Corporations and partnerships in the Philippines are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC holds the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, the annual General Information Sheet that lists directors, officers and stockholders, and the audited financial statements filed each year under the Revised Corporation Code.
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Registry
Securities and Exchange Commission, listed by the Department of Finance among the agencies under its supervision
The SEC is both the company registrar and the securities regulator. Registration now runs through its eSPARC system, which issues a digitally signed Certificate of Incorporation, and annual filings are lodged through its electronic filing platform.
Copies of filed documents are supplied through the SEC Express System, by online order or by appointment at the SEC main office. The SEC's service page says documents ordered through the system are delivered anywhere in the Philippines within three working days; a January 2022 SEC notice put courier delivery at 10 to 15 days.
Check with SEC (checkwithsec.sec.gov.ph) is the free lookup that confirms whether a company is registered as a corporation or partnership and whether it holds the secondary licences needed for investment-taking, lending or financing; it returns at most ten results. eSEARCH (esearch.sec.gov.ph) is the Commission's online channel for downloading filed documents and requesting certified copies, and SEC i-View is its pay-per-use document viewing facility. What is public is the filed document set, not a live register of shareholders.
SEC registration number
An SEC-issued number printed on the Certificate of Incorporation. The format has changed over time: older corporations carry alphanumeric numbers with a letter prefix, while certificates issued through eSPARC carry a 13-digit number with a two-digit suffix, for example 2024020135535-00 on the SEC's sample certificate. Companies also hold a Bureau of Internal Revenue Tax Identification Number (TIN) of nine digits plus a branch code.
| Document | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Certificate of Incorporation | The SEC's certificate that the corporation exists: corporate name, SEC registration number and date of incorporation. Partnerships receive a Certificate of Registration and foreign corporations a licence to do business. |
| Articles of Incorporation (original and amended) | Name, primary and secondary purposes, principal office, term, incorporators, number of directors, authorized capital stock and its subscription and payment at incorporation. |
| By-Laws | Rules on meetings, the board, officers, shares and the fiscal year, with any amendments. |
| General Information Sheet (GIS) | The annual return filed within 30 days of the annual stockholders' meeting: directors and officers with nationality and position, each stockholder with nationality, shares held, percentage and amount paid, total capital, and the principal office. The beneficial ownership page of the GIS is not released to the public. |
| Audited Financial Statements (AFS) | The annual financial statements with the independent auditor's report, as filed with the SEC. |
| Registration data sheet and other filings | Board resolutions, secretary's certificates, capital stock applications and other documents on the company's SEC file, as listed by the SEC Express System. |
| SEC certification | A certification issued by the SEC on a corporation's registration or on the documents it has filed, where a counterparty asks for the Commission's own confirmation rather than a plain copy. |
Use Check with SEC to confirm that the company is registered as a corporation or partnership and whether it holds any secondary licence, then order the Certificate of Incorporation or an SEC certification for a document you can file. Fill Easy returns either on request.
The GIS is the annual return every Philippine corporation files with the SEC within 30 days of its annual stockholders' meeting. It lists the directors, officers and stockholders with their nationality and holdings, the capital structure and the principal office.
Yes, from the General Information Sheet, which shows each stockholder with the number of shares, percentage and amount paid. Beneficial owners declared on the GIS are not public.
The SEC's service page states that documents ordered through the SEC Express System are delivered anywhere in the Philippines within three working days, while a January 2022 SEC notice put courier delivery at 10 to 15 days. Fill Easy confirms the turnaround with your order.
No. Sole proprietorships register their business name with the Department of Trade and Industry. The SEC registers corporations, partnerships and foreign corporations doing business in the Philippines.