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Top 14 Industrial motors and generators based in South Africa

Name: Industrial motors and generators based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 60 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 60 industrial motors and generators headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,844 professional contacts across them, including 630 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers industrial motors and generators 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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The 14 largest industrial motors and generators based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 14 of 60 industrial motors and generators 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 motors and generators: 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	WEG Africa	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	485 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1961, WEG has grown into a global solutions provider of industrial electrical technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Komatsu Africa Holdings PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Germiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	331 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our roots stretch back more than 100 years to a lush forest near Komatsu City in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan that was once home to a copper mine vital to the surrounding community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	LH Marthinusen	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	209 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LH Marthinusen, a division of ACTOM (Pty) Ltd, is B-BBEE Level 1 and one of the largest global operations of it's kind, offering a comprehensive suite of on and off-site…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Diesel Electric Services PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Booysens, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	207 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1993 Diesel Electric Services (PTY) Ltd has specialised in the design, manufacture, delivery, installation, commissioning and maintenance of turnkey power solutions to suit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Delba Electrical Company 1980	Indirect evidence	Springs, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	74 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Delba Electrical Leading the Rotating Electrical Machinery Service Industry with Customer Service Excellence and Superior Quality” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Himoinsa Southern Africa	Indirect evidence	Port Elizabeth, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HIMOINSA is a global corporation that designs, manufactures and distributes power generation equipment worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Varispeed Electronic Motor Control Solutions	Partial evidence	Jhb: +27 (0) 11 312 5252 \| Info@varispeed.co.za, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Talk to us if you’re looking for tailored, cost-effective, warranty-backed expertise and superior products to address your electronic motor control challenges – including analysis…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Cape Armature Winders PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cape Armature Winders celebrates its 5oth year in the Industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Reid & Mitchell	Indirect evidence	Brakpan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Reid & Mitchell - Your Trusted Partner in Electrical Rotating Equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Hexagon Electrical	Indirect evidence	Brakpan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hexagon Electrical is a company based out of South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Motorelli	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Motorelli we aim to provide a service that exceeds your expectations by selling quality Electric Motors, VSD's and Gearboxes that meet your every requirement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	WHT Solutions	Partial evidence	Mbombela, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WHT is the official WEG Industries distributor in Nelspruit Mpumalanga.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Unidrive Electrical Solutions	Partial evidence	Brakpan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The company was established in 1984 and specialises in the supply of new motors, variable motor control switchgear, steel frame special motors, VSD drives, gearboxes and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Wireless Automation And Control Solutions	Indirect evidence	Boksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Consulting of Electrical Power Supply, Generation and Backup Solutions.” 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 motors and generators. 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 motors and generators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of industrial motors and generators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name industrial motors and generators. 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 motors and generators based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

34.2%Verified-email coverage

30.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

21.7%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

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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 60 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 motors and generators, 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 motors and generators”. 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 motors and generators), 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 motors and generators, 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, 630 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 motors and generators, 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 motors and generators are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 60 industrial motors and generators 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?

WEG Africa, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most industrial motors and generators?

Johannesburg leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Brakpan (6) and Pretoria (5).

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 630 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 60 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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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.