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Top 24 Protective clothing manufacturers based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 64 protective clothing manufacturers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 843 professional contacts across them, including 153 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers protective clothing manufacturers 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.

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843Contacts tracked
153Verified emails
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The 24 largest protective clothing manufacturers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 24 of 64 protective clothing manufacturers 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 protective clothing manufacturers: 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
1Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000162 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Beier Group is a forward-looking innovator and manufacturer in the technical textiles and personal protective equipment industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Partial evidenceGermiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50085 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As a company, Pienaar Bros has been trading for more than 50 years and is today one of the largest distributors of personal protective equipment in Southern Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20039 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to REBEL Safety Gear, where we redefine the standards of personal protective equipment (PPE) to meet the evolving needs of today's workforce.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sweet-Orr was founded in Wappingers Falls, New York in 1871, with South African operations being established in 1931.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We've been keeping workers safe since 1990 with a comprehensive range of high-visibility apparel and tape for those working in dangerous or hazardous environments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5024 contacts →

Partial evidence

“UVEX SAFETY SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD is a subsidiary of the uvex safety group, an innovative, high-quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provider with the mission…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,00022 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MB Workwear is a market leading manufacturer of Workwear and personal protective clothing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Partial evidenceHammarsdale, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,00019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Santon Workwear, established in 1995 in South Africa, is a leading manufacturer of workwear and overalls.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5019 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Imperial Armour is the longest established manufacturer of personal protection equipment in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Premier Workwear Safety is our business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Partial evidenceUmhlali, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With more than 20 Years of knowledge and expertise in the world of Industrial Safety, and a portfolio of more than 2500 offerings, Karam is one of the leading manufacturers of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Working Hard Since 1994 At ICC, since 1994 we have been designing & manufacturing workwear to withstand the demands of our continent’s toughest workplaces.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Strong evidencePort Elizabeth, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“DOMONEY BROTHERS - Protective & Corporate Clothing, Health & Safety Equipment & Corporate Gifts - WORK HARD, WORK SMART, BE PERPARED”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCenturion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rand Safety Equipment commenced operating in 1989.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceEkurhuleni, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gryffin Safety CC is a certified supplier of specialised safety and personal protective equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Safety is Our Priority and Quality is Our Responsibility.” We develop mutually beneficial partnership relationships with leading companies, to better understand our client needs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SA'S Preferred Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Supplier.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Strong evidenceRandburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“KTF Africa is a supplier of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Personal Protective Clothing (PPC), an all-inclusive range, to a broad cross-section of clients in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Let's Share Trading (LST) offers quality PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) solutions in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Strong evidenceGermiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We represent the world’s leading personal protective equipment manufacturers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As a leading Industrial & Medical PPE and Workwear Wholesaler, we cater to South Africa and various African countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Helping you save lives and livelihoods by distributing world-class brands of Personal Protective Clothing and Safety Equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“WIWE supplies workwear and PPE products including footwear, headware, body protection, respiratory equipment and hand protection products countrywide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Arc Technology (Pty) Ltd is a trusted supplier of safety clothing & equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Protective clothing manufacturers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
18.1%Verified-email coverage
13.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
21.9%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
28
11-50
17
51-200
11
201-500
5
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
1

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 64 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 protective clothing manufacturers, 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 “protective clothing manufacturers”. 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 protective clothing manufacturers), 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 protective clothing manufacturers, 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, 153 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
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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 protective clothing manufacturers, 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 protective clothing manufacturers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 64 protective clothing manufacturers 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?

Beier Group, headquartered in Durban, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most protective clothing manufacturers?

Johannesburg leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by Durban (7) and Germiston (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 153 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 64 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.