THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

77400

Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works

ประกอบธุรกิจแฟรนไชส์ รวมถึงการให้สิทธิและให้ใช้ช่วงสิทธิแฟรนไชส์ การขยายแฟรนไชส์ การอนุญาตให้ใช้ชื่อทางการค้า เครื่องหมายการค้า และทรัพย์สินทางปัญญาอื่น ๆ ตลอดจนการจัดการและบริหารทรัพย์สินทางปัญญา ระบ

What this activity covers

This activity involves licensing intellectual property products, excluding copyrighted works, for use by others through fees or royalties.

  • Intellectual Property Licensing — Licensing patents, trademarks, and service names
  • Franchise Operations — Granting and managing franchise rights
  • Concession Agreements — Leasing rights for distribution or business operations
  • Royalty Collection — Receiving fees for the use of licensed products
  • Asset Management — Managing and developing intellectual property assets

What companies here also do

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

  • Franchise Management — Providing services for managing franchise businesses
  • Food and Beverage Franchising — Operating franchises in the food and beverage sector
  • Event Management — Developing intellectual property for exhibitions and events

Not included here

  • Acquisition of rights and publication, distribution or dissemination, see subsections 58 and 59.
  • Production, reproduction and distribution of copyrighted goods (e.g. books, software, films, etc.), see subsections 58 and 59.
  • Real estate rentals, see Village No. 681
  • Leasing of tangible assets, see Sections 771, 772 and 773.
  • Renting of video tapes and discs, see subclass 7722.
  • Book rental, see sub-category 7729

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

505
active companies operate here
฿2.6Bregistered capital, combined
฿4.0B
Sector revenue · 2025
-63% since 2023
฿784.7M
Net profit · 2025
168 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
23%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿10.0M foreign฿33.0M Thai

Foreigners are actively investing in this activity.

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

New in 2026

23-39.5%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿2.6B-8.8%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1MI XUE (THAILAND) CO., LTD.intl฿671.4M
  2. 2Chang Beer Co., Ltd.฿431.3M
  3. 3Promart International Co., Ltd.฿411.0M
  4. 4GMM Music Publishing International Co., Ltd.฿338.2M
  5. 5JC TEAM PETROLEUM CO., LTD.฿193.1M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Promart International Co., Ltd.Nakhon Pathom฿1.1B
  2. 2LUCKY CUP COFFEE (THAILAND) CO., LTD.intlBangkok฿220.0M
  3. 3MI XUE (THAILAND) CO., LTD.intlBangkok฿120.0M

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.

320
Registered
since 2022
291
Still active
29
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 100 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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