TSIC Activity
Publishing of textbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias activities (except on-line)
ประกอบกิจการผลิตและจำหน่ายหนังสือ สมุด สมุดบันทึกที่ทำด้วยมือทุกชนิด
Definition
Publishing, selling or distributing for compensation or under a contract for distribution in print, electronic format (CD or electronic projection), audio format such as tape, multimedia format such as CD-ROM, except online or other media, including textbooks used in teaching, including exercise books and teaching manuals, children's books (other than textbooks) such as picture books, novels, information books, audio books, drawing books, coloring books and sticker books, books for specialized professionals such as books for lawyers, doctors, electricians, accountants, businessmen, computer specialists, dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Excluded from this code
- Publishing, distributing or publishing all types of books online. See activity 58113.
Foreign ownership
Not on the Foreign Business Act restricted lists.
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).
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 activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.
New registrations per year
Largest active companies by registered capital
- บจ.เอ็มที มีเดีย เน็กซ์ จำกัดPrivate limited company · อุตรดิตถ์฿5.0M
- SUNSHINE EDUCATION CENTER CO., LTD.Private limited company · กรุงเทพมหานคร฿5.0M
- H.C. NOTE A BOOKForeign branch · เชียงใหม่฿2.0M
- I ADD E-COMMERCE CO., LTD.Joint venture · นครสวรรค์฿2.0M
- LYRA DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Private limited company · ปัตตานี฿2.0M
- MOGAVI EMC CO., LTD.Private limited company · กรุงเทพมหานคร฿2.0M
- CHUA VICHAKARN CO., LTD.Private limited company · กรุงเทพมหานคร฿1.9M
- V SMILE PUBLISHING (2555) CO., LTD.Foreign branch · เชียงใหม่฿1.0M
- BUS EDUCATION CO., LTD.Foreign branch · เชียงใหม่฿1.0M
- JARIN ALL-IN 168 CO., LTD.Joint venture · อุทัยธานี฿1.0M
- THE LITTLE NEST CO., LTD.Private limited company · กรุงเทพมหานคร฿1.0M
- PANTHER SOFT CO., LTD.Private limited company · กรุงเทพมหานคร฿1.0M
Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.
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