Obtain Your SEC Certificate in Just 72 Hours
Quickly register your local business and receive your SEC e-certificate with help from our registration specialists.
Advantages of SEC Business Registration
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversees and regulates businesses in the Philippines, ensuring compliance with policies related to the securities market. It also advises Congress and other government agencies on market-related matters.
For both local and foreign incorporators, SEC registration is a mandatory step before legally conducting business operations in the Philippines.
SEC Registration FAQs
These are some of the most frequently asked questions about SEC registration in the Philippines.
This package includes the following:
- Name search availability (up to 10 names)
- One-time reservation of business name
- Drafting of Articles of Incorporation
- Drafting of By-Laws
- Registration of Stock and Transfer Book
The process starts with the service contract signing and payment confirmation. In 72 hours (3 business days), signing and notarization of SEC e-Certificate will take place.
Only companies that meet the following requirements are eligible for our 72-hour SEC registration package:
- All owners must be Filipino and Philippine residents
- A name descriptor based on the industry classification of the company is required.
- The corporation's location must not be in any of the economic zones and the primary purpose or principal activity must be predetermined or fixed.
- Within exclusive list of industry classification
These are the industries included in the list:
- Agriculture
- Fishery
- Electric generation
- Hotel
- Printing and publishing
- Activities of a holding company
- Hospital
- Wholesale trading of goods
- Retail trading of goods
- Wholesale and retail trading of goods
- Construction
- Advertising
- Real estate
- Management consultancy
- Land transportation
- Courier services
- Business process outsourcing
- Telecommunications
- Gas station
- Travel agency
- Restaurant
- Mining
- Security agency
- Recruitment
- Arrastre and Stevedoring services
- Film production
- Logistics
- IT/software applications
- Sea transportation
- Air transportation
- Cargo consolidator
- Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier
- Schools