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Business Name Registration - BNRS Portal
Business Name Registration - BNRS Portal
BUSINESS SCOPE
DEFINITIONS:
The Territorial Scope refers to the extent of the geographical area within which the pertinent
business may locate its offices, stores, shops, branches, manufacturing or processing plants, or other
business structures, or where the pertinent business name may be used without prejudice to
engaging in business elsewhere. It is not to be considered as the geographical limit in which to
transact business.
The Dominant Name refers to the main identifying words or numerals or a combination of letters
and numerals attached to your Business Name.
The Descriptor describes the nature of your business based on the Philippine Standard Industrial
Classification.
Example
Dominant Name: Juan
Descriptor: Sari-Sari Store
Business Name: Juan Sari-Sari Store
Region *
City/Municipality, Province *
Dominant Name *
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Validation Result
Reminders:
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that the proposed business name is:
1. not a term or word or group of words that connote activities or norms that are unlawful,
immoral, scandalous or contrary to propriety (e.g. Boobs Massage & Spa);
2. not a name, word or group of words, term or expression used to designate or distinguish, or
suggest a quality of any class of goods, articles, merchandise, products or services;
3. not a trade name, trademark, or business name registered by any government agency
authorized to register names or trademarks;
4. not inimical to the security of the State;
5. not composed of a purely generic word or group of words (e.g. The Drugstore, Health Care
Clinic);
6. not a name the use of which is restricted by law or regulation; or that which cannot be legally
appropriated (e.g. Red Cross, Red Crescent, ISIS);
7. not officially used by the government in its non-proprietary functions (e.g. NBI Private
Investigation Services, PNP Security Agency);
8. not a name or abbreviation of any nation, inter-governmental or international organization,
unless authorized by a competent authority of that nation, inter-governmental or
international organization;
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9. not subject of an order by any administrative agencies/bodies or regular courts prohibiting the
registration thereof;
10. not a name of other persons; and
11. not deceptive, misleading or one that misrepresents the nature of the business.
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