offshore limited company from overseas, but the President of the company must be listed as a Director.
Select a suitable business structure (either by yourself or with our help) and any other services that you need, such as bookkeeping, tax compliance or a company secretary. Next, we will send you an electronic questionnaire to collect essential information about your future business, such as shareholder, director details, proposed business activity, etc. and will request for copies of some documents.
We will ask you to provide us with three options for your new company name just in case one of them is not available.
We will prepare the documents of incorporation including the constitution of the company. Once all the application documents have been signed by you, we will complete the company registration with the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
After the registration with BIR has been completed, we will obtain a Certificate of Registration, Certificate of Registration of Books of Accounts and prepare resolutions for the first Board of Directors’ meeting.
Your newly registered business will now need to open a bank account. We work closely with several local and international banks and can arrange meetings and prepare all documentation for you. Alternatively, we can just provide you with the Board resolution and other company documents to open the bank account by yourself.
If you plan to run your business from Singapore, we can help you apply for an employment pass – allows foreign professionals, managers and executives to work in Singapore.
If you already have employees to start working in the company, we will take care of the registrations for the Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) and the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) as necessary.We help you use the newly created company to sponsor and apply for employment visas for any foreign directors or employees
We provide a full suite of flexible company formation & compliance services, including company registration, document filing with the appropriate authorities, registered office facilities and post-registration compliance. We also provide resident directors and shareholder if needed. They will be backed by legal documents to guarantee that you have ownership and control over your company.
We will prepare all the necessary documents and register your business structure with the SEC and BIR.
We will handle all your outstanding company matters, including maintaining statutory books and records, recurring files or secretarial advice.
A company must have a registered office in the Philippines from the day of incorporation. We also provide a mailing address with mail forwarding services.
Private limited companies in the Philippines are required to have at least one local resident director. We can act as your resident director if you cannot meet this requirement.
We can act as local agents for foreign companies that are looking forward to setting up a branch office in the Philippines.
*Government requirements
We also provide one-off and ongoing services to keep your business compliant with all the government requirements.
Acclime helps business owners and their staff secure and renew work and other types of visas to maintain a legal presence and peace of mind.
Meet the local accounting requirements with the help of our monthly, quarterly, annual or ad-hoc accounting services.
Reduce your tax burden and keep track of your tax filings.
We provide payroll outsourcing services for your Philippines business.
When submitting your company name for registration, the SEC will check that the name is distinguishable from other corporate names already registered. You will need to add words to ably distinguish yours from an existing company with a similar name. Using only punctuation, spacing or symbols to distinguish the name will be rejected.
In addtion to registering a name that is clearly distinguishable, the SEC apply the following rules: