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Top 25 Chemical analysis laboratories based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 86 chemical analysis laboratories headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,207 professional contacts across them, including 255 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.
This list covers chemical analysis laboratories 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.
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The 25 largest chemical analysis laboratories based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2007, Microchem is one of the most advanced chemical and microbiological laboratories in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Soillab staff compliment includes Engineers, Technologists and Technicians, as well as skilled and semi-skilled operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Aquatico is a water testing laboratory and environmental monitoring company established in 1996.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UIS Analytical Services (Pty) Ltd is an independent accredited testing laboratory company offering a wide range of analytical techniques and consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Skyside, we’re creating a brighter tomorrow through innovative air emissions and water testing practices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Labco provides laboratory testing services in the environmental and civil engineering industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hortec is a South African company with more than 20 years’ experience in the fruit industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Waterlab (Pty) Ltd is an accredited private laboratory specializing in chemical and microbiological analysis of drinking water, groundwater, wastewater, industrial effluent and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NviroTek Laboratories is an independent and accredited laboratory group with a strong geographical presence in the Southern African region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “South Africa’s leading environmental laboratory with the broadest scope of ISO 17025 accreditation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Absolute Science is an accurate and reliable source of independent analysis, research and consulting services to the agricultural industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LightDeepEarth (Pty) Ltd is a company established in 2017 by ex Exxaro Research and Development employees with the aim of continuing to support the industry with metallurgical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In operation since 2016, SciCorp laboratories is a Biotechnology laboratory that offers physical seed testing, molecular plant breeding support, authenticity confirmation, GMO…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over forty years SCISERV has provided professional analytical and geochemical laboratory services for our geology, exploration and mining clients throughout sub-Saharan Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SPS has provided complete solutions for the analytical, biological, industrial/metallographic, pharmaceutical, coal, and construction industries since 1987.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chem Nutri Analytical (Pty) Ltd is an independent contract laboratory specialising in accurate, reliable testing for the food and agricultural sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We specialise in the testing of construction materials for quality assurance and quality control purposes to our Clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ecogreen Analytics is a state-of-the-art laboratory service based in Cape Town, South Africa specialising in cannabis analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A SANAS accredited wine testing lab that offers the full range of analyses for wine, brandy, and other alcoholic beverages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Based in Pretoria, South Africa, UIS Organic Laboratory is a SANAS accredited laboratory that specialises in the organic analyses of air, water and soil samples.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: chemical analysis laboratories. 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 chemical analysis laboratories.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of chemical analysis laboratories, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name chemical analysis laboratories. 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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Chemical analysis laboratories based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 16, 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 86 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 chemical analysis laboratories, 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 “chemical analysis laboratories”. 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 chemical analysis laboratories), 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 chemical analysis laboratories, 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, 255 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
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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 chemical analysis laboratories, 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 chemical analysis laboratories are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 86 chemical analysis laboratories 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 chemical analysis laboratories?
Johannesburg leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (8) and Pretoria (7).
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 255 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 86 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.
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