Human Health Grew Thailand's Filer Base Fastest in 2026
In short
Human health and social work grew its filing base 12.1 percent from 2023 to 2024, the fastest of Thailand's 18 measurable industry sections, as of 14 August 2026. The section added 980 new filers, rising from 8,093 to 9,073 companies. Other services followed at 11.0 percent, then arts and entertainment at 9.3 percent. The whole company register grew filers just 3.5 percent over the same year, so health and social work expanded more than three times the national pace.
Which industry section added filers the fastest?
Human health and social work answers the question. Its filing companies rose from 8,093 in 2023 to 9,073 in 2024, a gain of 980 companies and a growth rate of 12.1 percent (DBD, 2026). No other of Thailand's 18 measurable industry sections grew faster over that year. Other services placed second at 11.0 percent, adding 819 filers. Arts, entertainment and recreation placed third at 9.3 percent, and education placed fourth at 8.9 percent. The entire company register, all sections combined, added filers at just 3.5 percent over the same period, so health and social work expanded more than three times the national rate. This is the cleanest year pair available in the registry right now. The 2025 filing year still lags because companies file their statements with a delay, so its filer count of 714,157 sits below 2024's 729,128 even though 2025 is the later year. Comparing 2023 against 2024 avoids that trap and gives a true read on which section is actually pulling ahead.
Filer growth by industry section, 2023 to 2024
- Human health and social work12
- Other services11
- Arts, entertainment and recreation9
- Education9
- Accommodation and food service8
- Real estate6
- Professional, scientific and technical5
- Financial and insurance5
- Administrative and support4
- All sections, national4
- Wholesale and retail trade3
- Manufacturing1
- Construction1
Figures in percent growth in filing companies.
Health, social services and personal services sections led. Wholesale and retail trade, the largest section by filer count, grew just 2.7 percent, and construction, the third largest, barely grew at all.
All 18 measurable industry sections ranked by filer growth
| Industry section | Filers 2023 | Filers 2024 | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human health and social work | 8,093 | 9,073 | 12.11% |
| Other services | 7,434 | 8,253 | 11.02% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 5,555 | 6,070 | 9.27% |
| Education | 5,292 | 5,762 | 8.88% |
| Accommodation and food service | 31,615 | 34,235 | 8.29% |
| Real estate | 71,501 | 75,985 | 6.27% |
| Professional, scientific and technical | 57,918 | 60,825 | 5.02% |
| Financial and insurance | 15,293 | 16,017 | 4.73% |
| Administrative and support | 38,182 | 39,849 | 4.37% |
| Water supply and waste management | 2,076 | 2,151 | 3.61% |
| Electricity and gas | 3,245 | 3,357 | 3.45% |
| Information and communication | 20,851 | 21,435 | 2.80% |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 235,022 | 241,377 | 2.70% |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 7,863 | 8,000 | 1.74% |
| Manufacturing | 84,495 | 85,743 | 1.48% |
| Transportation and storage | 29,669 | 30,103 | 1.46% |
| Mining and quarrying | 1,990 | 2,010 | 1.01% |
| Construction | 78,244 | 78,883 | 0.82% |
Filing companies by industry section, 2023 versus 2024, ranked by growth rate. Public administration, households and extraterritorial organizations carry too few filers to rank.
Why the fastest filer base matters more than the biggest one
A filer count measures something different from a headline registration count. It counts companies that actually submitted a financial statement for that year, so it tracks businesses that opened their books and kept operating, not just ones that signed paperwork at a registry desk. Health and social work growing fastest fits Thailand's own demographic arithmetic. An aging population and rising private clinic, nursing home and home care demand give this section a filer pipeline that wholesale and retail trade, construction and manufacturing, Thailand's three largest sections by raw count, no longer match. The comparison to the United Kingdom sharpens the point rather than just decorating it. Companies House data for 2026 shows business and domestic software development as Britain's fastest growing incorporation category, up nearly 38 percent, part of a broader run toward professional and business services (GOV.UK, 2026). Thailand's registry shows no equivalent software surge in its filer data. Its fastest growing section instead sits in care work, personal services and culture, the domestic sectors closest in spirit to a business services boom because they too run on services delivered by people rather than goods moved in bulk. Two economies, two different services stories, and the filer data is precise enough to tell them apart. Anyone underwriting a healthcare clinic chain, staffing a home care franchise or pricing a small business loan book in Thailand should treat human health and social work as the section with real momentum behind it, not just steady size.
Definitions
- Filing company
- A registered company that submitted a financial statement for a given statement year. This is a narrower and more current measure of activity than total registrations, since it excludes companies that registered but never filed.
- Industry section
- One of the 21 broad, lettered categories in the ISIC classification that the DBD registry assigns to every company, such as human health and social work or construction. Sections are built up here from more detailed 5 digit TSIC industry codes.
- Filing lag
- The delay between the end of a company's financial year and the date it submits its statement to the registry. It means the most recent statement year in the data is always undercounted until enough time passes for late filings to arrive.
- Year over year growth
- The percentage change in a section's filer count between two consecutive statement years, calculated as the change divided by the earlier year's count.
Assumptions
- Growth is measured in filing companies, which submitted a statement for that year, not in total registered companies, which may include entities that never file.
- The 2024 to 2025 year pair was deliberately avoided because 2025 filings are still arriving, which would understate every section's growth if used as the endpoint.
- Public administration, households and extraterritorial organizations are excluded from the ranking because their filer counts are too small for a stable growth rate.
- The UK comparison is illustrative of a services led formation pattern, not a claim that Thailand and the UK are growing the same underlying industries.
Methodology
Filing companies are counted from the market_tsic_year_insight aggregate table in the DBD registry, summed from 5 digit TSIC industry codes up to the 21 lettered ISIC sections using the section mapping in market_tsic_insight. A filing company is one that submitted a financial statement for that statement year, converted here from the Buddhist calendar year the registry stores internally. The 2023 to 2024 pair was chosen deliberately over the more recent 2024 to 2025 pair because financial statements are filed with a lag, so the most recent complete year in the registry as of 14 August 2026 is 2024, and 2025 remains undercounted until more statements arrive. Sections with negligible filer counts, public administration, households and extraterritorial organizations, are excluded from the ranking because a handful of filers produces an unstable growth rate. Growth rates are simple year over year percentage changes in each section's summed filer count, not compound annual rates.
How we verified this
- Recomputed human health and social work growth as 9073 minus 8093, divided by 8093, giving 12.108 percent, rounded to 12.1 percent, matching the brief.
- Recomputed national filer growth as 729128 minus 704338, divided by 704338, giving 3.519 percent, rounded to 3.5 percent.
- Divided the section growth rate by the national rate, 12.108 divided by 3.519, giving 3.44, confirming health and social work grew more than three times the national pace.
- Summed 2023 filers across all 18 ranked sections and got 704338, matching the independently queried national 2023 total exactly.
- Summed 2024 filers across all 18 ranked sections and got 729128, matching the independently queried national 2024 total exactly.
- Confirmed 2025 filers of 714157 sit below the 2024 total of 729128, verifying the filing lag that rules out using 2024 to 2025 as the comparison year pair.
- Ranked all 18 sections by 2024 filer count and found wholesale and retail trade largest at 241377, manufacturing second at 85743, and construction third at 78883, correcting an earlier draft that had misnamed construction as the largest section.
References
- Department of Business Development. (2026). Registered juristic persons and financial statement filings by industry code. Ministry of Commerce, Thailand. https://www.dbd.go.th/
- GOV.UK. (2026). Incorporated companies in the UK: April to June 2026. Companies House. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incorporated-companies-in-the-uk-april-to-june-2026/incorporated-companies-in-the-uk-april-to-june-2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Thai industry section grew its filer base fastest from 2023 to 2024?
Human health and social work, growing 12.1 percent as its filing companies rose from 8,093 to 9,073.
Why use 2023 to 2024 instead of the most recent year available?
Financial statements file with a lag, so 2025 filer counts are still incomplete as of 14 August 2026. The 2023 to 2024 pair is the most recent clean comparison the registry supports.
How does the fastest growing section compare to the national rate?
Human health and social work grew 12.1 percent while the whole company register grew filers just 3.5 percent, so it expanded more than three times as fast as the national average.
Which section grew filers the slowest?
Construction, at just 0.82 percent, despite being the second largest section on the register by company count.
Cite this page
Chatpong L. (2026). Human Health Grew Thailand's Filer Base Fastest in 2026. Max Data Insights. https://maxdatathailand.com/insights/which-thai-industry-section-grew-its-filer-base-fastest-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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