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Top 19 Agricultural import companies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 58 agricultural import companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,294 professional contacts across them, including 382 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers agricultural import companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 19 largest agricultural import companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 58 agricultural import companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to agricultural import companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,000250 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Capespan delivers exceptional fruit from orchards to markets around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-500173 contacts →

Partial evidence

“South Africa's no.1 Food Importer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3Partial evidencePort Elizabeth, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-200124 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hume International is a global leader in the import, export, and distribution of frozen foods, with over 25 years of experience in the food industry and deep expertise in African…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBoksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,00076 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Started in 2008, NuLeaf Brands is a dynamic organization supplying fresh produce.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5Indirect evidencePaarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5064 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vision • Our vision is to market our producer’s fruit and strategically place each consignment to optimise grower returns.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6Indirect evidenceStellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With a solid reputation as a high-calibre global fruit exporter, Zest Fruit ardently services fruit growers and the international fruit trading sector from production to retail…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,00054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As the leading national B2B Fruit and Veg wholesaler and distributor, trust is our most valued asset and we’ve worked all these years across South Africa strengthening our…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,00050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lona Group (Pty) Ltd is a company based out of 5 Primrose Avenue Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLouwlardia, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,00049 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Farmwise is a leading procurement and packhouse hub, supplying premium-quality vegetables and fruit to South Africa’s top retailers and international partners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10Indirect evidenceWellington, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Based in Wellington, South Africa, Star South serves four key groups across the diverse sector of fresh produce: fruit producers and retailers, both within South Africa and abroad.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMiddelburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rand-Agri is a leader in the bulk grain trade industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSomerset West, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“From its origin in the heart of the fruit growing region of the Cape (South Africa) in 1997, Cape Five has branched out to strategic locations worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13Partial evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“COMDI Agricultural Markets is an agricultural commodity trading company specializing in delivering excellent marketing services to farmers and grain processors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCity Of Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15Partial evidenceBryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Graintrade is an independent, African-rooted agricultural commodity trading company connecting grain, oilseed, and fertiliser markets across continents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16Indirect evidencePaarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“UniChoice is a grower-based business understanding the complexity and risk associated with fruit production.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17Partial evidenceCity Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We export and import into- and from Southern Africa - we ensure optimum freshness as well as flexible supply for our customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18Partial evidenceSebenza, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-504 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ritlee Xecutech Sales & Services is an Agricultural Equipment & Machinery Manufacturing Company in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19Indirect evidencePaarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Based in South Africa, Vitafresh Exports is a global fresh produce business connecting growers to international markets across Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026

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Agricultural import companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026
29.5%Verified-email coverage
22.3Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
20.7%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town
Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
23
11-50
17
51-200
6
201-500
2
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 58 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among agricultural import companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “agricultural import companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names agricultural import companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among agricultural import companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 382 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names agricultural import companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many agricultural import companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 58 agricultural import companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Capespan, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most agricultural import companies?

Cape Town leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (5) and Paarl (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 382 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 58 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.