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Top 25 South african accounting firms based in South Africa

Name: South african accounting firms based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 1,385 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,385 south african accounting firms headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 11,444 professional contacts across them, including 2,671 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers south african 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

1,385Companies

11,444Contacts tracked

2,671Verified emails

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The 25 largest south african accounting firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,385 south african 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 south african 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	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
2	PKF In South Africa	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	412 contacts →
	Strong 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
3	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
4	LDP Chartered Accountants And Auditors INC	Strong evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	152 contacts →
	Strong 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
5	A2a Kopano Incorporated	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	146 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A2A Kopano Incorporated was established in 2006 to provide clients with excellent service in our field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	MGI Bass Gordon	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	128 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our firm, which dates back to 1935, has a commitment to quality, integrity, and personal service that has seen us grow to a firm of eight partners and a total of over 100…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	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
8	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
9	Mazars In South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	95 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mazars is an international, integrated and independent organisation, specialising in audit, accounting, tax and advisory services across a range of markets and sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Kreston SA	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	90 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We provide a full range of accountancy, business advisory and financial services that will help you to achieve your personal and business goals.” 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	Motlanalo Chartered Accountants & Auditors INC	Indirect evidence	Polokwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Motlanalo Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	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
14	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
15	KNM	Strong evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Overview KnM is a pro-Pan African and proudly South African black-owned professional services firm that offers client-specific and industry-focused solutions to public and private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Enslins	Partial evidence	Mangaung, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We do Audit Tax Accounting, SAICA Training, B-BBEE, Internal Audit, Pastel Dealers, Corporate Governance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	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
18	Accensis	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	57 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Through happy, fulfilled people, we are evolving business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	AJS Software	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The AJS legal accounting and practice management system was first released in 1980, which makes it one of the most dependable systems in the market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Resourceplus	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We build lasting partnerships with audit, tax, and advisory firms, supplying exceptional outsourced South African professionals who help teams thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	RTA	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “RTA is the first certified Xero Advisor in South Africa and Xero's First Global Gold and Platinum Partner.” 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: south african 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 south african accounting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of south african accounting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name south african 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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South african accounting firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

23.3%Verified-email coverage

8.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

15.9%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

871

11-50

409

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 1,385 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 south african 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 “south african 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 south african 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 south african 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, 2,671 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.

South african accounting firms by metro

South african accounting firms in Johannesburg220
South african accounting firms in Pretoria121
South african accounting firms in Cape Town117
South african accounting firms in Durban54
South african accounting firms in Sandton36
South african accounting firms in Midrand34
South african accounting firms in Centurion32

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 south african 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 south african accounting firms are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 1,385 south african 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?

Nexia Sab&t, headquartered in Pretoria, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most south african accounting firms?

Johannesburg leads with 220 headquartered companies, followed by Pretoria (121) and Cape Town (117).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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.