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Top 25 Cold storage and warehousing companies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 119 cold storage and warehousing companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 5,517 professional contacts across them, including 1,228 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers cold storage and warehousing 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
119Companies
5,517Contacts tracked
1,228Verified emails
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The 25 largest cold storage and warehousing companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 119 cold storage and warehousing 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 cold storage and warehousing 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 evidenceWestville / Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0002,227 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a Supply Chain and Sales & Merchandising partner adding value to your business through a fully integrated, temperature controlled network in Southern Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceMidrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000573 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With over 23 years of reliable supply chain execution, we know what it takes to build successful, long-term partnerships.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000341 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Crossroads Distribution is a contract logistics business that offers clients tailor-made solutions to suit their logistical and supply chain needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500190 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Laser Logistics specialises in warehousing and distribution services through facilities and fleet represented in all the major centres in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Strong evidenceGroenkloof, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500161 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Etlin, we have a fully integrated business partner with strategically located cold storage facilities, that have pallet space for over 23 pallets of boxed frozen products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000157 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LiebenLogistics was established in 1995 and provides contracted distribution services to South African retailers and brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Partial evidenceAeroton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500116 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sequence Logistics provides temperature-controlled warehousing, distribution and supply chain solutions across Southern Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBoksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000113 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HFR Transport is consistently one of South Africa’s biggest independent refrigerated transporters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000100 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Xeon is a specialist 3PL providing bespoke order-to-cash, logistics and trade finance solutions to the pharmaceutical and FMCG industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceEthekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since Crusader Logistics has been providing innovative and agile supply chain solutions, through cutting-edge systems and world class facilities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Contour Logistics is a freight forwarder and logistics service provider operating globally and specialising in the facilitation of perishable products and dry goods from source to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20055 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“United Container Depots (UCD) offers the highest standard in efficiency and quality for all your general purpose and reefer container needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50051 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20043 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your Trusted Partner in Logistics Excellence At NIGHTWING, we understand that seamless logistics form the backbone of any successful business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Beyond Courier and Logistics is an independent logistics supply chain management company with service offerings relating to the all elements of warehousing and distribution…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ethekwini Cold Stores (Pty) Ltd (ECS) has two exceptional cold stores of choice situated in Prospection (ECS1) and Cornubia (ECS2) in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,00024 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CCH is the leading cold storage and logistics provider in Southern Africa, dedicated to growing the Pan-African cold chain and strengthening food security across the continent…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCity Of Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are specialist refrigerated and dry cargo transporters, who focus on retail back-door deliveries and distribution to retail food stores.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Reefer is the the top independently owned Cold Store in Kwazulu-Natal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026n/a13 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SENATOR INTERNATIONAL - A Maersk Company is a global logistics company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Indirect evidenceKimberley, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Over the past 70+ years, Table Bay Cold Storage & Logistics (EU Approved Facility) has established itself among the leaders in flexible frozen and chilled cold storage and freight…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Cold storage and warehousing companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
22.3%Verified-email coverage
46.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
19.3%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
32
11-50
35
51-200
24
201-500
14
501-1,000
5
1,001-5,000
6
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
1

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 119 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 cold storage and warehousing 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 “cold storage and warehousing 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 cold storage and warehousing 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 cold storage and warehousing 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, 1,228 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 cold storage and warehousing 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 cold storage and warehousing companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 119 cold storage and warehousing 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?

Vector Logistics, headquartered in Durban Kzn, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most cold storage and warehousing companies?

Cape Town leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (18) and Durban (14).

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 1,228 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 119 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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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.