Business Areas

Trade and commerce are very much concentrated in the northern barangays of Parañaque, particularly in the Baclaran township. Its dry goods markets are known throughout the country as a bargain hunters' haven. Their line of ready-to-wear (RTW) clothings are the most sought and haggled for items. As one goes further south, commerce becomes less stressful since establishments are mostly run not unlike the old-fashioned mom and pop way. However, it is in these areas where the newly-constructed shopping malls are located. In Baclaran and Tambo, one would also notice the various 5-star condominiums that are either newly-erected or still under construction. Despite the rapid modernization of Parañaque, fishing still continues in the northwestern townships but most of the activities related to marine products are concentrated in Barangay La Huerta where the city's "fisherman's wharf" may be found. Here, seafood products are delivered from all over the country and are purchased straight from the boats.

Interior

Business in the central and interior regions of the city is mostly done along the Dr. A. Santos Avenue (DASA) or Sucat stretch that is famous for its automotive repair and assembly shops. Nevertheless, the "sleeping" communities behind DASA's business facade are actually a series of villages and subdivisions where real estate deals are transacted almost every hour of the day. The din of construction workers and land developers is always heard even in the most interior locations while new subdivisions keep on sprouting up here and there. Another area that has lately become very commercialized is Doña Soledad Avenue that cuts through Barangays Don Bosco , San Antonio and Moonwalk, especially now that it has been turned into a "fast-track" bypass known as C-5 road leading to DASA in the west and Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the north.

Industry in the South

Southern Parañaque becomes alive with the various industrial estates and plants that are operating usually 24 hours a day. Such industrial giants as Toyota Motor Philippines, Johnson and Johnson's, Motorola, Philacor (GE, White-Westinghouse), Columbia Motors (BMW, Hyundai, Kia), and Astra Pharmaceuticals are located in the area. Most of these industrial concerns base their operations along Parañaque's portion of the South Superhighway that is the Metropolis' major thoroughfare to arrive in the southern regions of Luzon.