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Top 25 HR software companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

This list contains 137 HR software companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with contact details for 2,005 people and 624 email addresses. The single most-represented city is Johannesburg. The directory was updated in September 2026.

HR software companies develop and provide software used to manage human resources functions such as recruiting, employee records, payroll, benefits, performance, and workforce administration. This list covers companies that develop, sell, or provide software for one or more human resources functions. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 14, 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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137Companies
2,005Contacts tracked
624Verified emails
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The 25 largest HR software companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 137 HR software companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to HR software 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 evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500841 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Labournet – your strategic partner in simplifying human resource management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CRS is a pioneering force in the South African payroll and HR industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Over the years, HRMIS has transformed the way organisations manage their people, processes, and potential.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HumanKind is one of South Africa’s leading Search, Recruitment and HR Consultancy companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DNA offers HR & Payroll solutions to businesses across Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AfricSearch is a Human Resources consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Trendi is an AI-powered HR platform that brings people, data, and strategy together in one intelligent system.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Strata-g Labour Solutions is a national HR and labour consulting partner that helps South African businesses simplify and manage every employment-related function.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Galvanizing business success through the power of payroll software technology and innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are an SME that is 100% female owned and 80% black.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Phaki is a Strategic Human Resource Consultancy Company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We offer solutions in terms of recruitment, training, capability interventions, payroll and human resources.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Direct Hire Recruitment Software is the ultimate applicant tracking system, candidate sourcing and recruitment management tool, all rolled into one.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“100% Black Women-Owned | Level 1 Contributor | 30+ Years of Industry Experience | Proudly South African Vela Personnel is a leading provider of HR and talent solutions…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CG Recruitment is an award-winning, B-BBEE Level 1 Recruitment and HR Solutions Partner, specializing in delivering comprehensive and tailored services that meet the unique needs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Icon Group (TIG) is a forward-thinking human capital solutions provider with over 30 years of experience helping companies build exceptional teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-2005 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The strength of your workforce remains one constant variable in the efficiency of your business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Level Finance is a purpose-driven company helping employers build happier, more productive workforces, by connecting people, payroll, and purpose.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Performability Talent Solutions helps organisations make better workforce decisions across the entire talent lifecycle.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Positive Switch is a black-female owned Human Resources Consultancy, offering expert, fit-for-purpose HR services to corporates, SMMEs, and private equity firms across Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Affinity HC, we offer the functions that make up the Human Capital Value Chain, by understanding the needs of your business and its people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“YOUR PEOPLE - OUR BUSINESS NOVA has been fanatically supporting our clients in managing their biggest asset - their people - since 2005 and offers customised solutions, managed by…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With more than 3 decades of experience in senior management alone, OrgChart Hosting Pty Ltd has become the trusted advisor to blue chip companies around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1980, DMA Group (Pty) Ltd has evolved to offer a comprehensive range of HR-related "performance driven people solutions", to clients across a broad range of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Effective Forces Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a Labour Law and Human Resources specialist consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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HR software companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
31.1%Verified-email coverage
14.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
100.0%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
101
11-50
26
51-200
7
201-500
2
501-1,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole South Africa list rather than for Johannesburg, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Johannesburg, over 137 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 HR software 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 Johannesburg, South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “HR software 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 HR software 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 HR software companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Johannesburg 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, 624 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 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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HR software companies by metro in South Africa

Frequently asked

How many HR software companies are based in Johannesburg, South Africa?

RevenueBase counts 137 HR software companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa on this list.

How can I find contacts at HR software companies?

This list includes 2,005 contacts and 624 email addresses associated with HR software companies.

Which city has the most HR software companies?

Johannesburg is the single most-represented city among the HR software companies on this list.

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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.