THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Class

4642

Wholesale of Clothing and Footwear

Definition

The wholesale trade of clothing and footwear, including apparel and accessories.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 46

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.

1,019
Registered
since 2022
952
Still active
67
Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2022peak 251 in 20242026

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

Activities under 4642

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