The area-level data view of Chonburi's rental market beyond Pattaya -- corporate and open-market condo rents across Sriracha, Amata Nakorn, Laem Chabang and Chonburi City/Bang Saen, REIC's official Q1 2025 transfer data, the wider EEC unsold-stock overhang, and a disclosed-methodology look at yield. Sourced and methodology-disclosed; indicative and educational, never investment advice.
Chonburi's rental market runs on a different engine outside Pattaya: corporate and industrial demand from Sriracha's Japanese business community, the Amata Nakorn industrial estate and the Laem Chabang port, with 1-bedroom rents ranging from roughly 7,000 THB/month in Chonburi City to 14,000-26,000 THB/month in Sriracha's premium corporate stock. REIC data shows Chonburi's Q1 2025 transfers actually fell 8.5% in units and 9.8% in value year-on-year -- yet Chonburi still commands roughly 70% of the entire EEC region's transfer market by value, even as the wider EEC carries a disclosed THB 270 billion unsold-stock overhang. No official gross-yield benchmark exists for these submarkets; compiled advisory sources suggest a similar 5-7% range to other Thai secondary cities.
Drawn from BAANLYY's own Chonburi rental-market guide, cross-checked against current portal listings (RentHub, PropertyHub, Thailand-Property) for consistency as of mid-2026:
| Area | Typical monthly rent, 1BR (THB) | Typical stock | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chonburi City / Bang Saen | ~7,000-14,000 | Condo / apartment / house (1BR) | The local, value end of the market -- Chonburi's own provincial capital and the Bang Saen beach suburb, serving Thai residents and a smaller expat population than the EEC's corporate hubs. |
| Laem Chabang | ~8,000-15,000 | Condo / apartment (1BR) | Functional housing built around Thailand's largest deep-sea port and logistics hub -- shift and technical staff, well-connected but not a lifestyle destination. |
| Amata Nakorn | ~10,000-18,000 | Condo / apartment (1BR) | Housing clustered around one of Thailand's largest industrial estates -- a mixed Thai and international workforce, condo supply purpose-built for the estate's employees and management. |
| Sriracha | ~14,000-26,000 | Condo / serviced apartment (1BR) | Chonburi's premium corporate submarket, anchored by a large Japanese and international business community -- the highest rents in this report, with newer serviced apartments aimed at relocating managers running well above this range. |
Unlike Pattaya, there is no high-season/low-season swing in Chonburi's industrial submarkets -- demand splits instead between employer-arranged corporate housing and the open market, with Sriracha, Amata Nakorn and Laem Chabang leaning heavily corporate. Newer, premium serviced apartments aimed at relocating managers in central Sriracha can run well above the ranges shown here -- current listings for renovated units start around THB 29,900/month for a studio and reach THB 41,900/month for a two-bedroom. See BAANLYY's Chonburi rental market guide for the full corporate-vs-open-market breakdown, lease terms and deposits.
The core officially sourced data in this report comes from Thailand's Real Estate Information Center (REIC): in Q1 2025, Chonburi recorded 6,621 residential unit transfers worth THB 17.5 billion, a decline of 8.5% in units and 9.8% in value year-on-year. Despite that softening, Chonburi remained the largest residential market of any Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) province by a wide margin, holding roughly 70% of the EEC's total transfer market share -- a scale gap that reflects both Pattaya's residential depth and the province's broader industrial base. In the same period, Chonburi's land-price index rose 33.6% year-on-year, a rise REIC attributes largely to growth in Pattaya's residential market specifically rather than the industrial submarkets this report focuses on. Zooming out, the wider EEC region (Chonburi, Rayong and Chachoengsao) carried a reported THB 270 billion overhang of unsold housing stock -- 64,644 units -- as of H1 2025, a genuine oversupply signal worth weighing against any bullish pitch for a specific EEC development.
BAANLYY could not identify a single official CBRE, JLL or REIC gross-yield benchmark specific to Sriracha, Amata Nakorn or Laem Chabang -- these are industrial and corporate-housing submarkets rather than the tourist-driven or capital-city markets the major advisory firms typically publish area-level yield research for. Treat the following as directional patterns, not a precise or guaranteed return:
The deepest and most premium tenant pool in this report -- a large, stable Japanese and international corporate community with employer-arranged leases that reduce vacancy risk relative to an open, tourist-driven market. Compiled property-advisory estimates place gross yield in a similar 5-7% range to other Thai secondary cities, though top-tier purchase prices for the newest serviced-apartment stock can compress this in practice.
Demand here tracks industrial-estate and port employment directly rather than tourism or lifestyle appeal -- a genuinely different risk profile from a beach market, more correlated with EEC manufacturing and logistics activity than seasonal visitor flows. No dedicated yield survey specific to either submarket could be verified; treat any cited figure as a rough estimate rather than a benchmark.
The most locally-driven, lowest-rent submarket in this report, serving Thai residents and a smaller expat population than the corporate hubs. Lower purchase prices here can support headline yields comparable to or above Sriracha's, but with a thinner, more price-sensitive tenant pool and less employer-backed lease stability.
With a reported THB 270 billion of unsold housing stock across the EEC as of H1 2025, and Chonburi's own Q1 2025 transfers down year-on-year, any gross-yield pitch for a new development should be weighed against genuine near-term oversupply risk in this region -- underwrite conservatively rather than accepting a seller's or agent's headline figure.
This report blends three tiers of source, disclosed here for transparency:
This report deliberately excludes Pattaya's own dedicated rental data -- see BAANLYY's separate Pattaya Rental Market Report 2026, which uses CBRE Thailand's Pattaya-specific tourism and new-supply figures, a different official source than the province-wide REIC transfer data used here. None of the tiers above substitutes for a professional valuation, current listing data for a specific building, or official statistics from REIC or the Bank of Thailand. This report is educational market intelligence, not investment advice.
BAANLYY can connect you with vetted agents and property managers to underwrite the numbers on a specific building and unit.
Indicative, educational market data only — not investment, legal or tax advice. Chonburi rents, prices, vacancy and yields vary by building, area and time and change over time; verify current figures with a licensed agent, appraiser or property manager before relying on them. BAANLYY never takes paid placement.
REIC's Q1 2025 residential-transfer and land-price-index data for Chonburi and the wider EEC, as reported by Nation Thailand and Bangkok Post, is the single official, named-source data in this report. Rent-by-area (Section 01) figures draw on BAANLYY's own previously-published Chonburi rental-market guide plus multiple independent property portals, disclosed as such. No official gross-yield benchmark exists for these industrial submarkets (Section 03).