Stores, retail, and shopping

Open DBD retail and juristic person records.

Official legal-entity layer for checking whether a company exists and what it is registered to do. It does not prove every physical store branch, opening hours, products, reviews, or inventory.

Free registration Open-DBD public datasets and API-style catalog resources for juristic-person records, new registrations, dissolved businesses, status, names, capital, objectives, and address fields Free public/open data where published Monthly for active/business status; weekly/monthly for new registrations Open source
Runtime role

Catalog only

Access class

Free registration

Access type

Open-DBD public datasets and API-style catalog resources for juristic-person records, new registrations, dissolved businesses, status, names, capital, objectives, and address fields

Free status

Free public/open data where published

Cadence

Monthly for active/business status; weekly/monthly for new registrations

Last verified

2026-05-11

Access class note

Publicly reachable, but account creation, an API key, or registration flow may be required.

Used in layers

page reference only

Useful fields

store/place ID, name, Thai/English aliases, brand, operator, legal entity, DBD number, RD VAT/VRT flag, regulated license, category, format, address, floor/unit, lat/lon, opening hours, phone, website, products, GTIN, price, inventory status, reviews, rating, photos, source ID

Reliability rating

High for official context; validate endpoint availability before automation.

Runtime truth

Runtime role

Catalog only

Production ready

Not yet

Entity scope

No runtime entity scope yet.

Observation scope

No live observation ingestion yet.

Decision scope

Not wired into active decisions yet.

Runtime note

Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.

How this helps travel recommendations

Turns shopping and essentials planning into source-backed confidence: where the store is, whether it is open, whether the business/license/tax status can be validated, whether products or prices are official context or private inventory, and which source can actually prove the claim.

Developer reference

Best endpoint

Use OSM as the free shop POI spine, Google/Longdo/NOSTRA/Foursquare for licensed POI and hours enrichment, brand locators for chain branches, DBD/RD for legal and tax identity, FDA/Excise/OTOP/Thong Fah/ETDA for regulated and special store types, DIT/MOC/BOT/TPSO for price context, GS1 for products, and marketplace APIs only with seller/partner authorization.

Recommended refresh

Refresh weekly and record the publication date separately from fetch time.

Travel scoring role

Turns shopping and essentials planning into source-backed confidence: where the store is, whether it is open, whether the business/license/tax status can be validated, whether products or prices are official context or private inventory, and which source can actually prove the claim.

Comparable / backup source

OSM/Overpass, Google Places, Longdo, NOSTRA, Foursquare, brand locators, mall directories, Open DBD, GDX/DBD, Revenue Department VAT/VRT datasets, ETDA, Thai FDA, Excise, DIT/MOC, TPSO/BTEI, BOT, GS1 Thailand, OTOP, Thong Fah, Shopee, Lazada, LINE MAN/Wongnai, and retailer/chain partner feeds.

Example request

# Verify the documented store endpoint before production use.
curl -L "https://opendata.dbd.go.th/" -H "Accept: application/json"

Failure modes

  • There is no single all-store Thailand API.
  • Business registry records do not prove every physical branch or opening hours.
  • VAT branches can be offices, warehouses, or non-public establishments.
  • POI records do not prove legal entity, VAT status, or regulated license.
  • Brand locators are accurate but siloed by chain.
  • Hours, holiday closures, mall hours, and temporary closures are volatile.
  • Store inventory and exact shelf price are usually private unless a retailer or marketplace authorizes access.
  • Official price datasets are usually category/market context, not branch-level shelf prices.
  • Commercial POI/review/photo APIs have licensing and caching limits.
  • Free registration, keys, or rate limits can interrupt automated refresh.

Last checked and source confidence

Last checked: 2026-05-11.

Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.