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Top 25 Top accounting firms based in South Africa

Name: Top accounting firms based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 734 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 734 top accounting firms headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 18,164 professional contacts across them, including 4,552 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers top 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

734Companies

18,164Contacts tracked

4,552Verified emails

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The 25 largest top accounting firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 734 top 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 top 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	Forvis Mazars In South Africa	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	704 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Forvis Mazars Group SC is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	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
5	PKF Octagon	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	256 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At PKF Octagon we believe that our job is to support your future, the future of your business and personal wealth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Baker Tilly Greenwoods Chartered Accountants	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	216 contacts →
	Strong 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
7	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
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	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
10	Bonakude	Strong evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bonakude is an indigenous award-winning professional services firm, specialising in ACCOUNTING, CONSULTING and ASSURANCE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Sekelaxabiso	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	101 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SekelaXabiso is one of South Africa’s leading majority black-owned professional services firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Mazars In South Africa	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	95 contacts →
	Strong 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
13	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
14	Audit Advisory Forensics	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Internal Auditing, IT Auditing, Risk Advisory, Technology Consulting, and Forensics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Middel & Partners	Strong evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Innovation, partnership and prosperity are what most accounting and auditing firms promise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	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
17	MNB Chartered Accountants	Strong evidence	Midrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Strong 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
18	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
19	KNM	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Indirect 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
20	Kesho Chartered Accountants	Strong evidence	Nelspruit, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	61 contacts →
	Strong 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
21	The Shard PTY LTD South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2013, The Shard is a South Africa based consulting firm that brings together actuaries, auditors, accountants, and data scientists to deliver integrated, insight led…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	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
23	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
24	MMS Chartered Accountants	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Strong 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
25	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

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: top 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 top accounting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of top accounting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name top 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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Top accounting firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

25.1%Verified-email coverage

24.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

18.9%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

371

11-50

270

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 734 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 top 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 “top 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 top 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 top 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, 4,552 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.

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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 top 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 top accounting firms are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 734 top 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 top accounting firms?

Johannesburg leads with 139 headquartered companies, followed by Pretoria (69) and Cape Town (45).

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 4,552 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 734 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.