Can foreigners be shareholders?

Foreign investors can hold shares in a Thai company, but the available structure and any ownership or licensing conditions depend on the proposed activities and investor profile. Corporly reviews these before confirming the registration route.

Does the service include DBD filing?

For engagements that include filing, Corporly prepares the documents, coordinates signatures and submits or coordinates the submission to the DBD. The filing scope is confirmed before work begins.

Thai Limited Company Registration

Register a Thai private limited company from documents prepared on your instructions.

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For: Founders whose shareholders and directors are already agreed
You get: Incorporation documents, name reservation and DBD filing support
Fee: Fixed professional fee for a standard registration. Foreign ownership or a regulated activity is quoted after a scope review. Government charges are shown separately.

In short

A Thai private limited company is registered with the Department of Business Development (DBD) and needs at least two promoters. Corporly, a Thai business legal service led by a Thai-licensed lawyer, reserves the company name, prepares the incorporation documents from your instructions and supports the DBD filing where that is in scope. A standard registration has a fixed professional fee.

Company type: Thai private limited company, registered with the Department of Business Development (DBD)
Promoters: At least two, since 6 February 2023
Foreign shareholders: A company 50% or more foreign-owned is foreign under the Foreign Business Act and goes to a scope review first
After registration: The first general meeting is held within six months, then at least once every 12 months
What Corporly delivers: Name reservation, incorporation documents and DBD filing support where in scope
Fee basis: Fixed professional fee for a standard registration; government charges shown separately

Last reviewed: 12 October 2026

Start here

Filing it yourselfThe free registration checklist sets out what to prepare before you file.Read the checklist Have Corporly prepare itPaid preparation: answer the intake questions and the documents are prepared from your instructions.Start registration Foreign owners or a licence questionHave the setup route reviewed before registration, quoted separately.Check the setup route

What’s covered

Company-name check and reservation
Incorporation documents from your instructions
Structured shareholder and director intake
Legal review where the engagement includes it
DBD filing support, where in scope

Not included

Foreign Business Licence or BOI application
Licensing beyond standard registration
Fixed registration timing

How it works

01
Complete the intake
Questions on the company, shareholders and directors.
02
Confirmed scope
Documents, fees and government charges confirmed.
03
Prepare and file
Documents approved by you, then filed and tracked.

Have ready: Company name and one or two alternatives · Shareholders and directors · Registered office address

Documents are prepared from fixed, lawyer-approved templates. A lawyer reviews the prepared documents where the engagement includes that review, and foreign ownership or a regulated activity goes to a lawyer's scope review before anything is filed.

FAQ

Corporly focuses on the Thai private limited company, the most common structure for operating a business in Thailand. Matters involving foreign shareholders or regulated activities first undergo a scope review to confirm the appropriate route.

Fixed professional fee for a standard registration. Foreign ownership or a regulated activity is quoted after a scope review. Government charges are shown separately.

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