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Top 25 Biochemical companies based in South Africa

Name: Biochemical companies based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 88 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 88 biochemical companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 858 professional contacts across them, including 287 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers biochemical 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 16, 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 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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858Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest biochemical companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 88 biochemical companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to biochemical 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Microchem By AGQ Labs	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	93 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2007, Microchem is one of the most advanced chemical and microbiological laboratories in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Afriplex PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Paarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Afriplex is a solution driven Pharmaceutical Company, manufacturing pharmaceutical ingredients as well as formulated products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Separation Scientific SEP SCI	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Separation Scientific SA (Pty) Ltd is a local, privately-owned company that distributes laboratory equipment, consumables and technical services to the Industrial Sciences…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Anatech Instruments	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Initially established with a Separation science focus, Anatech has significantly grown it product range to include and successfully cover 8 primary sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Sysmex South Africa PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sysmex South Africa (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of the highly successful Sysmex Corporation currently ranked in the top 10 global in‐vitro diagnostic companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Whitehead Scientific	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whitehead Scientific is a trusted full-service channel partner, delivering world-class laboratory solutions across Southern Africa and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Biocom Africa	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Biocom Africa, we strive to provide the highest quality products to all researchers within the biotechnology industry, as fast as possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Greenhill Laboratories	Indirect evidence	Hilton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GreenHill Laboratories is a testing, production, and consulting laboratory to the agricultural, food, healthcare, hospitality, pharmaceutical (including CAMS and cosmetics) and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Fenchem SA PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fenchem SA is a branch company of FENCHEM BIOTEK with the mission of developing and providing innovative ingredients for global industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Analytical Solutions South Africa	Indirect evidence	Northriding, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Analytical Solutions is a scientific instrument supply company that supplies laboratory equipment and analytical instruments to sub-Sahara Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Immobazyme	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Immobazyme is a biotechnology company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, specialising in enzyme engineering, recombinant protein production, and custom bioprocess…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Minema Chemicals PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MINEMA Chemicals offers the inspiring innovator a full range of laboratory chemicals and reagents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Bashumi Instruments And Control Services Bics	Indirect evidence	Northriding, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BICS is a proudly 100% black-owned company which was founded in 2003 to supply laboratory equipment and instruments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Puris Natural Aroma Chemicals	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “History: Puris is a South African aroma chemical producer, that started out by producing steam distilled essential oils from unique Fynbos flora, endemic to the Western Cape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	JLW Supplies PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to JLW Supplies, a place where we are committed to be simply better.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Selectech Laboratory Equipment	Indirect evidence	Roodepoort, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Selectech was established in 1994, with a narrow focus on water and food quality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	LABEX	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Empowering Discoveries, Advancing Science" Labex provides top-quality laboratory equipment to South Africa at affordable prices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Trilab Support	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Trilab offers a wide range of scientific laboratory equipment which includes laboratory balances, industrial scales, instruments and equipment ranging from a thermometer to GC-MS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Manchem	Indirect evidence	Camperdown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ManChem is an independent biosecurity consulting and chemical manufacturing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Laboratory Consumables And Chemical Supplies	Indirect evidence	Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a laboratory supply company based in South Africa with branches and agents covering all major provinces.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	CMT Chemicals PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Supplier of chemicals and raw materials to the food and beverage, dairy, bakery, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, animal feed, personal care, industrial and agricultural industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Prime Pharma	Indirect evidence	Somerset West, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We source and provide high quality products to the dairy and food manufacturing industry, as well as cleaning and water remediation solutions to municipalities, mechanical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Reliable Diagnostic Supplies PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Edenvale, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Reliable Diagnostic Supplies (Pty) Ltd (RDS) is a South African company established in 2012, specializing in the import and distribution of medical diagnostic products, laboratory…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Labtech Group	Indirect evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Labtech Group is an integrated analytical solutions provider to the agricultural, mining, water, pathology, pharmaceutical, aerospace, defense and energy industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Fluorobiotech	Indirect evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fluorobiotech is a mission-driven biotechnology company headquartered in Stellenbosch, South Africa, dedicated to strengthening global and African biomanufacturing capacity…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: biochemical companies. 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 biochemical companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of biochemical companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name biochemical companies. 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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Biochemical companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

33.4%Verified-email coverage

9.8Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

17.0%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

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 88 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 biochemical 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 “biochemical 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 biochemical 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 biochemical 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, 287 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 16, 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.

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 biochemical 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 biochemical companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 88 biochemical 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?

Microchem By AGQ Labs, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most biochemical companies?

Johannesburg leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (12) and Midrand (5).

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 287 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 88 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 16, 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.