TSIC Division

46

Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Definition

Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, includes activities such as wholesale on a fee or contract basis, wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals, and wholesale of food, beverages, and tobacco. It also covers wholesale of household goods, machinery, equipment, and supplies, as well as other specialized and non-specialized wholesale trade.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route available

Wholesale of goods of all kinds, where the minimum capital per store is below the level prescribed in the Act

Not a hard restriction — only applies while under-capitalised. A foreign-majority wholesaler is exempt from this List 3 item (no Foreign Business Licence needed) once minimum registered capital reaches the Act's threshold, typically THB 100 million per store. Verify current ministerial-regulation figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (15)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, US Treaty of Amity

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.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this code since 2022, summed across every 5-digit activity beneath it. Not the full historical register.

56,203
Registered
since 2022
51,680
Still active
4,523
Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2012peak 13,150 in 20232026

Source: DBD new-registration records, 2022 to present.

Groups under 46

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