THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

45101

Sale of new passenger motor vehicles, pick-up truck, van and similar light motor vehicles

ประกอบกิจการค้าส่ง ค้าปลีก ซื้อ ขาย จำหน่าย ให้เช่า ให้บริการ หรือการค้าด้วยวิธีอื่นใดที่เกี่ยวข้อง สำหรับรถยนต์ รถจักรยานยนต์เครื่องยนต์เอนกประสงค์ ยานพาหนะอันขับเคลื่อนด้วยเครื่องจักรกลหรือด้วยกำลัง

What this activity covers

This activity involves the sale of new passenger and light motor vehicles, including various types of small vehicles.

  • New passenger cars — Sale of new passenger vehicles
  • Light commercial vehicles — Sale of new vans and pickup trucks
  • Off-road vehicles — Sale of new vehicles like ATVs and golf carts
  • Electric vehicles — Sale of new electric vehicles
  • Vehicle parts — Sale of parts for new vehicles

What companies here also do

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

  • Vehicle leasing — Leasing of new vehicles
  • Vehicle repair services — Offering repair and maintenance for vehicles
  • Vehicle import/export — Importing and exporting new vehicles

Not included here

  • Sale of used vehicles such as passenger cars, pickup trucks and vans. View 45103 activities.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

4,613
active companies operate here
฿147.0Bregistered capital, combined
฿1205.0B
Sector revenue · 2025
-20% since 2023
฿10.1B
Net profit · 2025
1,832 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
38%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿360.0M foreign฿583.6M Thai

Foreigners are strongly represented in new investment under this activity.

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

New in 2026

170-1.2%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿147.0B+12.1%

since year-end

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.

1,419
Registered
since 2022
1,310
Still active
109
Dissolved
฿2.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 407 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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