All entries in the White Pages are arranged alphabetically. Numerals are arranged based on the spelling of the numeral. Companies are listed based on their registered names. Companies whose registered business names start with an acronym followed by other words are listed as abbreviations. PNB Credit Card Corp is listed together with other companies whose name begin with other companies whose names begin with abbreviations, ahead of Philippine National Bank.
Some companies better known by their acronym, prefer to be listed under the acronym.
In many instances, these companies advertise a cross reference to the acronym when the corporate name is listed. Manila Electric Company is listed under the acronym Meralco. Manila Electric Company - see Meralco Combination of letters and numerals are listed under the letter, followed by the spelling of the numeral. If two words are of unequal length but are spelled alike up to the last letter of the shorter word, the shorter word will precede the longer word. S Industrial, SAA Partnership are alphabetized using the shorter combination rule.