DBD DataWarehouse+ — Thai Company Records and Financial Statements
The Department of Business Development’s public company registry — check for free whether a company really exists, whether it is still trading, and what its accounts have looked like over the years.
datawarehouse.dbd.go.th
What you can do
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Search by name or 13-digit number
Type a registered name or the 13-digit number to find limited companies, limited partnerships and public companies registered in Thailand.
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The registry record as filed
Registration date, registered capital, business type by TSIC code, registered office, and whether the entity is still active or has been dissolved.
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Years of filed financial statements
Open the balance sheet and income statement filed for each year and read the trend yourself, without buying a report from anyone.
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Directors and signing authority
Check whether the person negotiating or signing is genuinely an authorised director before the paperwork binds anyone.
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Vet a counterparty before you pay
A few minutes before you place a deposit or extend credit confirms the other side legally exists and has not been wound up.
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Open data, free to use
Registry data is public by law, so looking it up costs nothing — there is no need to pay a third-party site for the same records.
What is DBD DataWarehouse+?
DBD DataWarehouse+ is the business data warehouse run by the Department of Business Development, part of Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce. It lets anyone look up a juristic person registered in Thailand — a limited company, a limited partnership or a public company — free of charge. What it shows comes from what those entities file with the registrar, which makes it the closest thing to a primary source that the public can reach.
This is open data. Entities registered in Thailand are obliged to file their registration details and annual financial statements with the department, and those filings are open to public inspection by law. Looking a company up is not snooping — it is the transparency mechanism the business registry was built around.
What the record contains
| Field | What it tells you | Caveat |
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| Registered name and 13-digit number | Confirms the counterparty legally exists and is the entity named in your contract | Trading names often differ from registered names — trust the number |
| Status | Active, dissolved, or in liquidation | “Active” does not prove the business is trading today |
| Registered capital | The capital declared at registration or at a later increase | Not cash in hand, and not a measure of financial strength |
| Directors and signing authority | Who can bind the entity when signing a document | The condition may require two or more directors to sign jointly |
| Registered office and TSIC business type | The address on file and the industry category declared | A registered address is not necessarily where work happens |
| Filed financial statements | The balance sheet and income statement filed for each year | The newest year appears only after filing and processing |
What people actually use it for
- Before paying a deposit or prepaying for goods, confirm the recipient is a real entity that has not been wound up — a few minutes that heads off problems which are painful to unwind later.
- Compare the financial health of several suppliers or contractors before picking one.
- Check that the quotation, the tax invoice and the contract all point to one registered name and one 13-digit number.
- Verify that whoever signs is an authorised director as recorded in the registry.
- Journalists and researchers trace directors whose names recur across several entities.
Limits to keep in mind before you decide
The registry answers two questions very well — does this entity exist, and what figures has it declared. It does not answer everything, and reading it with its boundaries in mind beats trusting a single screen.
- Financial statements look back to a closed accounting period, not to the day you open them.
- The registry does not reveal lawsuits, disputes or a history of missed payments.
- A company that has quietly stopped operating but never filed for dissolution still shows the same status as a working one.
- Sole traders and shops that were never incorporated do not appear here at all.
- Some deeper features, such as comparison reports or heavy browsing, may require a free account first.
Beware sites reselling the same records
Search a Thai company name and the first page of results is usually private sites that have scraped this same registry and repackaged it. Some show a fragment free and charge for the full report; some serve stale copies that no longer match the register. None is a government agency, and none can certify the accuracy of what it shows.
Why this page needs to exist
The department’s company registry is free for anyone to use, yet search engines can barely see it: a crawler’s request is bounced back to the same address, again and again, until the crawler gives up. The consequence shows up every time someone searches a Thai company name — private sites reselling this same public data rank first, while the free original never surfaces. This page is a signpost that search engines can read: it sets out what the registry holds, how to use it and where it stops, then hands the reader back to the official source that charges nothing. ThaiGov.co is an independent directory, unaffiliated with the department, and it collects no personal data and no fees from readers.
How to use it
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Get the registered name or the 13-digit number
The 13-digit number appears on tax invoices, receipts, letterheads and contracts. It is the most precise way in: no two entities share it, and it survives a change of company name.
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Open the official site yourself
Type the address yourself or use the official link on this page. Do not follow links from unsolicited email or chat, and confirm the domain ends in dbd.go.th before going further.
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Search, then match the right entity
Searching by name, enter just the distinctive words — no need for “Company” or “Limited” — then pick the result whose registration number matches the one your counterparty gave you, since similar names are common.
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Read the whole registry record
Check the status line first, then registration date, capital, business type, registered office and the list of directors — and compare each against the paperwork you were given. Any mismatch is worth asking about before you proceed.
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Open several years of statements at once
One year on its own says little. Line the years up and read the trend in revenue, profit or loss and shareholders’ equity. A sharp swing, or a year that is simply missing, is the point to ask more questions.
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Register free if you need the deeper tools
Basic lookups need no account, but deeper reports and heavier use may ask you to sign in first. Registration is free and goes directly to the agency.
Go to the official site
You are leaving ThaiGov.co for the agency’s official website — datawarehouse.dbd.go.th
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Frequently asked questions
Is it really free, and do I have to register?
Searching and reading the basic registry record is free and needs no sign-in — the data is already public. Deeper features, such as analysis reports or bulk browsing, may ask you to register first, and registering itself costs nothing. If a site charges you to see these records, it is not the department’s system.
I only know the shop name, not the number — can I still search?
Yes — you can search by registered name or by the 13-digit juristic person number. Trading names and brand names, though, often differ from the registered name. The most reliable route is to take the 13-digit number off a tax invoice, receipt or contract and search on that: the number is unique and stays the same even when a company renames itself.
Why can’t I find the company I’m looking for?
Most often the spelling does not match the registration — an extra or missing “Company Limited”, a slightly different transliteration, or an English search against a Thai-language registration. Try the distinctive part of the name on its own, without the prefix and suffix. The other common reason is that the business is not a juristic person at all: a shop run by an individual owner never appears in this registry.
Why is the most recent year’s financial statement missing?
Statements appear only after the entity has filed them within the period the law sets and the filing has been processed, so it is normal for the latest accounting year to be absent early in the following year. If a company shows no statements for several consecutive years while still listed as active, treat that as a question worth raising before you commit.
Can I use what I see here as a legal document?
What you see on screen is fine for a first check, but a screenshot is not an official document. For a contract, a court filing or opening a bank account you need a certificate of incorporation or a registrar-certified copy, requested through the department’s own channels, for the fee it publishes. Check the current rate on the official site.
How can I tell which company-data site is the official one?
Start with the domain: the department’s system sits under dbd.go.th and nowhere else. Plenty of private sites republish this same public data behind a membership or report fee — not illegal, but they are not a government agency and their copies can be out of date. If a site asks for your ID card number or card details merely to view an ordinary company record, back out and go to the official system yourself.