TSIC Division

46

Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Definition

Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, includes activities such as wholesale on a fee or contract basis, wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals, and wholesale of food, beverages, and tobacco. It also covers wholesale of household goods, machinery, equipment, and supplies, as well as other specialized and non-specialized wholesale trade.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route available

Wholesale of goods of all kinds, where the minimum capital per store is below the level prescribed in the Act

Sufficiently capitalised wholesale operations are exempt, subject to capital thresholds, verify current figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (15)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.

54,902
Registered
since 2022
50,527
Still active
4,375
Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2012peak 13,150 in 20232026

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

Groups under 46

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