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Top 25 Temp agencies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 241 temp agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 4,143 professional contacts across them, including 375 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.
This list covers temp agencies 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.
The 25 largest temp agencies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 923 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BLU by Adcorp is a leading provider of contingent staffing and workforce management solutions across South Africa and Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 382 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quest Staffing Solutions is the leading white-collar recruitment company in South Africa and Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Expertise and passion for service is the hallmark of our business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1988, more than 250 part time jobs were filled with students and over 25 clients have used our services in roles that include computer programming, call centre response…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Job Seekers - Please got here to our Web to apply directly for any of our JOBS: Established in 1970, Unique Personnel Employment Agency has consistently delivered a friendly and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a 24 Year Old business we have identified that we need to offer Tailored made Staffing Solutions to our Clients, and we understand that every client is different and their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Isilumko was established in 1995 and has a proud 26-year heritage and black women ownership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 2010, the company today provides a competitive edge in the job market and industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GP Consult has identified the need for effective and efficient Recruitment and Labour Broking service provision to fast paced clients the growing and ever changing South African…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Express Employment Professionals is a leading staffing provider in South Africa, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AB Labour Services is the brainchild of Human Resource Practitioners who decided to combine their expertise in order to assist businesses with their labour needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Secondments is a 100% black-owned Level 1 organisation, we believe in creating synergy with our clients by building sound business relationships which enhance our understanding of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Profile Personnel - We’re All About People.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our 24-Year Journey: C-Force was founded in 2002 with a simple belief: businesses don't just need staff, they need the right staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We supply integrated human capital solutions, coupled with our experience and expertise within temporary employment services and outsourcing solutions, which sets us apart as your…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At iLaunch, we specialise in finding the best talent to drive business success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Specialisation in recruiting perfectly matched, top caliber, temporary talent nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “iSanqa is a preferred partner for permanent placements and creating and operating tailor made and transparent Temporary Employment Services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “If you are looking for a contractor for your business or you are a contractor looking for an exciting new assignment, you are in the right place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AJ Personnel, established in 1987, specialises in recruiting Permanent, Contract and Temporary staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RESOURCE recruitment is a owner managed agency based in the Upper Highway area that has been helping candidates and client's place successful positions around the Greater Durban…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Zwanda Solutions is a registered Recruitment / Temporary Employment Services (TES) Agency situated in Mill Park, Port Elizabeth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At SI Logistical Services we positively match the employee to employer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KAMO PLACEMENTS, founded in 2003 and based in Gauteng, is a 100% Black Female Owned and Managed Recruitment Organization that boasts a highly successful track record with a niche…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “O’Dwyer Personnel is a Black female owned recruitment and staffing company based in Cape Town servicing clients across South Africa and the UK with over 18 years experience in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: temp agencies. 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 temp agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of temp agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name temp agencies. 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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Temp agencies based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 241 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 temp agencies, 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 “temp agencies”. 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 temp agencies), 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 temp agencies, 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, 375 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.
Temp agencies by metro
- Temp agencies in Johannesburg44
- Temp agencies in Cape Town25
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 temp agencies, 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 temp agencies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 241 temp agencies 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?
BLU By Adcorp SA, headquartered in Gallo Manor, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most temp agencies?
Johannesburg leads with 44 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (25) and Pretoria (22).
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 375 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 241 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.