Topline revenue up 33% to P2.8 billion in 2023

CEBU, Philippines — Cebu-based Top Line Business Development Corporation (Topline) recorded a 33 percent year-on-year gross revenue valued at P2.8 billion in 2023 from P2.1 billion in 2022.

“The company’s bullish growth is supported by resilient and strong fuel demand in Cebu Province and Metro Cebu where we operate. But fundamentally, this growth is attributed to the dedication of our hardworking and talented team who always seek to provide top-of-the-line service for our industry and retail customers,” reported Erik Lim, Topline’s Chairman, President and chief executive officer (CEO).

According to Lim, the company also registered a nine percent year-on-year revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024compared to the same quarter of 2023.

Topline, which is strategically positioned in the Visayas region, is engaged in commercial fuel trading, depot operations, and retail fuel under its Light Fuels brand. The Company is also celebrating its 11th anniversary this month with its sights focused on strengthening its market footprint in the Visayas region through its fuel operations.

Topline started in the leasing and real estate business but eventually embarked on the fuel industry in 2017.

Since the Company’s decision to make the supply and distribution of liquid fuel, primarily diesel, its core business, the volume in liters of diesel delivered to its clients in Cebu Province and Metro Cebu has posted a 53 percent compounded annual growth rate from 2017 to 2023.

“We are primed for growth and expansion in the Visayas region by serving the underserved segments the market. With a fuel market that is expected to match Cebu’s rapid growth and development, we are constructing seven Light Fuels service stations and two Light Fuels Express service stations optimally located in Cebu Province and Metro Cebu. The Light Fuels Express stations are meant to serve the motorcycle riders and other lighter vehicles which occupy a large segment of vehicle type usage in Metro Cebu,” Lim told members of the local and national media in a press conference held recently at the Radisson Blu Cebu.

Two Light Fuels service stations are expected to open in August 2024 in Metro Cebu in line with the Company’s target of having 10 operating service stations within the year. The Company inaugurated its first service station in February 2023 in Mandaue City, Cebu.

“In 2024, we are bolstering our efforts to synergize our operations through vertical integration by expanding in retail and commercial fuel trading while reinforcing our depot operations to meet the growing market demand in Cebu,” Lim added.