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Top 14 Industrial forklift dealers based in South Africa

Name: Industrial forklift dealers based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 47 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 47 industrial forklift dealers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 777 professional contacts across them, including 124 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers industrial forklift dealers 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 17, 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 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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777Contacts tracked

124Verified emails

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The 14 largest industrial forklift dealers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 14 of 47 industrial forklift dealers based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to industrial forklift dealers: 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	Shumani Industrial Equipment	Indirect evidence	Kempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2015 - Proudly South African black owned and managed company - Dedicated employees and expanding staff complement – creating work and growth opportunities -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Jungheinrich South Africa	Indirect evidence	Kempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “New 24/7 Service Call Center Number 0860 586 472 (JUNGSA) Jungheinrich South Africa is a direct subsidiary of Jungheinrich AG, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Criterion Equipment	Partial evidence	Isando, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Criterion Equipment is the sole distributor of TCM forklift trucks, primarily sourced from Japan, and is enabled by a network of 7 company owned branches as well as a number of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Bidvest Materials Handling	Indirect evidence	Kempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bidvest Materials Handling (Pty) Ltd, a trading agent of Bidvest Commercial Products, was established in 2010 with the purpose of importing and distributing materials handling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Avis Forklift Centre	Indirect evidence	Boksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Leading company in the materials handling industry since 1970.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Delta Heavy Equipment	Partial evidence	Brakpan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Forklift Rental and Sales at the best rate in South Africa” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Johnson Taylor Forklifts	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SIMPLICITY The most brilliant designs are often the simplest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Bhbw Materials Handling	Partial evidence	Boksburg North, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BHBW South Africa is the exclusive dealer of Hyster and Yale lift trucks and warehouse equipment in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Elite Forklift Rental	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Elite Forklift Rental is part of the Elite Truck Hire organisation which has been in operation since 1983 operating a fleet of more than vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Shamrock Handling Concepts PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Isando, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shamrock Handling Concepts (Pty) Limited is the sole distributor of Moffett truck mounted forklifts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Cedarvest PTY	Indirect evidence	City Of Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Diversifex Investments PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Diversifex Investments specializes in rentals and sales of material handling equipment, these include reach trucks, forklifts, scissor lifts, telehandlers” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Impact Corp PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Impact Corp is a dynamic provider of materials handling equipment, specializing in rental, sales, and support of new and quality pre-owned machinery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Willcorp Innovation	Partial evidence	Benoni, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Willcorp Innovation specializes in sourcing operation solutions, such as forklifts, warehousing equipment, wooden pallets, and forklift batteries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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: industrial forklift dealers. 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 industrial forklift dealers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of industrial forklift dealers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name industrial forklift dealers. 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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Industrial forklift dealers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

16.0%Verified-email coverage

16.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

12.8%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 47 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 industrial forklift dealers, 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 “industrial forklift dealers”. 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 industrial forklift dealers), 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 industrial forklift dealers, 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, 124 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 17, 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 industrial forklift dealers, 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 industrial forklift dealers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 47 industrial forklift dealers 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?

Shumani Industrial Equipment, headquartered in Kempton Park, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most industrial forklift dealers?

Johannesburg leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Kempton Park (5) and Boksburg (3).

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 124 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 47 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 17, 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.