Africa— 54 markets

Largest companies in Africa

InfobelPRO holds 15.2M companies across 54 markets in Africa. The ranking and the breakdowns below are computed from the 29 markets with a published directory — 14.6M companies, registry-sourced and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure. The remaining 25 markets are in the database and publish as their directories go live.

15.2M

companies in the database

markets covered

published directories

industries

August–September 2026

markets rebuilt

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Rankings

Largest companies in Africa

By reported (actual) revenue, one row per corporate group, merged across the 29 published markets of Africa — rebuilt across August–September 2026.

#	Company (group)	Country	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	CONTINENTAL TYRE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD	South Africa	Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilisers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores	Gqeberha	$18.5B
2	NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED	Nigeria	Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction	Abuja	$11.6B
3	BANQUE MISR S.A.E	Egypt		Cairo	$10.2B
4	SOCIEDADE NACIONAL DE COMBUSTIVEIS DE ANGOLA, E.P.	Angola	Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction	Luanda	$9.8B
5	SIRO ADVANCED INDUSTRIES SAE	Egypt	Manufacture of other furniture	10th of Ramadan	$9.2B
6	THE SPAR GROUP LTD	South Africa	Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating	Oudtshoorn	$8.6B
7	SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD	South Africa	Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores	Randfontein	$8.1B
8	ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES GROUP	Ethiopia	Passenger air transport	Addis Ababa	$6.9B
9	RUSTENBURG PLATINUM MINES LTD	South Africa	Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores	Johannesburg	$6.8B
10	THE BIDVEST GROUP LTD	South Africa	Other credit granting	Johannesburg	$6.3B
11	OCP SA	Morocco	Other mining and quarrying n.e.c.	Casablanca	$6.3B
12	OCP NUTRICROPS	Morocco	Other mining and quarrying n.e.c.	Béni Mellal	$6B
13	VOLTEX (PTY) LTD	South Africa	Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts	Newcastle	$5.8B
14	NIGERIA LNG LIMITED	Nigeria	Trade of gas through mains	Port Harcourt	$5.8B
15	SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS	South Africa	Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy	Johannesburg	$4.7B
16	JASCO SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD	South Africa	Manufacture of electronic components	Johannesburg	$4.3B
17	NAFTAL	Algeria	Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products	Mohammadia	$4B
18	INLAKS LIMITED	Nigeria	Other construction installation	Ikeja	$3.8B
19	Gauteng Department of Health	South Africa	Business and other management consultancy activities		$3.7B
20	EURL TGCTP	Algeria	Transport via pipeline	El Biar	$3.7B
21	DEPT OF HEALTH	South Africa	General medical practice activities	Pretoria	$3.6B
22	MIZA - EQUIPEMENT	Morocco	Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilisers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores	Safi	$3.6B
23	AKWA GROUP	Morocco	Wholesale of chemical products	Casablanca	$3.5B
24	DISCOVERY LTD	South Africa	Other business support service activities n.e.c.	Johannesburg	$3.4B
25	SOCIETE NATIONALE DE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DU SENEGAL - S.A.	Senegal	Wired telecommunications activities	Keur Gorgui	$3.4B

Top 25 corporate groups by reported revenue across the published markets of Africa, one row per group. Where a group files revenue in more than one market, the highest reported figure is kept and the duplicate rows are dropped. Entities the source flags as foreign-parented or as a branch of a foreign company are excluded. Methodology →

CONTINENTAL TYRE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD leads the ranking from Gqeberha, South Africa, at $18.5B in reported revenue.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, summed across the 29 published markets in Africa. Browse a single market to open its directories.

retail companies

2,025,095

distribution & wholesale

2,022,579

construction companies

1,207,643

consulting companies

1,122,929

manufacturing companies

929,360

investment & asset mgmt

518,660

agriculture & agribusiness

486,997

real estate companies

457,868

real estate agents

352,419

software companies

300,884

retail companies2,025,095
distribution & wholesale2,022,579
construction companies1,207,643
consulting companies1,122,929
manufacturing companies929,360
investment & asset mgmt518,660
agriculture & agribusiness486,997
real estate companies457,868
real estate agents352,419
software companies300,884
architecture & engineering firms264,741
automotive companies257,986
trucking & freight235,892
banks213,633
food & beverage209,662
travel agencies163,865
healthcare providers142,528
cleaning & facility services133,203
textile & apparel118,003
hotels104,429
logistics companies100,999
advertising & marketing agencies86,668
telecom companies84,545
car dealers83,591
mining companies82,685
steel & metals71,949
security companies63,713
insurance companies55,348
chemical companies50,305
energy companies43,423
printing companies42,262
accounting & tax36,435
oil & gas36,091
recruitment & staffing32,495
electronics companies31,509
media & production31,174
furniture companies30,595
lawyers27,400
entertainment companies24,417
shipbuilders21,523
pharmaceutical companies17,941
publishing17,239
courier & express17,192
electricity & power16,898
e-commerce12,494
recycling & waste9,513
breweries9,257
medical device companies9,242
airlines & aviation6,567
shipping companies4,699
packaging companies4,694
lighting companies3,710
electric motor manufacturers3,471
biotech companies2,549
debt collection agencies1,415
railway companies453

56 industries carry companies in Africa, led by retail companies at 2,025,095 records.

Distribution

Company size

By number of employees, summed across the published markets. Revenue bands are not shown at this scale — each national file reports them in local currency, so they cannot be added together.

1-4

2,701,322

5-9

1,045,138

10-19

6,497,492

20-49

1,137,439

50-99

276,615

100-199

120,902

200-499

22,963

500-999

5,890

1000+

5,568

3,213,101 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded from the chart).

55% of the companies with a disclosed headcount fall in the 10-19 employee band.

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Geography

Companies by country in Africa

Every market of Africa in the database, by number of companies. 29 link to a published directory; the others link to their market data page until their directory ships.

6,695,138

1,419,982

1,341,092

1,271,406

877,889

642,344

372,024

334,802

289,497

267,122

244,922

224,383

210,807

196,016

129,774

107,846

101,709

82,802

81,655

46,468

38,881

36,851

33,792

31,046

24,428

22,450

17,059

11,814

11,266

7,846

7,618

6,984

6,592

4,574

4,079

3,289

3,203

2,845

2,751

2,344

2,118

2,069

2,010

1,843

1,561

1,542

1,281

1,226

1,161

954

Central African Republic

777

Comoros

523

Eritrea

298

Sao Tome and Principe

152

Counts are the full database figure for each market. A market with a published directory also breaks down by industry, size, region and corporate group on its own page.

South Africa is the largest market at 6.7M companies — 43.9% of every record we hold in Africa.

Directory coverage

Markets with a published directory

29 of 54 markets in Africa have a browsable directory today. The rest are held in the database and publish progressively.

The figure on each card is the number of industry directories live for that market.

In the database, directory to come: Madagascar, Guinea, Congo, Djibouti, Eswatini, Somalia, Mozambique, Gambia, Liberia, Libya, Sudan, Niger, Burundi, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Chad, South Sudan, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Comoros, Eritrea, Sao Tome and Principe.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in Africa

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

4.7%

Part of a corporate group

95.3%

Independent

Average of 29national files, each computed on that market's top 1,500 companies by revenue — not an absolute figure for every registered company.

Across 29 markets in Africa, 4.7% of the largest companies belong to a corporate group.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Africa

Groups headquartered in the region, ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Country	Group entities (worldwide)
1	THE BIDVEST GROUP LTD	South Africa	417
2	AZURE POWER GLOBAL LIMITED	Mauritius	413
3	THE FOSCHINI GROUP LTD	South Africa	348
4	BANQUE MISR S.A.E	Egypt	292
5	PEEPUL CAPITAL LLC	Mauritius	282
6	ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INCORPORATED	Togo	248
7	MAKEMYTRIP LIMITED	Mauritius	225
8	AION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED	Mauritius	205
9	NASPERS LTD	South Africa	176
10	ALFA MEDICAL GROUP - ALFA LABORATORIES EGYPT S.A.E	Egypt	169

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent sits in the market shown.

THE BIDVEST GROUP LTD has the widest corporate family in Africa, with 417 entities worldwide.

FAQ

Company data in Africa — frequently asked questions

InfobelPRO holds 15.2M companies across 54 markets in Africa, sourced from official business registries. 29 of those markets have a browsable directory today, covering 14.6M companies.

By reported revenue in our data, the largest corporate group headquartered in Africa is CONTINENTAL TYRE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD, based in Gqeberha, South Africa, in retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilisers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores.

South Africa, with 6.7M companies in the database — the largest of the 54 markets we cover in Africa.

29 of 54: South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mauritius, Egypt, Tunisia, Tanzania, Zambia and 17 more. The remaining 25 markets are held in the database and publish as their directories go live.

Registered name and address, national registration number, industry classification in NACE and SIC, company status and legal form, employee count, reported revenue where filed, and parent, subsidiary and group relationships. Contact fields are present where available.

Each market is rebuilt on its own registry cycle, so the 29 published directories behind this page do not share one date: they were rebuilt across August–September 2026. The figure shown for a single market is always that market's own rebuild.

The ranking merges the largest companies by reported revenue from each published market, converts nothing (figures are already in USD), and keeps one row per corporate group: where a group files in more than one market, the highest reported figure is kept and the duplicates are dropped. 147 rows across Africa are excluded, on the source's own flags: revenue the source marked aberrant, a legal name it has not curated or withheld, a revenue-per-employee figure outside the plausible band, a record held for review, and local entities whose ultimate parent sits outside the market — a branch of a foreign bank is a real registry record but not a company of the region. Two more never reach a ranking: a public insurance or pension scheme, whose turnover is contributions passing through rather than trade, and a figure that cannot describe a trading business — revenue out of all proportion to the staff reported alongside it, or both enormous in absolute terms and out of scale with its own market, which is how a corrupt revenue shows itself when the source has not flagged it. Two country-level sections are deliberately absent at this scale: revenue bands, which each national file reports in local currency and which cannot be summed, and foreign ownership, whose country-of-ownership labels are not uniform across national files.

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