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Textile & apparel in South Africa — browse 26.1K records

Browse 26,126 textile & apparel in South Africa — registry-sourced from CIPC, scoped to NACE 13, 14 and 15. Each record carries up to 500 firmographic attributes — from Registration Number and registered address to revenue, headcount and corporate group structure. The largest by revenue are FELTEX (PTY) LTD ($1.5B), PUMA SPORTS DISTRIBUTORS (PTY) LTD ($358M) and SPARKS AND ELLIS (PTY) LTD ($134M).

26.1K
Textile & apparel
21
NACE codes
478
Group-linked records

Top companies

Largest textile and apparel companies in South Africa (2026)

The largest textile & apparel in South Africa by revenue are FELTEX (PTY) LTD ($1.5B), PUMA SPORTS DISTRIBUTORS (PTY) LTD ($358M) and SPARKS AND ELLIS (PTY) LTD ($134M). The directory below ranks them — sort any column, or filter by sub-sector, company size and region.

Last updated June 2026.

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Every South African textile & apparel record with all attributes, by API, bulk export or CRM enrichment.

Showing 25 of 26,126 South African textile & apparel· click a column to sort, or a company for its full record

Manufacture of leather clothes330$1.5B
Manufacture of leather clothes20$358M
Manufacture of other outerwear996$134M
Manufacture of carpets and rugs650$87M
Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles25$87M
Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness394$51M
Manufacture of footwear254$51M
Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel996$44M
Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.700$35M
Preparation and spinning of textile fibres30$34M
Weaving of textiles255$34M
Manufacture of carpets and rugs255$34M
Preparation and spinning of textile fibres90$34M
Weaving of textiles435$34M
Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel6$34M
Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles255$34M
Weaving of textiles255$34M
Weaving of textiles255$34M
Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel400$34M
Preparation and spinning of textile fibres230$34M
Weaving of textiles255$34M
Weaving of textiles1,200$34M
Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.500$34M
Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel250$34M
Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel15$34M

This is a sample. The full database holds 26,126 South African textile & apparel, each with every attribute in the dictionary below.

Database overview

Textile and apparel companies in South Africa — database overview

Distributions across all 26,126 textile & apparel in South Africa — registry-sourced from CIPC and refreshed daily.

Company size (by employee band)

  • 1–9
    7%
  • 10–49
    68%
  • 50–199
    24%
  • 200–999
    1%
  • 1,000+
    0%

Sub-sector breakdown (NACE)

  • Manufacture of leather clothes54%
  • Manufacture of other outerwear20%
  • Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness6%
  • Manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories6%
  • Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel4%
  • Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.4%
  • Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur2%
  • Manufacture of underwear1%
  • Other4%

Regional distribution

  • Gauteng
    43%
  • KwaZulu-Natal
    20%
  • Western Cape
    13%
  • Eastern Cape
    7%
  • Limpopo
    6%
  • North West
    4%
  • Other
    8%

Revenue (USD)

  • Less than $100K
    2%
  • $100K – $1M
    88%
  • $1M – $10M
    10%
  • $10M – $100M
    0%
  • $100M+
    0%
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These distributions are computed from the full South African textile & apparel database, not the sample above.

Data coverage

What data is available on textile & apparel in South Africa

South Africa business database

Firmographics

Legal name, registered address, NACE sub-sector, legal form, founding year and website. Every record is keyed to its Registration Number — the stable CIPC identifier that survives name changes and rebrands, making it the most reliable CRM deduplication key for South Africa data.

Points of interest

Each company is geocoded to GPS coordinates covering its registered seat and operating locations across South Africa, with a precision level on every point — useful for territory planning and proximity targeting.

Tax IDs

Records carry the Registration Number and, where applicable, the VAT registration number, with a flag for when the two coincide. These are the cleanest match keys for enriching lists and cross-referencing against the national tax authority and your CRM.

Group structure

InfobelPRO resolves the corporate hierarchy — parent, subsidiaries and the size of the worldwide corporate family — so sales and compliance teams can see who controls an entity before engaging or onboarding it.

Financials

Annual revenue in local currency, EUR and USD, employee headcount and founding year, with multi-year history where filed. Figures are sourced from CIPC filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Data dictionary

Every attribute in the South African textile & apparel dataset

The full field catalogue behind each record. Contact data (email, phone, executives) is part of the licensed dataset but is never displayed on this page.

Identity

companyName
Registered legal name.
businessName
Trading / commercial name where it differs from the legal name.
tradeName
Additional registered trade name.
nationalID
Registration Number — the official CIPC company identifier.
nationalIDIsVat
Flag indicating whether the national ID doubles as the VAT number.

Location

addressStreet
Registered street address.
postCode
Postal code.
city
City / locality.
province
Region / province / county.
country
Country (ISO).
longitude / latitude
Geocoded coordinates of the location.
geoLevel
Precision level of the geocode.

Web

website
Primary corporate URL.
webDomain
Normalised root domain.
websiteStatusFlag
Live / dead / redirect status from the last crawl.
websiteCrawlDate
Date the website was last checked.

Activity

altInternationalCode01–06
Up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes plus labels.
internationalCode
US SIC code.
localCode
National activity code.
infobelCode
Proprietary Infobel activity code.

Size

employeesHere
Headcount at this location.
employeesTotal
Total headcount across the entity (with Actual / Modeled flag).

Financials

salesVolume
Annual revenue in local currency.
salesVolumeEuros
Annual revenue converted to EUR.
salesVolumeDollars
Annual revenue converted to USD — shown in the table.
currency
Reporting currency.
yearStarted
Year the company was founded.
financialHistory
Multi-year revenue history where filed.

Status & legal

statusCodeName
HQ, branch or single-location indicator.
legalStatusCodeDescription
Legal form (e.g. limited company / corporation).

Group structure

familyMembers
Number of entities in the worldwide corporate family.
subsidiaryIndicator
Whether the entity is a subsidiary.
parentLinkage
Link to the parent company.
domesticLinkage / globalLinkage
Domestic and global ownership links.
hierarchyCode
Position within the corporate hierarchy.

Source comparison

CIPC vs InfobelPRO

CIPC gives you legal registration data. InfobelPRO adds the commercial intelligence sales, marketing and compliance teams actually need.

AttributeCIPCFree official registryInfobelPRO
Registration NumberYesYes — on 99.9% of records
Legal name & registered addressYesYes
Company status (HQ / branch)YesYes — daily sync
NACE sub-sector classificationYesYes — up to 6 codes
Annual revenue (local / EUR / USD)Filings onlyYes — multi-currency
Employee countNoYes
Decision-maker contactsNoYes — licensed
Geocoded coordinatesNoYes
Corporate group structureFilings onlyYes — full hierarchy
API accessNoYes — REST API
Bulk export (CSV / JSON / Parquet)NoYes
Update frequencyPeriodic (filings)Daily sync

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

By the revenue shown in the directory above, the largest textile & apparel in South Africa include FELTEX (PTY) LTD ($1.5B), PUMA SPORTS DISTRIBUTORS (PTY) LTD ($358M) and SPARKS AND ELLIS (PTY) LTD ($134M). Sort the Revenue column or filter by sub-sector, size and region to explore the full ranking.
InfobelPRO lists 26,126 textile & apparel registered in South Africa, classified under NACE 13, 14 and 15, sourced from CIPC. The directory covers all registered entities in scope, not a sampled subset.
Gauteng holds the largest share with 43% of South Africa's textile & apparel, followed by KwaZulu-Natal (20%) and Western Cape (13%). The region chart above shows the full distribution.
Textile & apparel in South Africa are classified under NACE 13, 14 and 15 — 21 sub-sector codes appear in this segment. Each record can carry up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes, plus a US SIC code and the national activity code.
Core firmographics come directly from CIPC and are refreshed daily — new incorporations, address changes and status updates flow through within 24 hours of publication. Revenue and employee figures track annual report filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.
Yes. InfobelPRO combines registry-sourced firmographics with licensed contact data, processed under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest. Individual opt-outs are honoured and compliance documentation is available on request.

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