THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

47525

Retail sale of a variety of construction materials including do-it-yourself material and equipment in specialized stores

ประกอบกิจการ ขายปลีก และขายส่ง เหล็กเส้น เหล็กรูปพรรณ ท่อเหล็ก เหล็กแผ่น ปูนซีเมนต์ คอนกรีต อิฐ หิน ทราย และวัสดุก่อสร้างทุกชนิด

What this activity covers

Retail of diverse construction materials and tools in specialised stores.

  • Construction materials — Retail of various types of construction materials
  • Construction tools — Retail of tools for construction purposes
  • Do-it-yourself equipment — Retail of equipment for DIY projects
  • Chemicals and paints — Retail of construction-related chemicals and paints
  • Metal tools — Retail of metal tools like hammers and saws

What companies here also do

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

  • Hardware sales — Selling various hardware items
  • Miscellaneous equipment — Trading in various types of equipment

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 47

Retail sale of goods of all kinds, where the aggregate minimum capital or 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 retailer is exempt from this List 3 item (no Foreign Business Licence needed) once registered capital meets the Act's minimum, typically THB 100 million in total and THB 20 million per store. Verify current ministerial-regulation figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (14)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.

4,951
active companies operate here
฿19.1Bregistered capital, combined
฿96.6B
Sector revenue · 2025
+18% since 2023
฿1.2B
Net profit · 2025
2,462 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
17%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿73.7M foreign฿362.9M Thai

Foreigners are actively investing in this activity.

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

New in 2026

261-42.4%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿19.1B+6.8%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1Doo Home Public Company Limited฿29.5B
  2. 2SCG Living & Housing Solutions Co., Ltd.฿2.3B
  3. 3Home Hub Co., Ltd.฿1.8B
  4. 4TRADE WAVE CO., LTD.฿1.1B
  5. 5Thai Seng International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intl฿912.4M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Doo Home Public Company LimitedPathum Thani฿3.5B
  2. 2Thai Seng International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intlSamut Prakan฿1.0B
  3. 3Liang Hwa Tools Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿450.0M

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.

2,202
Registered
since 2022
2,055
Still active
147
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 535 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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