THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

18111

Printing of newspapers, magazines and periodicals

ประกอบกิจการค้า กระดาษ เครื่องเขียน แบบเรียน แบบพิมพ์ หนังสือ อุปกรณ์การเรียนการสอน อุปกรณ์การถ่ายภาพและภาพยนตร์ เครื่องคำนวณ เครื่องพิมพ์ อุปกรณ์การพิมพ์ สิ่งพิมพ์ หนังสือพิมพ์ ตู้เก็บเอกสาร เครื่องใ

What this activity covers

This activity involves the printing of newspapers and other periodicals.

  • Newspaper printing — Printing services specifically for newspapers
  • Magazine printing — Printing services specifically for magazines
  • Periodical printing — Printing services for various periodicals

What companies here also do

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

  • Book printing — Printing services for books
  • Business card printing — Design and print business cards

Not included here

  • Publishing, distribution or dissemination of printed matter. See Group 581.
  • Photocopying, see subgroup 8219

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

239
active companies operate here
฿3.4Bregistered capital, combined
฿4.1B
Sector revenue · 2025
+3% since 2023
฿-57712183
Net profit · 2025
102 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
0%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿0 foreign฿4.1M Thai

Based on few new registrations this year — read as a rough signal only.

New in 2026

7+40.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿3.4B+16.2%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1Fong San Printing Co., Ltd.฿1.2B
  2. 2SMM Plus Co., Ltd.฿327.6M
  3. 3Kadokawa Amarin Co., Ltd.฿299.4M
  4. 4Si Phaya Printing Co., Ltd.฿232.8M
  5. 5Bangkok Post Public Company Limited฿232.0M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Bangkok Post Public Company LimitedBangkok฿1.2B
  2. 2Si Phaya Printing Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿1.0B
  3. 3SMM Plus Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿253.5M

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.

28
Registered
since 2022
26
Still active
2
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2009peak 6 in 20232026

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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