List of largest companies in South Africa

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This article lists the largest companies in South Africa in terms of their revenue, net profit, total assets and market capitalization according to the American business magazine Forbes.

2019 Forbes list[]

This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2019. All 14 companies from South Africa in the Forbes 2000 are listed.[1]

*Despite the company being South African with Head Offices in South Africa, the company is listed as British by the Forbes 2000 ranking due to the entity's registered address in London.




Forbes
2000 rank 		Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$) 		Profit
(billions
US$) 		Assets
(billions
US$) 		Value
(billions
US$) 		Industry
1 261 Anglo American Johannesburg* 27.6 3.6 52.2 35.9 Diversified Metals & Mining
2 415 Standard Bank Johannesburg 9.0 2.1 147.9 22.9 Banking
3 418 Naspers Cape Town 6.9 13.5 35.8 111.3 Media
4 445 First Rand Johannesburg 7.6 2.3 110.5 27.2 Banking
5 530 Sasol Johannesburg 14.8 1.3 32.8 21.0 Oil and Gas
6 661 Absa Group Limited Johannesburg 9.7 1.1 89.6 9.9 Finance
7 755 Nedbank Johannesburg 7.7 1.0 72.6 9.4 Banking
8 782 Old Mutual Sandton 8.2 1.1 60.7 8.3 Finance
9 818 Sanlam Bellville 5.8 0.9 55.9 12.4 Insurance
10 936 MTN Group Johannesburg 10.2 0.66 17.0 13.5 Telecommunications
11 1764 Investec Johannesburg 6.0 0.72 73.2 6.3 Investment Services
12 1764 RMB Holdings Johannesburg 4.0 0.7 3.6 8.3 Finance
13 1881 Shoprite Holdings Brackenfell 11.0 0.3 4.7 7.0 Retail
14 1981 Bidvest Group Johannesburg 9.4 0.3 4.4 7.2 Finance

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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