Grab, Bolt, and InDrive in Thailand.

These apps are now regulated

Grab, Bolt and InDrive are no longer unregulated. On 12 June 2026, Thailand's transport ministry named eight app-hire providers at a policy meeting. The eight are Grab, Bolt, InDrive, TADA, MAXIM, LINE MAN, Lalamove and FINGOGO. A new framework now covers driver licences, insurance, data access, vehicle checks, and lawful registration.

This isn't the start of regulation. It's a later stage. Thailand's Department of Land Transport (DLT) has had legal rules for app-hire cars since a 2021 regulation. The 2026 changes bring drivers, cars and apps into fuller compliance with a rule that already existed.

How the rules connect

In 2026, Thailand's digital-platform regulator, ETDA, added a rule of its own. Ride-hailing apps must drop drivers and cars that don't meet DLT's licence rules. So two sets of rules now meet: road-transport law and digital-platform law, both aimed at the same eight apps.

Airport pickup is documented for Grab, specifically. Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports each have an official Grab pickup page. That doesn't mean Bolt or InDrive can't pick up there too. It just means Grab is the one with a public record.

This page won't track which app covers which area, how many drivers are online, or current deals. Those change too fast for a static page. What stays fixed is the law: the regulated category, the eight named apps, and the licence rules for drivers and cars.