TSIC Class
Manufacture of Motor Vehicles
Definition
The production of motor vehicles, including cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles.
Foreign ownership
No Foreign Business Act restriction mapped at this level.
The Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) restricts majority foreign ownership only for the activities named in its three annexed Lists. This activity is not among the mappings we hold, so a foreign investor can generally hold up to 100% of the equity, subject to any sector-specific licence and to minimum-capital rules (typically THB 2 million per restricted business, or THB 3 million where a Foreign Business Licence applies). Narrower codes beneath this one may still carry their own restrictions.
If an activity is restricted, the routes to foreign majority
- BOI promotion — the Board of Investment can grant up to 100% foreign ownership for promoted activities, with tax and non-tax incentives.
- Foreign Business Licence — permission from the Ministry of Commerce to operate a List 2 or List 3 activity as a foreign-majority company.
- US Treaty of Amity — US nationals may hold majority ownership in most activities, treated as Thai nationals for FBA purposes.
This is general guidance, not legal advice, and mappings are auto-derived. The schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority; verify against the Act, or ask us to check your specific activity. See the full foreign ownership reference.
See the full foreign ownership reference for all three FBA lists.
Companies registered since 2022
Browse allNew DBD registrations under this code since 2022, summed across every 5-digit activity beneath it. Not the full historical register.
New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined
Source: DBD new-registration records, 2022 to present.
Activities under 2910
- 29101Manufacture of engines of a kind used for motor vehiclesการผลิตเครื่องยนต์สำหรับยานยนต์
- 29102Manufacture of passenger carsผลิตและจำหน่ายรถยนต์ ยานพาหนะพลังงานใหม่ พลังงานทดแทน เช่น พลังงานแสงอาทิตย์
- 29103Manufacture of pick-up trucksผลิตต่อตู้ตัวถังกระบะคอกรถบรรทุก
- 29104Manufacture of other motor vehicles for passengersการผลิตยานยนต์อื่นๆที่ใช้เพื่อการโดยสาร
- 29109Manufacture of other motor vehicles, not elsewhere classifiedประกอบธุรกิจการผลิต จำหน่าย ติดตั้ง ดัดแปลง ปรับปรุง ซ่อมแซม ทดสอบ ประกอบ และตรวจสอบยานพาหนะทุกประเภท รวมถึง ยานพาหนะไฟฟ้า (EVs) และยานพาหนะเพื่อวัตถุประสงค์เฉพาะ เช่น รถบ้านเคลื่อนที่ รถพยาบาล ยานพาห
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