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South Africa: 3,509 legal entities with an LEI, by legal form and city

3,509 legal entities in South Africa have a record in the Global LEI Index of November 7, 2026. 1,735 (49.4%) hold a current Legal Entity Identifier and 1,524 (43.4%) have lapsed. The most common legal form is Private Company (Pty Ltd) (2,002 entities). The city with the most entities is Cape Town (1,033). 352 registered in the last 12 months.

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Companies in South AfricaWatch new LEIsLapsed LEIs
  • 3,509Legal entities with an LEI record
  • 1,735 (49.4%)Current LEIs (issued)
  • 1,524 (43.4%)Lapsed LEIs (not renewed)
  • 241Retired LEIs (entity closed or merged)
  • 352Registered in the last 12 months
  • 32Registered in the last 30 days
  • 414Current LEIs that renew in the next 90 days
  • 828Funds
  • 3Sole proprietors (counted, never named)
  • November 6, 2026Newest registration

Legal forms

By ISO 20275 legal form code. Entities with no listed form are left out of this table.

Legal formEntitiesShare
Private Company (Pty Ltd)2,00257.1%
Public Company (Ltd)3038.6%
Close Corporation (CC)702%
Personal Liability Company (Inc)240.7%
Pension fund220.6%
State Owned Company (SOC)190.5%
Non-Profit Company (NPC)100.3%
Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid (BV)70.2%
Qi ye30.1%
Co-operatives (Primary)30.1%
Naamloze vennootschap (NV)20.1%
Private Unlimited10%
Osakeyhtiö (oy)10%
Limited Liability Company10%
Private Company Limited by Shares10%

Regions

RegionEntitiesShare
Gauteng1,71849%
Western Cape1,28636.6%
Kwazulu-Natal1805.1%
Eastern Cape601.7%
Free State371.1%
Limpopo310.9%
Mpumalanga300.9%
North-West170.5%
Northern Cape90.3%

Cities with the most entities

By city of the legal address, as the register spells it.

CityEntitiesShare
Cape Town1,03329.4%
Johannesburg70520.1%
Sandton2256.4%
Pretoria1765%
Gauteng982.8%
Durban762.2%
Bellville692%
Centurion671.9%
Midrand581.7%
Bryanston391.1%
Port Elizabeth290.8%
Stellenbosch280.8%
Somerset West270.8%
Randburg260.7%
Roodepoort240.7%
Paarl230.7%
Rosebank210.6%
Sandown200.6%
Kempton Park170.5%
Germiston150.4%

Registrations by year

Year of the first LEI registration, for entities that are still in the register.

YearEntitiesShare
20262998.5%
20253199.1%
20243138.9%
20232336.6%
20222968.4%
20212346.7%
20202286.5%
20193379.6%
201840911.7%
201762717.9%
2016571.6%
2015290.8%

Entity types

TypeEntitiesShare
Companies and other legal entities2,66575.9%
Funds82823.6%
Branches70.2%
Government entities50.1%
Sole proprietors30.1%
International organizations10%

Who issued the LEIs

Local operating units (LOUs) that manage the LEI records.

IssuerEntitiesShare
Strate (Pty) Ltd1,20934.5%
Bloomberg Finance L.P.73420.9%
Ubisecure Oy68319.5%
London Stock Exchange LEI Limited66519%
WM Datenservice1143.2%
GS1 AISBL471.3%
EQS Group GmbH361%
The Irish Stock Exchange Plc120.3%
Kamer van Koophandel50.1%
Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH20.1%

Newest registrations

Current LEIs of active entities, by date of first registration. Funds and sole proprietors are not listed.

EntityCityLegal formLEI registeredLEI
Maverick Trading 1388 (Pty) LtdDurbanPty LtdNovember 5, 202637898KCN7SQC2IYUGK32
Nautical Trading and Research (PTY) LTDCape TownPty LtdNovember 2, 2026254900YIQADGKQGUMK57
Retu Za (PTY) LTDSandtonPty LtdOctober 29, 2026254900052J3ZXU92LT98
Huawei Technologies Africa (PTY) LTDSandtonPty LtdOctober 29, 2026213800HY1S25WO97CR41
Asset and Vehicle FinanceJohannesburgPty LtdOctober 23, 2026254900G1OWHPB7Y16I53
PepsiCo South Africa (Pty) LtdJohannesburgPty LtdOctober 21, 20263789843LAARX8TRNXO53
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Pty) LtdCape TownPty LtdOctober 20, 202637895OCZBR32BKFZYH67
Radahshin Investments (Pty) LtdGermistonPty LtdOctober 16, 20263789VTRRMZ35B9WELO76
Manqoba Holdings EnterpriseDurbanPty LtdOctober 8, 2026984500FXJA6840A61467
Intact PropertiesDurbanPty LtdOctober 8, 2026984500EFAMBB7BV0C042
Umthombo Investment ManagersGautengPty LtdOctober 8, 2026984500B1C37FF4565074
X Underwriting ManagersPotchefstroomPty LtdOctober 8, 20263789V97KRI1DFV44UF08
Chronax CapitalPresident ParkPty LtdOctober 8, 20263789ITQC5XRWX1NAOE21
Anchor Capital Northern SuburbsCape TownPty LtdOctober 5, 2026254900YCJAEMUF55JX97
Vector CapitalCape TownPty LtdOctober 2, 202637898AEE9TZ8WRL7IM61
Somochem Southern Africa (Pty) LtdCape TownPty LtdOctober 1, 2026254900C53ROFGCMR1032
Invexb PTY LTDBenoniPty LtdSeptember 30, 20269845001E8111D68E1447
Manyovu Investment GroupMbombelaPty LtdSeptember 29, 20269845005DB0F8482ADC55
JSE Investor Services Pty LtdJohannesburgPty LtdSeptember 29, 20263789JSS0IKTCMKOY7T95
Trifecta Mining Solutions (Pty) LtdMiddelburgPty LtdSeptember 28, 20263789RXGV968I4YV60Q05
Penguin Solutions South Africa (Pty) LtdGautengPty LtdSeptember 25, 20262549002WORU6X6D0C270
Veritas Wealth Management (Pty) LtdCape TownPty LtdSeptember 24, 20262549005U5KW3UMX1S495
Vachellia Investments (Pty) LtdJohannesburgPty LtdSeptember 23, 202637890LAUX2W44KQHEJ63
I-Cube Alternate AdvertisingPinetownCCSeptember 21, 20269845009AVZC6EEC1B257
Viadex (PTY) LtdCapetownLtdSeptember 21, 2026894500RN4I72TZ6XDK50

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), LEI Level 1 golden copy. CC0 1.0 public domain dedication (GLEIF). Counts are legal entities with a record in the GLEIF Level 1 golden copy of November 7, 2026, current or not: a record stays in the register after its LEI lapses. A current LEI has the registration status issued; a lapsed LEI was not renewed in time; a retired LEI belongs to an entity that closed or merged. The country is the country of the legal address. Individuals who register as sole proprietors are counted and never named. This page uses GLEIF data and is not endorsed or certified by GLEIF. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.