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Top 25 Large accounting firms based in South Africa

Name: Large accounting firms based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 658 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 658 large accounting firms headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 16,826 professional contacts across them, including 3,891 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers large accounting firms 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 21, 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

658Companies

16,826Contacts tracked

3,891Verified emails

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The 25 largest large accounting firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 658 large accounting firms based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to large accounting firms: 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	Kpmg South Africa	Indirect evidence	Parktown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	2,338 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KPMG operates as an international network of member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	BDO South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,870 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Audit \| Advisory \| Tax The South African member firm of BDO International - The Leader for Exceptional Client Service since 1963 BDO clients experience a distinctive level of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Nexia Sab&t	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	634 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The history of Nexia SAB & T dates back, when black business in general and black accountancy firms in particular were virtually unheard of.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	PKF In South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	412 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PKF is one of the largest mid-tier accounting firms in South Africa, providing multi-disciplinary auditing, accounting and business advisory services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Baker Tilly Greenwoods Chartered Accountants	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	216 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Baker Tilly Greenwoods is one of the oldest and largest independent, auditing, accounting, and consulting firms in Cape Town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	RSM South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	216 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RSM South Africa is part of a world leading network of audit, tax and consulting experts with member firms in over 120 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	LDP Chartered Accountants And Auditors INC	Indirect evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	152 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LDP Chartered Accountants & Auditors is a leading independent audit and advisory firm based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Ngubane	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	135 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Audit, tax and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Colenbrander	Indirect evidence	Hilton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Colenbrander is a leading firm of Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, located in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Bonakude	Partial evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bonakude is an indigenous award-winning professional services firm, specialising in ACCOUNTING, CONSULTING and ASSURANCE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Middel & Partners	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovation, partnership and prosperity are what most accounting and auditing firms promise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	123 Consulting	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	73 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At 1.2.3.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	MNB Chartered Accountants	Partial evidence	Midrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are an accounting and financial services firm dedicated to providing tailored solutions to businesses of all sizes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Rain Chartered Accountants INC	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At RAiN Chartered Accountants, we are driven by a singular purpose: creating measurable value for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Kesho Chartered Accountants	Partial evidence	Nelspruit, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kesho Chartered Accountants is a Nelspruit-based accounting firm that provides a wide range of accounting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Chapu Chartered Accountants	Indirect evidence	Chesterfield Road, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a professional services firm consisting of Chartered Accountants, Registered Auditors, Business Consultants, Tax specialists, and a diverse range of other experts, all…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	MMS Chartered Accountants	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 25 years, MMS has provided high quality accounting, tax and management services to a diverse and successful client base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Stein Registered Auditors	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Stein Registered Auditors was founded in 2002 and is managed by six dynamic and broad skilled partners who collectively brings over 150 years of knowledge, skills and expertise in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Nwanda INC	Indirect evidence	Germiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Nwanda brand originated from the acronym of the firm's original name Neale Whitecross and Associates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Rödl & Partner South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As attorneys, tax advisers, management and IT consultants and auditors, we are present with 110 own offices in around 50 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	SDK CA Group	Indirect evidence	Durbanville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SDK\|CA Group is a well-established small to medium-sized firm based in Durbanville, built on long-term stability, trust, loyalty, and shared value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	MD Streets	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a multi-disciplinary firm of Chartered Accountants offering a variety of related services to clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	PBS Chartered Accountants INC	Indirect evidence	Nelspruit, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	OHS Business Advisors And Chartered Accountants	Indirect evidence	East London, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OHS is a firm of Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants situated in East London, Eastern Cape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	sme.tax	Partial evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Accounting one-stop” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: large accounting firms. 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 large accounting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of large accounting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name large accounting firms. 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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Large accounting firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

23.1%Verified-email coverage

25.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

16.4%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

339

11-50

244

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 658 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 large accounting firms, 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 “large accounting firms”. 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 large accounting firms), 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 large accounting firms, 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, 3,891 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 21, 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.

Large accounting firms by metro

Large accounting firms in Johannesburg108
Large accounting firms in Pretoria58
Large accounting firms in Cape Town46
Large accounting firms in Durban27

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 large accounting firms, 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 large accounting firms are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 658 large accounting firms 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?

Kpmg South Africa, headquartered in Parktown Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most large accounting firms?

Johannesburg leads with 108 headquartered companies, followed by Pretoria (58) and Cape Town (46).

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 3,891 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 658 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 21, 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.