THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

01462

Raising of broiler chicken

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What this activity covers

This activity involves the raising and breeding of broiler chickens for meat production.

  • Broiler chicken raising — Raising broiler chickens for meat
  • Chicken breeding — Breeding and crossbreeding of chickens
  • Poultry farming — General poultry farming activities
  • Livestock farming — Operating farms that include chickens

What companies here also do

Seen in real company registrations under this code — beyond the official definition, so licensing may differ.

  • Animal husbandry — General care and management of livestock
  • Retail chicken sales — Selling chicken products wholesale and retail

Not included here

  • Raising, breeding and crossbreeding turkeys, fighting cocks, guinea fowls/bantam chickens. See activity 01469.

Foreign ownership

List 1: Closed to foreign majorityinherited from 014

Raising of animals

FBA B.E. 2542, List 1 (3)

Auto-mapped, verify against the Act. These TSIC mappings are indicative, not legal advice; the schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority. See the full foreign ownership reference.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

The whole registered industry under this activity, every registration year, from the DBD DataWarehouse.

721
active companies operate here
฿21.0Bregistered capital, combined
฿124.7B
Sector revenue · 2025
-9% since 2023
฿3.8B
Net profit · 2025
385 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
0%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿0 foreign฿84.7M Thai

Almost entirely Thai-held — little foreign capital enters here.

New in 2026

36+24.1%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿21.0B-2.8%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

Latest filed-year revenue, not a multi-year total

  1. 1Thai Foods Contract Farming Co., Ltd.฿15.8B
  2. 2M.K.S. Farm Co., Ltd.฿10.4B
  3. 3Farmesh Co., Ltd.฿8.0B
  4. 4PP Food Lopburi Co., Ltd.฿6.9B
  5. 5Kao Na Chicken Fresh Co., Ltd.฿5.1B

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Food for the World Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿2.8B
  2. 2Thai Foods Poultry Farm Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿1.2B
  3. 3Kao Na Chicken Fresh Co., Ltd.Ubon Ratchathani฿1.0B

Source: Department of Business Development DataWarehouse. Financial figures are combined totals of companies that filed statements; revenue and profit shown for the latest three reporting years.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

155
Registered
since 2022
145
Still active
10
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 45 in 20222026

Largest active companies by registered capital

Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.

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