Includes steps involved in establishing a local office.
Last Published: 7/18/2019

The principal forms of business organization in the Philippines are sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Other less common business structures include joint stock companies, joint accounts, business trusts, and cooperatives.

Multinational firms, depending on the nature of their intended business activity in the Philippines, may avail of the following modes of entry into the Philippine market: subsidiary, regional headquarters (RHQ), regional operating headquarters (ROHQ), branch office, and representative office.

For more information on business registration requirements, and incentives for each mode of entry, you can access the information from the Philippine Board of Investments: http://boiown.gov.ph/.
 

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