These businesses have fewer searches or fewer business-specific permits, so they share this page. Each still needs the four basic registrations (DTI, barangay clearance, mayor's permit and BIR) plus the extra items listed under it.
UV Express
Permit or rule
Agency
When it applies
Fee
Certificate of Public Convenience (franchise) for public land transportation[1]
LTFRB
always
UV Express CPC (route slot opening, MC 2011-005; historical)[2]
LTFRB
only when LTFRB opens route slots
PHP 7,500 + PHP 500/month/unit for re-filing original operators (2011)
Consolidation into a cooperative/corporation under Omnibus Franchising Guidelines[3]
LTFRB
existing individual PUV franchise holders (fewer than 15 units)
Franchise renewal on showing of continued compliance; valid email address (MC 2026-038)[8]
LTFRB
on renewal
A CPC is the LTFRB authorization to operate land transportation services for public use; valid five years (MC 92-009, 1993)[1]
LTFRB MC 2011-005 accepted new CPC applications for UV Express (and PUJ/PUB) to fill vacant route slots; CPCs issued good for five years; re-filing original UV Express operators paid PHP 7,500 plus PHP 500 per month per unit[2]
Under the Omnibus Franchising Guidelines (DO 2017-011), individual PUV franchise holders who consolidate into a cooperative or corporation get priority for an updated/consolidated CPC (MC 2018-008)[3]
Every motor vehicle used on public highways must be registered with the LTO (RA 4136, as quoted by the Supreme Court in LTO v. City of Butuan)[4]
LTFRB Driver's and Conductor's Academy (MC 2024-040) is a prerequisite for franchise renewal; phased: buses and trucks first, then UV Express and jeepneys, then motorcycle taxis and TNVS; enrollment fee PHP 2,000[5]
Courier and delivery firms must register with DICT and secure an Authority to Operate (Department Circular HRA-005 s. 2025, effective 17 Sep 2025), via register.pemedes.gov.ph[9]
DICT cites Department Circular No. HRA-005 s. 2025 as basis for PEMEDES Authorities to Operate[9]
DICT amnesty: qualified unregistered delivery operators get a six-month Provisional Authority to Operate[10]
DICT portal register.pemedes.gov.ph issues a Messenger Work License Virtual ID to delivery riders[11]
PHP 510 for first 2 units + PHP 10 LRF; PHP 70 per extra unit; PHP 260 for provisional authority (MC 2015-017)
TNC accreditation + passenger insurance for TNVS[14]
LTFRB
if TNVS
TNVS CPC validity 5 years (ATOC), no renewal application[15]
LTFRB
if TNVS
no filing fee for manifestation copy
Only the Sangguniang Bayan/Panlungsod issues the Motorized Tricycle Operator's Permit (MTOP) for tricycles-for-hire (DOTC/LTO MC 94-199)[12]
Local Government Code Sec. 458 (cities) / Sec. 447 (municipalities): the sanggunian regulates tricycles and grants their franchises, subject to DOTC guidelines (as quoted by the Supreme Court)[4]
No MTOP is granted unless the tricycle units have valid LTO registration papers[12]
MTOP holders must carry common carrier's insurance[12]
MTOP is valid three years, renewable for the same period[12]
Annual franchise fee collected by the LGU on or before the MTOP anniversary date (amount set by the LGU; not stated)[12]
Tricycle operators must be Filipino citizens or partnerships/corporations with 60% Filipino equity[12]
DILG: the franchising power devolved to LGUs covers only tricycles, not other motor vehicles[13]
TNVS CPC application filing fee PHP 510 for the first two units plus PHP 10 legal research fee; PHP 70 per additional unit; PHP 260 for provisional authority (MC 2015-017)[14]
TNVS CPC applicants need proof of good standing with a Transportation Network Company and TNC accreditation of the vehicle, plus passenger insurance from an LTFRB-accredited insurer[14]
MC 2026-049 extends TNVS CPC validity to five years and converts valid TNVS CPCs into ATOCs automatically; no renewal application needed[15]