Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Orchard companies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 115 orchard companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 3,050 professional contacts across them, including 661 with verified work emails. Paarl is the largest hub.
This list covers orchard companies 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 20, 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.
The 25 largest orchard companies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 305 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Fruitways the Customer is Queen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Capespan delivers exceptional fruit from orchards to markets around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Two-a-Day Group Ltd, previously named Elgin Fruit Packers Co-operative Limited was incorporated as a primary agricultural co-operative in the Elgin district, Western Cape, South…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kromco is one of the largest deciduous fruit packing facilities in the Western Cape province of South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ceres Fruit Growers is one of South Africa’s largest apple & pear packing and storage facilities and is a significant employer of choice in the valley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hans Merensky Holdings (HMH) is a vertically-integrated, natural resource-based group, with diversified value chains in timber and horticulture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vision • Our vision is to market our producer’s fruit and strategically place each consignment to optimise grower returns.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With a solid reputation as a high-calibre global fruit exporter, Zest Fruit ardently services fruit growers and the international fruit trading sector from production to retail…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since the mid 1990's, Cape Fruit Processors has specialized in the processing of fruit into value added products for the food and beverage industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Back in 1996, preceding the chaotic de-regulation of the South African industry, a fruit company was started in a converted neighborhood garage in Cape Town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Wellington, South Africa, Star South serves four key groups across the diverse sector of fresh produce: fruit producers and retailers, both within South Africa and abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “STARGROW is a group of companies tracing back its roots to 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unlimited Group is a vertically integrated fresh produce producer, packer, processor, exporter and importer of fresh fruit and vegetables.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hortgro supports the deciduous fruit grower to be successful in a globally competitive environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FruitOne is pioneer in the South African citrus cultivation and export market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Thornlands Group consists of the Thornlands Farm on which various cultivars of citrus are cultivated, Thornlands Pack house in which we not only pack our own fruit, but also…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over a period of 30 years, the ANB Group of companies has contributed to the growth of the South African and global fruit industry through industry-changing innovation and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our model is simple – by linking top growers’ produce with key markets, we ensure that every grade of fruit is placed with the most suitable market, providing the grower with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TopFruit was founded in 1983 by three nurserymen, Dr Jim Button, Richard Hill and Roy Jeffrey and has since been introducing new fruit varieties into Southern Africa from breeders…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Schoonbee Landgoed is a picturesque fruit producing farm, situated in Groblersdal in the lush Loskop Valley in Limpopo Province.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From its origin in the heart of the fruit growing region of the Cape (South Africa) in 1997, Cape Five has branched out to strategic locations worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Freshgold SA Exports is a top exporter of premium South African fruit, specializing in citrus, apples, grapes, and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The luscious landscape and fertile soil of Endulini Fruit has given life to our orchards since 1953.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 35 years, we have met the changing demands of local and international markets, consistently delivering the highest quality produce.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Icon Fruit is a stone fruit export specialist, a joint venture between Cape Fresh Produce and the Unlimited Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: orchard companies. 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 orchard companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of orchard companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name orchard companies. 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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Orchard companies based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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 115 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 orchard 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 South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “orchard 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 orchard 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 orchard companies, 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, 661 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 20, 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 orchard companies, 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 orchard companies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 115 orchard companies 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?
Fruitways, headquartered in Somerset West, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most orchard companies?
Paarl leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Stellenbosch (12) and Cape Town (7).
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 661 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 115 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 20, 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.