THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

46431

Wholesale of books, newspapers and stationery

ประกอบกิจการค้า กระดาษ เครื่องเขียน แบบเรียน แบบพิมพ์ หนังสือ อุปกรณ์การเรียนการสอน อุปกรณ์การถ่ายภาพและภาพยนตร์ เครื่องคำนวณ เครื่องพิมพ์ อุปกรณ์การพิมพ์ สิ่งพิมพ์ หนังสือพิมพ์ ตู้เก็บเอกสาร เครื่องใ

What this activity covers

Wholesale distribution of books, newspapers, stationery, and related printed materials.

  • Books and Magazines — Wholesale of books, magazines, and periodicals
  • Newspapers — Wholesale of newspapers
  • Printed Matter — Wholesale of greeting cards and other printed materials
  • Stationery Products — Wholesale of stationery items like paper and pencils
  • Educational Materials — Wholesale of textbooks and teaching materials

What companies here also do

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

  • Trade Paper Products — Trading various types of paper products
  • Sell Educational Equipment — Selling educational tools and equipment
  • Custom Printing — Custom-making stickers and signs

Foreign ownership

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.

1,660
active companies operate here
฿7.9Bregistered capital, combined
฿48.1B
Sector revenue · 2025
-7% since 2023
฿1.1B
Net profit · 2025
817 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
4%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿2.0M foreign฿48.4M Thai

Largely domestic, with some foreign investment.

New in 2026

43-48.8%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿7.9B+1.6%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1C.A.S. Paper Co., Ltd.฿4.8B
  2. 2Amarin Book Center Co., Ltd.฿1.7B
  3. 3Roxcel (Thailand) Co., Ltd.฿1.3B
  4. 4Double A Digital Synergy Co., Ltd.฿1.2B
  5. 5Reams and Rolls Co., Ltd.฿831.7M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1U By Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿300.0M
  2. 2C.A.S. Paper Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿300.0M
  3. 3Comform Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿200.0M

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.

314
Registered
since 2022
295
Still active
19
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2009peak 99 in 20252026

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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