🇹🇭How to verify a supplier in Thailand
To verify a supplier in Thailand, look the company up for free in the official DBD, Department of Business Development and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns registered name, registration number, registered capital, business objective, and status; the DBD DataWarehouse (datawarehouse.dbd.go.th) adds financials.
The official registry
- Registry
- DBD, Department of Business Development
- Company ID
- 13-digit juristic person registration number
- Cost
- Free basic lookup
- Active status
- Status shows registered/active vs dissolved; capital and filed objective help confirm a genuine operating business.
- Thailand is outside the EU, so there is no VIES check, the DBD juristic-person status is the primary existence-and-liveness proof.
Verify it in four steps
1. Open the DBD, Department of Business Development
DBD, Department of Business Development is the official government record of companies in Thailand. Basic name or number search is free.
2. Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its 13-digit juristic person registration number. If the name does not match cleanly, treat it as a red flag, it may be a trade name, a different entity, or wrong.
3. Confirm it is active, not struck off
Status shows registered/active vs dissolved; capital and filed objective help confirm a genuine operating business.
4. Check it makes what it sells
A real factory carries a manufacturing activity code and a consistent trade history; a middleman reselling everything is the most common mismatch.
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice. For the full method, see the 7 checks that separate a real supplier from a scam.
We do this check for you
On every Thailand company we list, we show what the open record says, each linked to its free public source so you can re-check it yourself, no paid badge. And we go past the big directories to the local and craft makers who are too small for them but real, then verify and sort them, so you find genuine Thailand suppliers, not just the loudest.
Questions
Is checking a Thailand supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the DBD, Department of Business Development is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Thailand company have?
Its 13-digit juristic person registration number. Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the DBD, Department of Business Development and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Thailand supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
The registry's activity code is the tell: a manufacturing code means a real maker, a wholesale or retail code means a trader. Thailand is outside the EU, so there is no VIES check, the DBD juristic-person status is the primary existence-and-liveness proof.