BUSINESS NAME REGISTRATION. The Department of Trade and Industry records 14,931 businesses registered in Pangasinan in 2019. The number is 25.16 percent higher than previous year's 11,930. (Photo by Hilda Austria)
DAGUPAN CITY -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recorded a total of 14,931 registered businesses in Pangasinan in 2019, up by 25.16 percent from 11,930 in 2018.
In an interview Friday, DTI-Pangasinan provincial director Natalia Dalaten said majority of them were in trading with 7,252 business names registered, followed by personal services with 6,340, manufacturing with 879, agribusiness with 284, and industrial services with 176.
Most of the industries, except agribusiness, increased in number with trading posting the highest from 5,280 in 2018 to 7,252 in 2019, she said.
“Manufacturing boosted from 702 in 2018 to 879 in 2019; personal services from 5,393 in 2018 to 6,340; industrial services from 116 to 176; while agribusiness decreased from 439 to 284,” she added.
Meanwhile, some 3,000 business names were already registered with DTI-Pangasinan as of January 2020, excluding those that registered online through the Business Name Registration System (BNRS), Dalaten said.
“We are still encoding online registrations. We also encourage business name renewals online. Through the BNRS, there is no need to go to any DTI offices unless they are encountering some problems with our online system,” she said.
The BNRS, she added, was created last year to cater to business single-proprietors who live in far-flung areas or are too busy to visit DTI offices or Negosyo Centers.
“There were some technical problems encountered but by the end of 2019, it was already functional,” Dalaten said.
For business name online registrations and renewals, proprietors may visit www.dti.gov.ph and click the BNRS Next Gen. (PNA)
