THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

59202

Music publishing activities

ประกอบกิจการค่ายเพลง รับโอนสิทธิ์ จัดหา จัดทำเพลง แต่งคำร้อง ทำนอง เรียบเรียงเสียงประสาน และบริหารจัดการ ลิขสิทธิ์ผลงานเพลง

What this activity covers

Companies engage in the production, publishing, and distribution of music and related rights management activities.

  • Music publishing — Production and distribution of musical compositions
  • Copyright registration — Acquiring rights for musical works
  • Music promotion — Promoting musical compositions in various media
  • Audio recording distribution — Marketing and distributing audio recordings
  • Music rights management — Managing rights and royalties for music

What companies here also do

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

  • Record label management — Operating and managing a music label
  • Sound services — Providing recording studio and production services
  • Public relations — Offering information dissemination services

Not included here

  • Performing the duties of a copyright owner or acting as a copyright manager for a musical work/music as the copyright owner's representative, without performing any music advertising printing activities. See activity 59203.
  • Wholesale of recorded video tapes, CDs, DVDs. See activity 46432.
  • Retail sale of video tapes, CDs, DVDs. See activity 47620.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

89
active companies operate here
฿2.1Bregistered capital, combined
฿2.8B
Sector revenue · 2025
+1% since 2023
฿-218621411
Net profit · 2025
27 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
18%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿5.0M foreign฿23.2M Thai

Foreigners are actively investing in this activity.

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

New in 2026

13+116.7%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿2.1B+6.5%

since year-end

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

Browse all

New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

27
Registered
since 2022
27
Still active
0
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 11 in 20262026

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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