TSIC Division

42

Civil engineering

Definition

Civil engineering encompasses the construction of infrastructure projects such as roads and railways, utility projects, and various other civil engineering initiatives. Key activities include the building of highways, bridges, and tunnels, as well as the development of water supply systems and sewage treatment facilities.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route available

Construction, except construction of infrastructure providing basic public services in public utilities or transport that requires special apparatus, machinery, technology or expertise, and except other categories prescribed in ministerial regulations

The infrastructure carve-out is subject to a minimum foreign capital requirement, subject to capital thresholds, verify current figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (10)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, US Treaty of Amity

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.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this code since 2022, summed across every 5-digit activity beneath it. Not the full historical register.

1,724
Registered
since 2022
1,637
Still active
87
Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2022peak 437 in 20222026

Source: DBD new-registration records, 2022 to present.

Groups under 42

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