Registering a company in Krabi: accommodation, tours, boats and restaurants
How to incorporate in Krabi: the provincial filing point, choosing a registered address that matches your business, the local sectors — accommodation and villa rental, tours and boat operations, restaurants and bars, resort construction and maintenance, retail and souvenirs — and the accounting and tax work that follows.
Zura Labs & Business Hub Co., Ltd.
A Krabi company can be filed at the Krabi Provincial Business Development Office or online through DBD e-Registration. Steps and documents are the same nationwide; what differs is the local business context. Krabi lives on tourism: accommodation, tours and boats, restaurants and the construction that supports them. These activities need specific licences tied to premises and responsible persons. We hold no office in Krabi, so you register at your own address there or use our Bangkok (Wang Thonglang) or Khon Kaen (Na Mueang Road) office address.
Reviewed 2026-09-14 by the Zura Labs corporate services team.
- Provincial filing point
- the Krabi Provincial Business Development Office, or online e-Registration
- Local tax authority
- Krabi Area Revenue Office for the tax ID and VAT registration
- Registered address we can provide
- Bangkok (Wang Thonglang) or Khon Kaen (Na Mueang Road) only — we hold no office in Krabi
- Common local sectors
- accommodation and villa rental, tours and boat operations, restaurants and bars, resort construction and maintenance, retail and souvenirs
- Social security
- Register as an employer within 30 days of the first hire, at the SSO office covering the registered address
- Travel required?
- Not for registration or monthly accounting — documents and filing are handled remotely
How this works in practice
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Choose the address to match the real business
Accommodation, restaurants and boat operations must use the real Krabi location, because hotel licences, food-premises licences and vessel documents attach directly to the site and the boat. Marketing, online booking, consulting or management companies can use our Bangkok or Khon Kaen address.
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Reserve the name and cover local work in the objectives
Cover accommodation, food and beverage, rental property management, and tour operations only if you will obtain the tour business licence, because selling tours without it is an offence with clear penalties.
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File, get the tax ID, then assess VAT
File the set at the Krabi Provincial Business Development Office or online. Once the affidavit is issued, obtain the tax ID. For VAT, look at combined income across channels: above 1.8 million baht a year you must register within 30 days, and businesses with heavy input VAT often register from day one to reclaim it.
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Set up books, payroll and documents from month one
Open the company bank account and route every transaction through it, keep input tax invoices, maintain VAT reports if registered, withhold the correct income type on every service payment, and register with social security within 30 days of the first hire.
Reasons this gets delayed or rejected
Using an address without right-of-use documents
Registration and VAT both require a consent letter or lease plus the owner's title documents. A verbal arrangement typically fails at the premises inspection.
Renting rooms nightly without the right licence
Short-stay accommodation is subject to hotel law and local rules; taking bookings through a platform does not remove that. Check the building's status and licences before opening for bookings.
Collecting into a personal account after incorporating
Company income stops matching cash flow, costs paid personally are usually disallowed, and it is the most commonly reassessed mismatch.
Answers to the questions we hear most
I am in Krabi — can I register in Bangkok?
Yes, provided the business needs no warehouse, factory or storefront requiring a local permit. The company is registered in Bangkok while you operate from Krabi; we handle documents and filing remotely.
Can foreigners run tourism businesses in Krabi?
Two separate questions apply: shareholding and activity under the Foreign Business Act, and the activity's own licence — tour operations, for example, have their own conditions. Structure it correctly before investing.
How long does registration take?
Our side — documents, name reservation and filing — usually takes 3–7 working days once shareholders can sign and the papers are complete. The affidavit date depends on the registrar's queue and review, so we give ranges rather than fixed dates.
Should I register for VAT immediately?
It depends on input VAT and your customers. Heavy input purchases or corporate customers needing tax invoices make early registration worthwhile, at the cost of monthly filings. We model both options on your real figures first.
Do you have a team in Krabi?
No. We work from our Bangkok and Khon Kaen offices and serve Krabi remotely for registration, monthly accounting and website work. We say so plainly rather than imply a local branch.
What does it cost?
We quote per case, because scope varies with the number of shareholders, registered capital, VAT, monthly document volume and any licences. You get a written scope and price before we start.
This is general preparation information, not case-specific legal or accounting advice. Government fees, processing times and conditions change with official announcements. We review each guide on a schedule and show the review date on the page.