THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

56101

Food service in restaurants (Restaurants activities)

จำหน่ายอาหาร เครื่องดื่ม และเบเกอรี่ ทุกชนิด

What this activity covers

This activity involves preparing and serving food and beverages in various restaurant settings.

  • Restaurant operations — Preparing and serving food and beverages
  • Cafes and eateries — Serving food and drinks in casual settings
  • Fast food services — Quick-service food preparation and delivery
  • Self-service restaurants — Food service with customer self-service options
  • Food delivery services — Delivering prepared food to customers

What companies here also do

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

  • Food sales — Selling packaged or canned food products

Not included here

  • Food service provided to transportation businesses. View 56291 activities.
  • Canteen services in factories, offices or schools that are operated according to the rights. See activity 56292.
  • Serving beverages in a restaurant where food is not served, see subgroup 5630.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 561

Sale of food or beverages

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (19)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.

28,277
active companies operate here
฿145.4Bregistered capital, combined
฿354.9B
Sector revenue · 2025
+12% since 2023
฿16.1B
Net profit · 2025
9,363 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
13%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿521.8M foreign฿3.4B Thai

Foreigners are actively investing in this activity.

New in 2026

2,412+13.9%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿145.4B-52.3%

since year-end

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Food of Asia Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿6.2B
  2. 2Foods Company Holdings Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿6.2B
  3. 3The QSR of Asia Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿5.2B

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.

14,549
Registered
since 2022
13,149
Still active
1,400
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2021peak 3,736 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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