THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

58131

Publishing of newspapers (except on-line)

การจัดพิมพ์จำหน่ายหรือเผยแพร่ประชาสัมพันธ์ข้อมูลหน่วยงานและองค์กรต่างๆ ในรูปแบบการพิมพ์

What this activity covers

This activity involves publishing and distributing newspapers in print and other non-online formats.

  • Newspaper publishing — Creating and distributing printed newspapers
  • Advertising newspapers — Publishing newspapers focused on advertisements
  • Print distribution — Distributing printed newspapers and related materials

What companies here also do

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

  • Promotional material printing — Printing promotional materials for various organisations
  • General printing services — Providing various printing services beyond newspapers

Foreign ownership

List 1: Closed to foreign majorityinherited from 5813

Newspaper business, radio broadcasting station business or television station business

FBA B.E. 2542, List 1 (1)

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.

84
active companies operate here
฿4.6Bregistered capital, combined
฿1.4B
Sector revenue · 2025
-27% since 2023
฿-222366654
Net profit · 2025
41 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
0%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿0 foreign฿500K Thai

Based on few new registrations this year — read as a rough signal only.

New in 2026

1+0.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿4.6B-0.8%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1Watcharapol Co., Ltd.฿923.3M
  2. 2B Media Co., Ltd.฿73.4M
  3. 3Surin Green Print Co., Ltd.฿72.8M
  4. 4Tong Hwa Media Lab Co., Ltd.฿56.1M
  5. 5Inspal Co., Ltd.฿53.3M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Watcharapol Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿4.0B
  2. 2Media Ground Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿100.0M
  3. 3Tong Hwa Media Lab Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿100.0M

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.

4
Registered
since 2022
4
Still active
0
Dissolved
฿400K
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 1 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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