Thai Provinces With the Biggest Count vs Revenue Rank Gap 2026
In short
Chai Nat has the biggest count versus revenue rank gap of any Thai province, ranking 68th by company count but 42nd by total revenue, a 26 spot gap. Samut Songkhram follows with a 21 spot gap and Sing Buri with 19. Phayao shows the opposite pattern, ranking 52nd by company count but slipping to 72nd by revenue, a 20 spot gap the other way. Across all 77 provinces, a province's rank by how many companies it hosts and its rank by how much revenue those companies book rarely line up.
Which province has the biggest count versus revenue rank gap?
Chai Nat carries the widest mismatch in the country. It ranks 68th out of 77 provinces by number of registered companies but climbs to 42nd by total revenue, a gap of 26 places, based on paired rank calculations over entity count and total revenue in the province registry as of 17 Jul 2026 (DBD, 2026). Samut Songkhram is next, 71st by company count and 50th by revenue, a 21 spot gap. Sing Buri sits close behind at a 19 spot gap, 73rd by count and 54th by revenue. These are small provinces whose revenue outruns their company headcount. Phayao runs the pattern in reverse. It ranks a respectable 52nd by company count, ahead of more than half the country, yet falls to 72nd by revenue, a 20 spot drop. Lampang and Nong Khai show the same reverse pattern, each falling 18 and 15 spots from count rank to revenue rank.
Rank gap between company count and revenue, by province
- Chai Nat26
- Samut Songkhram21
- Sing Buri19
- Chumphon18
- Prachin Buri18
- Kamphaeng Phet15
- Mukdahan15
- Nong Khai-15
- Lampang-18
- Phayao-20
Figures in rank positions, count rank minus revenue rank.
A positive bar means the province ranks higher in revenue than in company count. A negative bar means the opposite, a province with plenty of companies but comparatively little revenue.
Provinces with the widest count versus revenue rank gap
| Province | Company count rank | Revenue rank | Rank gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chai Nat | 68 | 42 | 26 |
| Samut Songkhram | 71 | 50 | 21 |
| Sing Buri | 73 | 54 | 19 |
| Chumphon | 48 | 30 | 18 |
| Prachin Buri | 30 | 12 | 18 |
| Kamphaeng Phet | 47 | 32 | 15 |
| Mukdahan | 64 | 49 | 15 |
| Nong Khai | 46 | 61 | -15 |
| Lampang | 26 | 44 | -18 |
| Phayao | 52 | 72 | -20 |
Ranked by absolute rank gap among 77 provinces, as of 17 Jul 2026.
Why the gap matters
A rank gap this size tells you a province's revenue is not simply a function of how many companies it hosts. Chai Nat books about 27.7 million baht of revenue per company on average, and Prachin Buri books roughly 80.8 million baht per company, both signs of a small roster of larger, more capital intensive businesses rather than a mass of small shops. Phayao and Lampang show the mirror image, with a broad base of registered companies that individually book far less revenue, averaging around 6.3 million baht per company in Phayao against a national average of about 40.3 million baht per company. For anyone reading provincial rankings as a proxy for economic weight, this gap is the warning label. A province can look busy on a company count map and still trail badly on revenue, or look sparse on the map and still carry outsized weight in the ledger. Site selection, credit models and regional policy that lean on headcount alone will misjudge both kinds of province.
Definitions
- Entity count
- The number of registered companies recorded against a province in the DBD registry.
- Total revenue
- The sum of reported revenue across all companies registered in a province that have filed a financial statement.
- Rank
- A province's position when all 77 provinces are sorted from highest to lowest on a given metric, with rank 1 being the highest.
- Rank gap
- The difference between a province's count rank and its revenue rank for the same province. A large gap in either direction means the two rankings disagree sharply.
- Revenue per company
- Total revenue divided by entity count for a province, a rough measure of average company size in revenue terms.
Assumptions
- A company's province is its registered address, which can differ from where it actually operates, especially for firms with a head office in one province and plants or branches elsewhere.
- Total revenue reflects only companies that filed a financial statement, so provinces with lower filing rates may understate their true revenue rank.
- Ranks are recomputed from the two raw metrics at query time and can shift slightly as new financial statements are filed and the registry refreshes.
Methodology
For each of Thailand's 77 provinces, including Bangkok, we ranked entity_count and total_revenue from the DBD registry aggregate table, last computed 17 Jul 2026, using a paired rank function over each metric independently, then took the difference between a province's count rank and its revenue rank. A positive gap means the province ranks better on revenue than on company count. A negative gap means the opposite. Two provinces with unclassified or missing province codes were excluded from the ranking. All figures are aggregate company statistics from filed and registered records, not survey or self-reported estimates.
How we verified this
- Chai Nat's rank gap was recomputed as count rank minus revenue rank: 68 minus 42 equals 26, the largest positive gap among all 77 provinces.
- Phayao's rank gap was recomputed as revenue rank minus count rank: 72 minus 52 equals 20, the largest negative gap among all 77 provinces.
- The province count of 77 was confirmed by counting rows with a non null province code in the source table, matching the 76 provinces plus Bangkok noted in the data guide.
- Chai Nat's revenue per company was recomputed as total revenue divided by entity count: 80,256,857,781.90 divided by 2,897 equals about 27.7 million baht per company.
- Phayao's revenue per company was recomputed the same way: 27,572,918,514.32 divided by 4,408 equals about 6.3 million baht per company, against a national average of total revenue divided by total entity count across all provinces of about 40.3 million baht per company.
References
- Department of Business Development. (2026). Registered juristic persons and financial statement aggregates by province. Ministry of Commerce, Thailand. https://www.dbd.go.th/
- Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council. (2024). Gross regional and provincial product (GPP). NESDC, Office of the Prime Minister, Thailand. https://www.nesdc.go.th/en/info/gross-regional-and-provincial-product-gpp/
Frequently asked questions
Which Thai province has the biggest gap between its rank by company count and its rank by revenue?
Chai Nat, ranking 68th by company count but 42nd by total revenue, a 26 spot gap, the widest of any of Thailand's 77 provinces as of 17 Jul 2026.
Which province ranks much worse in revenue than in company count?
Phayao ranks 52nd by company count but drops to 72nd by revenue, a 20 spot gap, the largest gap running in that direction.
How is the rank gap calculated?
Every province is ranked separately by entity count and by total revenue, then one rank is subtracted from the other for that same province, using the DBD registry aggregate as of 17 Jul 2026.
Does a big rank gap mean a province is doing well or badly?
Neither on its own. A positive gap means fewer, larger companies drive more revenue than the headcount suggests. A negative gap means a large roster of companies each books comparatively little revenue.
Cite this page
Chatpong L. (2026). Thai Provinces With the Biggest Count vs Revenue Rank Gap 2026. Max Data Insights. https://maxdatathailand.com/insights/thai-provinces-with-the-biggest-count-vs-revenue-rank-gap-2026
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Written by
Chatpong L.Founder, Max Data, Max Solutions Co., Ltd.
Chatpong L. leads Max Data, a company-intelligence platform built on Thailand's official business registry. He writes about the structure of the Thai economy using primary registry data. His work covers company formation, industry concentration, and regional business activity.
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