Thailand Proposes New Fee Structure Rules For Ride-Hailing And On-Demand Delivery

The Trade Competition Commission of Thailand (TCCT) is seeking public comments on a draft notification that would regulate service fee structures for ride-hailing and on-demand delivery services. The public hearing is open until November 19, 2026.

The draft notification proposes a framework governing service fee structures in Thailand’s ride-hailing and on-demand delivery sectors. According to the draft, these services play an important role as public services—which the draft also characterizes as “essential facilities”—and operate through multisided platform business models that rely on algorithm-based pricing mechanisms, including GP (gross profit) commissions and surge pricing. The proposed framework seeks to address concerns relating to market power, competition, consumer welfare, and fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRaND) treatment of drivers and workers in the platform economy.