DTI BNRS (Business Name Registration System)

DTI BNRS

(Business Name Registration System)

WHAT IS A BUSINESS NAME?

refers to ANY name that is different from the TRUE NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS USED OR SIGNED in connection with her/his business.

7 Tips for Naming Your Business

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Is Business Name Registration required?

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223401

Yes, if a person will use a firm name other than his/her true name.

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What are the requirements if I want to request for verification if a certain business name is registered?

You may verify/search a business name through the internet via https://www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph/web/guest/search.

Make sure you can trademark the name

Avoid Web 2.0-ish syndrome

The name needs to sound good when it's said aloud.

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Use a name that has meaning to it and conveys a benefit

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How to Register

Requirement:

1. Two copies of completely filled up application forms signed by the owner. Download from the website

2. Submit Over the Counter OR Online

3. Pay Fees

ONLINE

Over The Counter

Registration Fees

Area 1 - Mezzanine Floor, Roxas Strip Bldg., Roxas Blvd. corner Arnaiz Avenue, Pasay City

Area 2 - Penthouse Level, Goodland Building, 377 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue (Buendia) Makati City, (near DTI International Building)

Area 3 - G/F Highway 54 Plaza, EDSA, (Across SM Megamall) Mandaluyong City

Area 4 - 5/F Araneta Square Mall, Monumento Circle, Kaloocan City

www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph

• fill-up application form,
• pay the required fees to your nearest DTI field office, and have your certificate printed
• Visit the nearest to DTI field office within 5 working days and present any national government national issued Identification Document (ID) and the duly-accomplished application form with signature.

Barangay - PHP 200.00

City/Municipality - PHP 500.00

Regional - PHP 1,000.00

National - PHP 2,000.00

BNs that are NOT registrable

What is BNRS (Business Name Registration System)?

more FAQs

Names that are the same, nearly the same as or confusingly the same with an existing registered business, company, partnership, corporation, cooperative name; nor it infringes on any trademark, service mark or tradename

Names or abbreviation of a name used by the government in its governmental functions

(e.g Anne Dok’s Lechon, Jolibee, Starbax Café)

(e.g NBI Private Investigation Services, DTI Trading)

Those which are or whose natures of business are illegal, offensive, scandalous, or contrary to propriety

Names or abbreviation of a name of any nation, intergovernmental or international organization

Names which by law or regulation cannot be appropriated

(e.g Popoy’s Jueteng Betting Place, Boobs Massage and Spa)

> one of the principal front-line services of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

> aims to maintain a nationwide registry of business names mainly Sole Proprietorship

(e.g Philippine Manpower Pooling Agency, UNESCO Marketing)

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(e.g OTOP, Intelligence, State College, CALBARZON)

Q. If I failed to renew after expiration date?

A. Automatic cancellation of

business name from the database

Q. Age requirement?

A. At least (18) years old.

Q. Life span of a certificate of business name registration?

A. 5 years, after which, the registration should be renewed.

What is the Enhanced Business Name Registration System (E-BNRS)?

Names used to designate or distinguish, or suggestive of quality of any class of goods, articles, merchandise or service

Q. Can I change or modify other information?

A. Yes.

Q. Who should sign the application for a single proprietorship?

A. The applicant or owner of the business OR

Attorney-in-Fact (Special Power of Attorney).

Q. Can I use P.O. Box a business address?

A. No.

Names composed purely of generic or geographic words

Names that are deceptive, misleading or which misrepresent the nature of the business

(e.g The Laundry Shop, Bacolod)

(e.g Best Taho Factory, A-1 Auto Repair Shop)

E-BNRS is the new web-based system DTI designed to make registration faster and easier.

(e.g “ABC Construction Services” where nature of business is recruitment, a business name carrying another person’s name)

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