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Top 25 Customs brokers and import export companies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 177 customs brokers and import export companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 3,001 professional contacts across them, including 807 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.
This list covers customs brokers and import export 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.
The 25 largest customs brokers and import export companies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 900 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bidvest International Logistics brings the world to you through flexible and innovative end-to-end supply chain management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Megafreight is an international freight forwarder ranking among the top ten leading forwarders in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Navigate the world with SACO in South Africa, your dedicated, neutral, multi-modal freight partner focused on prioritising your shipping needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ziegler South Africa is a global logistics solution provider with a network of more than 145 partner offices worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Driven by Logistics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AFRISTAR FREIGHT SERVICES is a specialist international logistics service provider based in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Seamaster Maritime & Logistics is a leading, internationally-recognized freight-forwarding business, specializing in custom supply chain solutions, logistics, warehousing and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We act as customs clearing and forwarding agents on behalf of importers and exporters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Who We Are: Established in 1963, we are one of South Africa's largest private forwarding and clearing agents, with branches in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fresh logistics solutions from origin to destination – that is CH Logistics!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Atlantic Forwarding, we specialize in providing tailored logistics solutions that support our clients in achieving their business goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As one of the leading software service providers, Easy Clear has taken the lead in innovation and forward thinking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mission • Provide cost effective solutions that simplify customs clearance and compliance procedures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We offer Ships Agency, Customs Clearing, Road Transport, and Ocean Freight services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in South Africa in we deliver innovative technology and consulting services to the International Trade and Supply Chain community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At NTPL, we offer a basket of freight forwarding and customs clearing logistics solutions to choose from.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DN Freight offers specialist clearing, freight forwarding and logistics solutions for your air, ocean, and road freight shipments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FATS is the Freight Forwarder who will take the load off your mind.” Thirty years of first-class service has put FATS as one of the top leading companies in the South African…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Polytra SACL (PTY) LTD is located in Johannesburg and Durban and is specialized in cross-border transportation, warehousing, project cargo, and general freight forwarding.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sozo Logistics is a global supply chain specialist with our 365 day 24/7 personalized service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With more than 35 years of experience, Freight Management is a leading provider of full-service customs brokerage, and global ocean and air cargo distribution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At M6T we seek to be the most authentic and efficient customs clearing and freight forwarding company in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Logistic Business Partners was registered in March 2002 as a customs clearing and forwarding company with the intent to conduct business in a way reminiscent to our name and that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Quad International Logistics, although we accept that machines and computer systems make for a quicker and more efficient business, we also believe that in this day and age of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “XA is South Africa's only full service international trade consulting firm focusing on both trade policy matters as well as customs and excise matters.” 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: customs brokers and import export 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 customs brokers and import export companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of customs brokers and import export companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name customs brokers and import export 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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Customs brokers and import export companies 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 177 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 customs brokers and import export 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 “customs brokers and import export 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 customs brokers and import export 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 customs brokers and import export 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, 807 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.
Customs brokers and import export companies by metro
- Customs brokers and import export companies in Johannesburg35
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 customs brokers and import export 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 customs brokers and import export companies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 177 customs brokers and import export 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?
Bidvest International Logistics, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most customs brokers and import export companies?
Johannesburg leads with 35 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (23) and Durban (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 807 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 177 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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