Mrs. Aromman Traiphathawittham, Director-General of the Department of Business Development The Ministry of Commerce revealed that the Department of Business Development analyzed the situation of new business registrations in February 2025 and found that there were 7,529 new business establishments, a decrease of 579 (-7.14%) compared to February 2024 (8,108 businesses), and a total registered capital of 16,335 million baht, a decrease of 4,027 million baht (-19.78%) compared to February 2024 (20,361 million baht). The top 3 businesses with the highest number of new establishments were: 1) General building construction businesses, 628 businesses, with a capital value of 1,340 million baht; 2) Real estate businesses, 473 businesses, with a capital of 2,117 million baht; and 3) Restaurant businesses, 339 businesses, with a capital of 610 million baht, accounting for 8.34%, 6.28%, and 4.50% of the total number of business establishments in February, respectively.

Accumulated new business establishments for the first 2 months of 2025 (January-February) There were 16,391 businesses, a decrease of 879 (-5.09%) compared to the same period in 2024 (17,270 businesses). The registered capital was 41,285 million baht, a decrease of 4,509 million baht (-9.85%) compared to the same period in 2024 (45,794 million baht). The top 3 businesses with the highest number of new establishments were: 1) General building construction business, 1,319 businesses, capital of 2,762 million baht; 2) Real estate business, 1,085 businesses, capital of 4,156 million baht; and 3) Restaurant business, 675 businesses, capital of 1,341 million baht, accounting for 8.05%, 6.62%, and 4.12% of the total number of business establishments in January-February 2025, respectively.

There were 787 business cessation registrations in February 2025, an increase of 81 businesses (11.47%) compared to February. 2024 (706 cases) and registered capital of 2,417 million baht, decreased by 730 million baht (-23.19%) compared to February 2024 (3,146 million baht). The top 3 types of businesses that closed down were 1) general building construction business 76 cases, capital 112 million baht, 2) real estate business 35 cases, registered capital of 131 million baht, and 3) restaurant business 34 cases, registered capital of 96 million baht, accounting for 9.66%, 4.45%, and 4.32% of the total number of business closures in February 2025, respectively.

The cumulative registration of closures in the first 2 months of 2025 (January-February) was 2,218 cases, increased by 320 cases (16.86%) compared to the same period of 2024 (1,898 cases). The cumulative registered capital of closures was 7,017 million baht, increased by 656 million baht. (10.31%) compared to the same period in 2024 (6,361 million baht), with the top 3 businesses that closed down being 1) general building construction businesses, 227 businesses, capital of 375 million baht, 2) restaurants/restaurants, 92 businesses, registered capital closed down of 274 million baht, and 3) real estate businesses, 87 businesses, registered capital closed down of 289 million baht, accounting for 10.23%, 4.15%, and 3.92% of the total number of business closures from January to February 2025, respectively.

Currently (data as of February 28, 2025), there are a total of 1,981,221 businesses registered as juristic persons, with a total registered capital of 30.61 trillion baht, with 935,839 juristic persons operating, with a total registered capital of 22.39 trillion baht, divided into 737,891 limited companies, or 78.85% of the total number of juristic persons operating. Total registered capital is 16.36 trillion baht, limited partnerships and juristic partnerships are 196,465 or 20.99% of the total number of juristic persons in operation, total registered capital is 0.43 trillion baht, and public limited companies are 1,483 or 0.16% of the total number of juristic persons in operation, total registered capital is 5.60 trillion baht. As for juristic persons in the service business group, it is the business type with the highest proportion of registrations, with 505,501 juristic persons, registered capital is 13 trillion baht, followed by the wholesale/retail business group with 306,896 juristic persons, capital is 2.54 trillion baht, and the manufacturing business is 123,442 juristic persons, capital is 6.84 trillion baht, accounting for 54.02%, 32.79%, and 13.19% of the total number of juristic persons in operation, respectively.

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