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Top 25 Travel agency companies based in South Africa

Name: Travel agency companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 353 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 353 travel agency companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 6,016 professional contacts across them, including 995 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers travel agency 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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6,016Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest travel agency companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 353 travel agency 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 travel agency 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Tourvest Travel Services	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	855 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Tourvest Travel Services is a division of TOURVEST - South Africa's Leading Tourism Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Tourvest Destination Management	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	398 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A global travel management business with an African soul, committed to our people, customers and suppliers by providing exceptional quality, service and value in a sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	XL Nexus Travel	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	293 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nexus Travel opened its doors on 1 August 2003 with only four people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Pentravel	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	262 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Pentravel was established in 1983 and has for several years been part of the Cullinan Holdings group, a listed company specialising in travel and tourism companies in such areas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Thompsons Holidays	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	108 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are the leading South African travel wholesaler which caters primarily to leisure travellers based in Southern Africa with offices in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Envoyage ZA	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Part of the global Envoyage community and Flight Centre Travel Group, Envoyage empowers travel agencies and entrepreneurial advisors to benefit from the buying power, expertise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Bidtravel	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	78 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bidvest Travel services is a proudly Bidvest company that provides industry-leading travel management services to corporate businesses and leisure travellers through our extensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	World Leisure Holidays	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Well-known for our exquisite vacation products, service excellence and friendly people, World Leisure Holidays has built a flawless reputation as one of the top South African tour…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Wings Corporate Travel	Strong evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	53 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wings Travel Management is a global TMC specialising in offshore, marine and general high end corporate travel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Sure Travel PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Sure Travel brand is one of the most recognised and respected names in the Southern African travel industry, with over 80 agencies in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	TAG Travel Assignment Group	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Travel Assignment Group (TAG) based in Hyde Park Gauteng was founded by Jonathan Gerber, previously CEO of the Tourvest Outbound Division in 2007.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Flight Centre Business Travel South Africa	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	40 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Flight Centre Business Travel is a specialist offering of Flight Centre South Africa, and when it comes to travel, we mean business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	GO Tourism	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Go Tourism is a Cape Town-based inbound travel company specialising in tailored trips across Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	The Travel Group	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Specialists in Corporate Travel (TMC) The Travel Group has been formed with our clients & potential clients in mind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	BIG Ambitions Marketing	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We help Travel Companies Connect with their Customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Development Promotions	Strong evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Development Promotions: Your Gateway to Extraordinary Travel Experiences With over fifty years of proven excellence, Development Promotions stands at the forefront of delivering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Timeless Africa Safaris	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Timeless Africa Safaris was formalised in 2002 by Marco Van Embden out of a personal networks need for a trusted and bespoke inbound African travel service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	360 Degrees Travel	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	XL Glenwood Travel	Strong evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Glenwood Travel, founded in 1982, provides travel management services from our offices in Gauteng, to small, medium and multi-national companies, requiring a personal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	Onestop Travel And Tours	Indirect evidence	Overport, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our company was established in 2004 by Riaz and Sophia Motala.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Biggestleaf Travel	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Not only are we based in Africa but our team has lived in or visited at least 14 different African countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	XL BAY Travel	Strong evidence	Bluewater Bay, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We don't sell travel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Southern Africa 360	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Southern Africa 360 Luxury Holidays, an all-female–run company, crafts tailor-made holidays, group tours, and MICE experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Take OFF Travel	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Take Off Travel is your premium personal Travel Management Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Plum Accommodation	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Plum Accommodation is a B2B travel partner serving travel agents across Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: travel agency companies. 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 travel agency companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of travel agency companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name travel agency companies. 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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Travel agency companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

16.5%Verified-email coverage

17.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

24.6%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

222

11-50

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 353 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 travel agency 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 “travel agency 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 travel agency 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 travel agency 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, 995 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.

Travel agency companies by metro

Travel agency companies in Johannesburg87
Travel agency companies in Cape Town69

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 travel agency 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 travel agency companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 353 travel agency 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?

Tourvest Travel Services, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most travel agency companies?

Johannesburg leads with 87 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (69) and Durban (20).

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 995 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 353 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.