THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Class

5510

Hotels and Similar Accommodation

Definition

The operation of hotels and similar establishments for short-term lodging.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 551

Hotel business, except the hotel management service

Hotel management contracts are outside this item; operating the hotel itself is restricted.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (17)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.

3,951
Registered
since 2022
3,718
Still active
233
Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2022peak 1,057 in 20252026

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

Activities under 5510

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