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Top 25 Ecommerce marketplaces based in South Africa

Name: Ecommerce marketplaces based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 177 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 177 ecommerce marketplaces headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 5,553 professional contacts across them, including 1,321 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers ecommerce marketplaces 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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5,553Contacts tracked

1,321Verified emails

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The 25 largest ecommerce marketplaces based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 177 ecommerce marketplaces based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to ecommerce marketplaces: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	takealot.com	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,412 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Takealot is South Africa’s #1 shopping app, on a mission to change lives for the better through e-commerce.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	BOB	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	157 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bob is a South African ecommerce and fintech company that unites Bob Shop, Bob Pay, Bob Go, and Bob Box to create a vertically integrated ecosystem - enabling buyers and sellers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Selpal	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Selpal is the newest and best way to shop.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Yebo Fresh	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Yebo' means 'Yes, indeed!' in the Zulu language and in popular South African colloquial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Loot.co.Za Africa Online Retail PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Loot.co.za is a leading, fast-growing South African online retailer, offering over 14 million products across 18 departments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Boxcommerce	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BoxCommerce is platform for small and medium-sized businesses to create eCommerce websites.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	zandaux.com	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Zandaux.com is a Premier B2B Multi-Vendor Marketplace in Africa, empowering Suppliers with a Robust E-commerce Platform for Seamless Local and Continental Trade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	QWILI	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Qwili is a digital marketplace and sales portal used by micro-merchants in the informal sector to sell digital products and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Afrimart.co.Za B2B Wholesale	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Afrimart Online is an e-commerce company ( B2B & B2C ) that meets the requirements of the high-end and middle-end trade settlement customer groups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Zalemart	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Zalemart, a subsidiary of The F E Bassa Family Trust, is an innovative trading company that has a history of over 50 years in the commerce industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Tradefed	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TradeFed is Africa’s B2B e-commerce solution that puts a focus on maximizing sales and minimizing stock.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Signet Licensing	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Check our our company's website with links to all our online shops” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	dotdot.direct	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DotDot is an ecommerce enablement business specifically created to help retailers of all sizes compete online as a supplement to their physical store and/or as an additional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Seemesave	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SeeMeSave allows you to.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Shopstar	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Shopstar: Revolutionising E-Commerce in South Africa At Shopstar, our mission is to empower dreams, provide the tools to build them, and ultimately enable you to sell successfully.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	AFROB	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Building sustainable solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Palmetrics	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Palmetrics provides software as a service to merchants selling on South Africa's biggest e-commerce platform with product research and sales analytics tools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Shoppingfeeder	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ShoppingFeeder provides a simple, yet powerful platform for online stores to manage and keep tabs on their product listings on 3rd party marketplaces and price comparison services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Comalytics	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Outstanding e-commerce systems are our business and our passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	wherehouse.co.za	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Simplify selling on multiple-marketplaces.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Digovate	Indirect evidence	Pinetown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We offer a proactive end-to-end approach to get rid of the red tape, optimise your online sales, increase your turnover and provide you with a simpler, more effective way to sell…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Little Brand BOX	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Little Brand Box specializes in offering the globe's most cherished products and brands at great value through a variety of convenient and trusted e-commerce platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Buymo Group SA	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BuyMo is a South African E-Commerce Tech Solution that offers -Wholesale Market Place -Distribution -Print On Demand -Light Dropshipping -Collection Points and in the near future…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Monetise ZA	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a passionate team of e-commerce experts specialising in Magento.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Tradeworks	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: ecommerce marketplaces. 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 ecommerce marketplaces.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of ecommerce marketplaces, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name ecommerce marketplaces. 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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Ecommerce marketplaces based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

23.8%Verified-email coverage

31.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

24.3%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

110

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 ecommerce marketplaces, 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 “ecommerce marketplaces”. 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 ecommerce marketplaces), 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 ecommerce marketplaces, 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, 1,321 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 19, 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.

Ecommerce marketplaces by metro

Ecommerce marketplaces in Johannesburg43
Ecommerce marketplaces 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 ecommerce marketplaces, 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 ecommerce marketplaces are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 177 ecommerce marketplaces 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?

takealot.com, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most ecommerce marketplaces?

Johannesburg leads with 43 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (37) and Pretoria (12).

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 1,321 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 19, 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.