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Top 25 Business travel companies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 268 business travel companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 6,241 professional contacts across them, including 940 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.
This list covers business travel 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 15, 2026.
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The 25 largest business travel companies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 855 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tourvest Travel Services is a division of TOURVEST - South Africa's Leading Tourism Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 528 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Rennies BCD Travel is Africa's leading corporate and online travel management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 398 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A global travel management business with an African soul, committed to our people, customers and suppliers by providing exceptional quality, service and value in a sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 293 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Nexus Travel opened its doors on 1 August 2003 with only four people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 262 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pentravel was established in 1983 and has for several years been part of the Cullinan Holdings group, a listed company specialising in travel and tourism companies in such areas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bidvest Travel services is a proudly Bidvest company that provides industry-leading travel management services to corporate businesses and leisure travellers through our extensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Wings Travel Management is a global TMC specialising in offshore, marine and general high end corporate travel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Sure Travel brand is one of the most recognised and respected names in the Southern African travel industry, with over 80 agencies in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Travel Assignment Group (TAG) based in Hyde Park Gauteng was founded by Jonathan Gerber, previously CEO of the Tourvest Outbound Division in 2007.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Flight Centre Business Travel is a specialist offering of Flight Centre South Africa, and when it comes to travel, we mean business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Go Tourism is a Cape Town-based inbound travel company specialising in tailored trips across Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “XL Turners Travel is a well-established Travel Management Company that provides Corporate Travel Management solutions to clients throughout South Africa and Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Specialists in Corporate Travel (TMC) The Travel Group has been formed with our clients & potential clients in mind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Timeless Africa Safaris was formalised in 2002 by Marco Van Embden out of a personal networks need for a trusted and bespoke inbound African travel service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Glenwood Travel, founded in 1982, provides travel management services from our offices in Gauteng, to small, medium and multi-national companies, requiring a personal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our company was established in 2004 by Riaz and Sophia Motala.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We don't sell travel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Take Off Travel is your premium personal Travel Management Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are an award winning independent star in the Sure Travel group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Plum Accommodation is a B2B travel partner serving travel agents across Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our intentions are to create a breathtaking experience to entice the Leisure & Corporate Traveller by driving a customer centric approach offering personalised services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Leaders in Corporate Travel management services for over 50 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the years, HTS has grown with others that shared that same passion, plus the passion for excellence, personalised service and the pursuit of getting clients the most for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At IGOTRAVEL, we believe travel should be exciting - not stressful.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: business travel 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 business travel companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of business travel companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name business travel 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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Business travel companies based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 15, 2026Companies by employee count
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 268 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 business travel 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 “business travel 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 business travel 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 business travel 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, 940 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 15, 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.
Business travel companies by metro
- Business travel companies in Johannesburg86
- Business travel companies in Cape Town37
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 business travel 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 business travel companies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 268 business travel 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?
Tourvest Travel Services, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most business travel companies?
Johannesburg leads with 86 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (37) and Pretoria (17).
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 940 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 268 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 15, 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.
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