THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

26701

Manufacture of optical lenses

ประกอบกิจการผลิต จำหน่าย ขายปลีก ขายส่ง นำเข้า ส่งออก แว่นตา เลนส์ คอนแทคเลนส์ กรอบแว่น และอุปกรณ์ทางสายตาทุกชนิด รวมถึงให้บริการที่เกี่ยวข้องกับผลิตภัณฑ์ดังกล่าว

What this activity covers

This activity involves the manufacture of optical lenses and related products for various applications.

  • Optical lenses — Manufacture of lenses for optical purposes
  • Optical glass — Manufacture of optical glass and prisms
  • Lens coating — Coating and polishing of lenses
  • Lens assembly — Assembly of optical lenses
  • Prism manufacture — Manufacture of prisms

What companies here also do

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

  • Export activities — Exporting lenses and optical products
  • Research and development — Developing and researching optical lenses
  • Optical equipment — Manufacturing optical aiming devices and equipment

Not included here

  • Production of various materials related to the eye. See activity 32501.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

33
active companies operate here
฿13.7Bregistered capital, combined
฿57.5B
Sector revenue · 2025
+3% since 2023
฿6.0B
Net profit · 2025
17 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
100%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿10K foreign฿0 Thai

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

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

New in 2026

1-66.7%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿13.7B+0.3%

since year-end

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intlBangkok฿6.4B
  2. 2AGC Micro Glass (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intlLamphun฿2.2B
  3. 3Hoya Lens Thailand Co., Ltd.Pathum Thani฿1.1B

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.

11
Registered
since 2022
11
Still active
0
Dissolved
฿5.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2023peak 5 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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