THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

46102

Wholesale on a fee or contract basis of food, beverages and tobacco

ประกอบกิจการค้า ผัก ผลไม้ หน่อไม้ พริกไทย พืชสวน บุหรี่ ยาเส้น เครื่องดื่ม น้ำดื่ม น้ำแร่ น้ำผลไม้ สุรา เบียร์ อาหารสด อาหารแห้ง อาหารสำเร็จรูป อาหารทะเลบรรจุกระป๋อง เครื่องกระป๋อง เครื่องปรุงรสอาหาร

What this activity covers

Wholesale distribution of food, beverages, and tobacco products on a fee or contract basis.

  • Food wholesale — Wholesale of various food products including fruits, vegetables, and meat
  • Beverage wholesale — Wholesale of beverages including alcoholic drinks and soft drinks
  • Tobacco wholesale — Wholesale of tobacco products
  • Dairy products — Wholesale of dairy products, eggs, and related items
  • Frozen food — Wholesale of frozen food products including seafood and ice cream
  • Confectionery wholesale — Wholesale of sugar, chocolate, and baked goods

What companies here also do

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

  • Import/export activities — Importing and exporting various food and beverage products
  • Consumer goods distribution — Distribution of consumer goods alongside food and beverages

Not included here

  • Production of mixed liquors. See activity 11012.
  • Wine production View 11029 activities
  • Selling food for livestock on farms for compensation or under contract. See activity 46101.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 461

Brokerage or agency business, except securities brokerage and agricultural futures trading, brokerage for the purchase and sale of goods or services necessary for production or services amongst affiliated enterprises, brokerage for international trading of domestically manufactured or imported goods, and other categories prescribed in ministerial regulations

The international-trading carve-out is subject to a minimum capital requirement, subject to capital thresholds, verify current figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (11)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, US Treaty of Amity
List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 46

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.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

2,221
active companies operate here
฿6.6Bregistered capital, combined
฿32.3B
Sector revenue · 2025
-19% since 2023
฿-624121163
Net profit · 2025
568 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
15%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿48.4M foreign฿280.8M Thai

Foreigners are actively investing in this activity.

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

New in 2026

226-5.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿6.6B-3.0%

since year-end

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Delivery Hero (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intlBangkok฿204.0M
  2. 2Want Want Corporation (Thailand) Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿200.0M
  3. 3Atlantic Food Products Co., Ltd.Chon Buri฿166.0M

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.

1,521
Registered
since 2022
1,370
Still active
151
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2021peak 386 in 20222026

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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