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Top 25 Cold storage companies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 82 cold storage companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 4,099 professional contacts across them, including 1,019 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers cold storage 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.

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.

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The 25 largest cold storage companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 82 cold storage companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to cold storage 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 15, 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 15, 2026
2Indirect evidenceMidrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
3Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500190 contacts →

Indirect 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 15, 2026
4Strong evidenceGroenkloof, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAeroton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500116 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBoksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
7Indirect evidenceEthekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
8Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
9Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-50037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20033 contacts →

Indirect 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 15, 2026
11Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
12Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20026 contacts →

Strong evidence

“DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED EXACTLY FOR YOUR NEEDS With 45 years experience, Rudnev is a market leader in the manufacture of insulated panel and the installation of cold storage areas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCity Of Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
16Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
19Indirect evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Warehousing and Distribution Customised Distribution Solutions Brand Marketing Sales and In Store Merchandising”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-2009 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Plus0 (Pty) Ltd is a leading logistics service provider based in Johannesburg, South Africa, specialising in the transportation of goods to and from South Africa, with emphasis on…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-509 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Idube Cold Storage is conveniently situated in the Dube Trade Port at King Shaka International Airport.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-505 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Atlantic Hills Cold Storage is Level 2-rated state-of-the-art facility combining the latest in refrigeration technology and quality service to deliver effectiveness, efficiency…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23Partial evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-5005 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Completed in the year 2011, GOGO Cold Rooms is South Africa's first inland cold room facility.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24Indirect evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25Indirect evidenceUmbilo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to the NON-STOP LOGISTICS You are invited to request all the information you need about the services we offer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

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Cold storage companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026
24.9%Verified-email coverage
50.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
19.5%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town
Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
23
11-50
22
51-200
20
201-500
11
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
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 82 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 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 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 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 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, 1,019 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.

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 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 companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 82 cold storage 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 companies?

Cape Town leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Durban (10) and Johannesburg (8).

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 1,019 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 82 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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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.