New Business Registrations Hit 44,000 in First Half, Up 2%
Thailand registered 44,773 new businesses in the first half of 2025, a modest 2% increase year-on-year, with e-commerce leading growth at nearly 57% despite overall registered capital falling 25%.
Thailand registered 7,979 new businesses in June 2025, up 12.14% from May and 13.61% from June 2024, according to Poonpong Nayanaparkor, director-general of the Commerce Ministry's Business Development Department. Registered capital for the month reached 15.231 billion baht, a 4.12% increase from May. The first half of 2025 saw 44,773 new business registrations, a 2.13% increase from the same period in 2024, though registered capital dropped 25.44% to 111.2 billion baht year-on-year. E-commerce led growth sectors with 1,296 registrations up 56.9% year-on-year, followed by restaurants and clothing retail businesses with 15.67% and 83.46% growth respectively. Business closures in June totaled 1,760 registrations with 6.8 billion baht in capital, while the first half saw 7,024 closures, up 12.49% from 2024. Overall, 2.09 million registered entities operate in Thailand with combined capital of 32.39 trillion baht, with 1.004 million actively operating businesses holding 23.81 trillion baht in registered capital.
