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PSIC 2019 · Sub-class
81300

Landscape care and maintenance service activities

Open to 100%

This sub-class covers services related to the planting, care, and maintenance of various landscapes, including parks, gardens, and greenery for both public and private spaces.

Includes

  • Planting, care, and maintenance of parks and gardens for private and public housing
  • Maintenance of municipal grounds such as parks, green areas, and cemeteries
  • Care for highway greenery including roads, train lines, and waterways
  • Maintenance of greenery for industrial and commercial buildings, including roof gardens and indoor gardens
  • Care for sports grounds, playgrounds, lawns, and recreational parks
  • Maintenance of stationary and flowing water bodies like ponds and swimming pools
  • Planting for protection against noise, wind, and erosion
  • Maintenance of land to keep it in good ecological condition

Excludes

  • Commercial production and planting for commercial production of plants, trees 01
  • Tree nurseries (except forest tree nurseries) 0130
  • Maintenance of land to keep it in good condition for agricultural use 015
  • Construction activities for landscaping purposes
  • Landscape design and architecture activities 7110
  • Operation of botanical gardens 9103

Foreign ownership

Open to 100%

This activity is not on the 12th Foreign Investment Negative List. A foreign investor may hold up to 100%, subject to the minimum-capital rules below.

Recommended route

Foreign-owned corporation

Up to 100% foreign equity (SEC)

One Person Corporation

A single foreign owner

Branch office

Extension of a foreign parent

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Registration path

  1. 1

    SEC

    Incorporate the entity

  2. 2

    BIR

    Tax registration and books

  3. 3

    LGU

    Barangay clearance and Mayor’s permit

  4. 4

    Regulator

    Sector license, if the activity needs one

Emerhub files each step with the government; you provide the documents and information.

Minimum paid-up capital

SituationUSDPHP
Domestic-market enterprise (>40% foreign)Paid-up capital for foreign equity above 40% serving the local market. Legal basis: FIA (RA 7042 as amended).$200,000≈ ₱11.4M
Reduced thresholdAt least 50 direct employees, or advanced technology. Legal basis: FIA (RA 7042 as amended).$100,000≈ ₱5.7M
Export enterpriseExports at least 60% of output. Legal basis: Corporation Code (RA 11232).≈ $88₱5,000

Bold is the figure the law sets; the other column is an approximate conversion at ₱57 to USD 1.