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Top 25 Beauty retailers based in South Africa

Name: Beauty retailers based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 179 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 179 beauty retailers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 4,522 professional contacts across them, including 333 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers beauty retailers 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 19, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

179Companies

4,522Contacts tracked

333Verified emails

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The 25 largest beauty retailers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 179 beauty retailers based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to beauty retailers: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Sorbet Group	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	761 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In our world we do quirky.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Avroy Shlain Cosmetics	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	477 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Born as a skincare brand in 1973, Avroy Shlain provided the South African market a local range of high-quality products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Beauty South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	232 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BeautySouthAfrica.com is an online beauty magazine that provides readers with the latest beauty news, tips, trends and expert advice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Foschini	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	124 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Foschini is a South African fashion and beauty brand that has catered to the needs of women since 1925 because we believe in the progression of South Africa and the epic women who…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Cosmetology	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	78 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We have been in the health and skincare industry for 10 years, specialising in non-surgical aesthetic solutions, with specialised products from around the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Twincare International	Indirect evidence	Johannersburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 30 years, we at Twincare International have worked hard to deliver to you, our valued customer, the best in professional salon products and supplies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	ARC Store South Africa	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re a one-of-a-kind beauty destination; aiming to responsibly deliver the beauty of tomorrow, today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Cosnova South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “cosnova is well-known for its popular beauty brands, Catrice and essence, with Catrice and essence being two of Germanys biggest selling makeup brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Sunpac PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Gallo Manor, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sunpac is a South African distributor with a long-standing presence in beauty, personal care, baby, grooming, health, and lifestyle categories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Modern Hair & Beauty	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Modern Hair & Beauty is a young company on paper but an old established company in reality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Portia M Skin Solutions	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Portia M is an award-winning cosmetic brand that specialises in skin care solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Lime Light Hands Down Emsa Distribution	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LIME LIGHT (JHB) Lime Light was the first company within EMSA Distribution to cater for the professional hair and beauty industry at large.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Skinphd South Africa	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We know confidence is linked to great skin BUT KNOWING YOUR skin is the first step.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	The ICS Group	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ICS is one of South Africa's fastest growing beauty and cosmetics company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	retailbox.co.za	Strong evidence	Stikland, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Strong evidence “retailbox.co.za is a leading online retailer of professional hair and beauty products in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Chris&alley	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We believe that beauty should be all around us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Niche Group Holdings	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Niche Group Holdings is a proudly African, 100% Black Owned Business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	SPA And Salon Solutions	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Spa and Salon Solutions, established in 1996, manufactures, imports, and distributes premium professional products, machinery and equipment into the South African beauty and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Luxury Cosmetics PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We work closely with Brand Principals and Retail Partners to understand our customers’ needs and expectations.This enables us to offer solutions and value recommendations and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Dermastore	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Specialist online skin care store backed by a leading Dermatologist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Splush	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by Gerald Wells, a renowned South African hairdresser, Splush is one of the largest hairdressing retail outlets in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Little Brand BOX	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Little Brand Box specializes in offering the globe's most cherished products and brands at great value through a variety of convenient and trusted e-commerce platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Chick Cosmetics	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chick Cosmetics is a beauty brand which markets clean and cruelty-free color cosmetics and skincare to a millennial target market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Flutterbylkg	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A luxury beauty brand that focuses on enhancing inner beauty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Body Glow ZA	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Body Glow, where elegance and simplicity define our approach to skincare.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: beauty retailers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names beauty retailers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of beauty retailers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name beauty retailers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Beauty retailers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

7.4%Verified-email coverage

25.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

22.3%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

104

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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 179 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 beauty retailers, 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 “beauty retailers”. 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 beauty retailers), 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 beauty retailers, 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, 333 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 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Beauty retailers by metro

Beauty retailers in Johannesburg40
Beauty retailers in Cape Town32

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 beauty retailers, 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 beauty retailers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 179 beauty retailers 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?

Sorbet Group, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most beauty retailers?

Johannesburg leads with 40 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (32) and Pretoria (16).

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 333 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 179 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 19, 2026.

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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.