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Top 25 Trade show management companies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 144 trade show management companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 789 professional contacts across them, including 129 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers trade show management 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 22, 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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144Companies
789Contacts tracked
129Verified emails
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The 25 largest trade show management companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 144 trade show management companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to trade show management companies: 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
1Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With more than two decades of experience, Scan Display is a leader in the African exhibition, events and display industries, specialising in exhibition stands, display products…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceRivonia, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a53 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Event Management company based in Rivonia, South Africa”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceNorthriding, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IT Event Management (IT-EM) was founded in March 2003 by a group of young, energetic university graduates who wanted to change the face of events management in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The XZIBIT Group transforms Exhibition and Event Marketing spaces into high-yield stakeholder engagement opportunities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Alchemy Group was created from a strong desire to build meaningful connections between people, organisations and brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Exhibition, Conference and Marketing Management Agency in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Green Exhibition Services has been trading since becoming the supplier of choice for many exhibitions and conferences in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SSQ Design is a turnkey experiential design and project management agency specialising in customised exhibition stands, activations, events, and corporate interiors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“theSQUAD is in the business of making events memories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elegant Experience works across the country, and with over 54 years of combined industry and global theatrical expertise, we will create unforgettable experiences for your guests.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceEdenvale, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Custom Exhibition Stands | Exhibition Design | Event Infrastructure”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Garona Communications and Projects started operation in 2008 and has a vast experience in Marketing and Communications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceCraighall Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Massive is a specialist event organization with global experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Black Creative Ideas: CPT - JHB CORE SERVICES Our management staff have over 30 years industry experience, contributing to Black’s rich understanding of and extensive expertise in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ConCept G Exhibitions & Events (Pty) Ltd is a specialist exhibition stand contractor and event infrastructural supplier, offering an attentive to detail, in-house turnkey solution…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-2006 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2003 as a small shell-scheme based business with six staff members, Expo Solutions has quickly become one of the largest exhibition infrastructure suppliers in Southern…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We specialise in creating unforgettable event experiences from conceptualisation to execution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Indirect evidenceJohannesuburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“It’s in Johannesburg, the City of Gold, that 24 Carrots opened its doors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EXBO is an international market-leading events company focusing on environmentally conscious products and services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shift Ideas is a company with experience, knowledge and expertise focused in the special events / incentives and conference arena.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceCity Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your company has its own distinctive fingerprint which is strategically utilised to orchestrate and conceptualise your event.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceCenturion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Specialising in the field of professional conference organising, events and exhibitions, The Source is a resourceful hub where inspired ideas, perfect solutions and impeccable…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A TURN KEY EVENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY Specialising in a holistic execution of all Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events and Exhibitions OUR APPROACH Collaborating in a creative…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We supply a unique combination of ground-up strategic planning and detailed implementation for events, sports events, brand activations, launches, roadshows, exhibitions, as well…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leaders in Exhibition Stand and Display Design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Trade show management companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
16.3%Verified-email coverage
5.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
34.7%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
97
11-50
38
51-200
8
201-500
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 144 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 trade show management 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 “trade show management 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 trade show management 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 trade show management 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, 129 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 22, 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.

Trade show management companies by metro

  • Trade show management companies in Johannesburg50
  • Trade show management companies in Cape Town29

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 trade show management 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 trade show management companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 144 trade show management 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?

Scan Display, headquartered in Parktown North Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most trade show management companies?

Johannesburg leads with 50 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (29) and Sandton (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 129 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 144 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 22, 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.