Location· CityMETER · Thailand
Read a lending network through its places of service
Non-bank Branch & Office NetworksThe non-bank inventory shows 23,524 branches associated with 1,233 lenders. A list of companies and a map of service locations answer different questions. Comparing providers begins to show how familiar names are represented through their recorded branch networks.
A view inside CityMETER
Thailand · inspected on 10 October 2026 · branches, offices and legal entities remain distinct · the captured VS view compares Muangthai Capital with Srisawad Power 2014.
- Data period
- Pico: 18 Sep 2026 · BOT licences: 23 Sep 2026
- Coverage
- Lenders in the branch file and recorded Pico offices
- Level of detail
- Branches · offices · companies · licence categories
- Publisher
- DBD · FPO · BOT, by source role
One company name can lead to many locations
A marketing enquiry might begin with two provider names. At branch level, the question becomes geographical: where are their service locations represented? Keeping lender counts separate from branch counts prevents the conversation from confusing the size of a company list with the size of a network. Choose providers relevant to the assignment and examine their records within the same area. That gives subsequent research a bounded scope. Colleagues can see why those organisations were selected and which service locations belong in the comparison before they begin fieldwork.
Give the comparison a shared geography
VS mode allows two providers to be placed side by side. The captured example selects Muangthai Capital and Srisawad Power 2014. The next enquiry concerns their records in the area relevant to the work, using the same counting unit. From there, choose the locations that need follow-up. A visit or source check can establish whether a record represents a branch or an office and whether its address matches the intended destination. The comparison becomes more useful as those individual location questions are resolved and retained with the records.
Company information adds a different layer
Company and licence information describe the provider, while branch records describe recorded locations. Read them together while preserving the unit of each layer. For a market-research team, this distinction organises the next work: some questions belong in a registry, while others belong at a service location. Where names vary, retaining the legal name and reference helps the enquiry return to the same entity. The result is a clearer relationship between organisation and place, without forcing unlike records into one combined count that would be difficult to explain later.
Take a service question into the field
The map makes a broad network question concrete enough to study through a list of places. Choose an area and prepare a short checking agenda: address, access and the service questions to put to the provider. Keep the answers distinct from the registry information. When the team reviews its work, it can see which part of the picture came from the branch inventory and which part was learned through contact or observation. That separation makes the investigation easier to update and gives future research a clear place to resume.
Explore your own place
Compare two providers in VS mode using the same area and counting unit, then prepare service locations for direct follow-up.
Sources and reading notesPublisher, period, coverage and references
Specialist source
- Data publisher
- DBD / Fiscal Policy Office / Bank of Thailand, by source role
- Source
- DBD branch records support branches; FPO supports Pico offices; BOT supports licence information matched by company name. These are distinct sources and counting units.
- Data period
- DBD branch vintage unknown; Pico 18 September 2026; BOT licence information 23 September 2026.
- Coverage
- Lenders in the branch file and Pico offices in the source records
- Level of detail
- Keep branch, office, headquarters, company and licence categories separate; coordinates are incomplete
Further notes for comparison or citation
No matched licence does not mean unlicensed. Branch counts do not measure lending volumes or demand.
An unmatched name or missing licence chip does not mean unlicensed. Licence categories can overlap. Branch counts are not loan volume, credit demand or debt risk.
Captured on 10 October 2026. Values and available controls may change in the live service.
