THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

20231

Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations

ประกอบกิจการผลิต ผลิตเพื่อขาย จำหน่าย ปลีก ส่ง น้ำยาทำความสะอาดทุกชนิด เช่น น้ำยาล้างจาน น้ำยาซักผ้า น้ำยาถูพื้น น้ำยาทำความสะอาดอเนกประสงค์ น้ำยาฆ่าเชื้อ น้ำยาทำความสะอาดรถยนต์ น้ำยาเคลือบสีรถ น้ำยาล

What this activity covers

Companies in this sector manufacture soap, detergents, and various cleaning products for household and industrial use.

  • Soap production — Manufacture of various types of soap
  • Detergent manufacturing — Production of surfactants and cleaning agents
  • Cleaning products — Manufacture of cleaning and polishing preparations
  • Air fresheners — Production of room deodorisers and air fresheners
  • Wadding products — Manufacture of wadding coated with cleaning agents
  • Glycerol production — Manufacture of glycerol for various uses

What companies here also do

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

  • Household goods — Production and sale of household consumer goods
  • Import and export — Trading in cleaning and hygiene products internationally
  • Laundry chemicals — Manufacture of laundry-specific cleaning agents

Not included here

  • Manufacture of separation aids for compounds with chemical structures, see subgroup 2011.
  • -Production of synthetic glycerol from petroleum products. See activity 20115.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

670
active companies operate here
฿37.7Bregistered capital, combined
฿161.9B
Sector revenue · 2025
-10% since 2023
฿11.7B
Net profit · 2025
281 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
8%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿2.3M foreign฿26.7M Thai

Largely domestic, with some foreign investment.

2 of the 5 largest companies here are foreign-owned Thailand subsidiaries.

New in 2026

25+4.2%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿37.7B-0.6%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1Unilever Thai Trading Co., Ltd.฿42.2B
  2. 2Labix Co., Ltd.฿21.1B
  3. 3Lion (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intl฿19.5B
  4. 4Unilever Thai Holdings Co., Ltd.฿19.4B
  5. 5Colgate-Palmolive (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intl฿18.4B

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1ALP Development and Construction (Thailand) Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿20.0B
  2. 2Labix Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿4.7B
  3. 3Unilever Thai Trading Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿4.0B

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.

169
Registered
since 2022
151
Still active
18
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 45 in 20242026

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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