THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

85491

Language instruction activities

แนะแนวการศึกษาต่อทั้งในต่างประเทศ และในประเทศ

What this activity covers

Companies in this sector provide instruction in various languages through training centres and educational institutions.

  • Language instruction — Teaching speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in multiple languages
  • Training centres — Facilities dedicated to language training
  • Educational institutions — Schools and centres offering language courses
  • Language courses — Various structured programmes for language learning
  • Language tutoring — One-on-one or small group language teaching

What companies here also do

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

  • Educational services — Broader educational offerings alongside language instruction
  • Foreign language teaching — Specialised instruction in non-native languages

Not included here

  • Bilingual education operated by schools, colleges and universities that issue vocational certificates or degrees that are equivalent to educational levels. See major groups 851, 852 and 853.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

1,121
active companies operate here
฿4.0Bregistered capital, combined
฿4.3B
Sector revenue · 2025
+16% since 2023
฿201.7M
Net profit · 2025
426 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
11%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿8.4M foreign฿65.1M Thai

Foreigners are actively investing in this activity.

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

New in 2026

61-15.3%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿4.0B+4.2%

since year-end

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1EH MIDDLETON EDUCATION (THAILAND) CO., LTD.intlBangkok฿500.0M
  2. 2Wall Street English (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intlBangkok฿249.6M
  3. 3EXZZ Exchange Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿80.0M

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.

432
Registered
since 2022
398
Still active
34
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 112 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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