s of 2006, the number of registered establishments under the License Division of the City Mayor totaled to 1,409 establishments. Operating in the city are seventeen (17) banks, twenty four (24) lending institutions, and forty one (41) pawnshop/jewelry stores.

The central business district of the city is found along Roxas Avenue and in the area where the Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center is situated. A minor commercial center or commercial strip could also be found along Burgos Street and Gregorio del Pilar Street, Arnaldo Boulevard where Gaisano Mall is located. Market day in the City is Sunday.

Goods exported by the city through its national port and the port of Iloilo are mostly agricultural and marine products like palay, rice, corn, copra, kapis shells, green mussels or “tahong”, oyster or “talaba”, dried fresh fish, prawns, crabs and shrimps

Small and medium scale industries operate in the city such as an electronic manufacturing firm, one (1) prawn processing plant, one (1) crabmeat processing, bangus and prawn fry hatcheries, shellcraft business, rattan and wood furniture manufacturing, ice plants, hollow blocks manufacturing, rice mills, the cutflower and garments industries, and commercial poultry farms. To help out businessmen who wish to invest in the city, a special body has been formed – the City of Roxas Investment Board or CRIB.

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usiness entities can find easy convenience in the City of Roxas with many banks available.These banks are connected with their national and international branches and also have online and ATM capabilities.

• Allied Banking Corporation – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City
• Bank of the Philippine Islands – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City
• Business and Commercial Bank – Burgos St., Roxas City
• Capiz Settlers Cooperative Rural Bank, Inc. – San Roque Ext., Roxas City
• Veterans Bank, P. Gomez, Roxas City
• China Banking Corporation – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City
• Development Bank of the Philippines – Antonio Belo St., Roxas City
• Equitable PCI Bank – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City
• Farm Bank, Inc. – Roxas Branch, Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center, Roxas City
• Green Bank - Arnaldo Boulevard, Roxas City
• Land Bank of the Philippines – P.Gomez St., Roxas City
• Maybank Philippines, Inc. – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City
• Metropolitan Banking Corporation – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City and Arnaldo Boulevard, Roxas City
• Philippine National Bank – Magallanes St., Roxas City
• Queen City Development Bank – Roxas Avenue, Roxas City
• Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation – Plaridel St., Roxas City
• Rural Bank of Pilar – Roxas Branch, Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center, Roxas City
• United Coconut Planters Bank – Arnaldo Boulevard, Roxas City