Largest companies in Africa

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Fares Networks And Information Technology CO	Libya	Tripoli	Near UAE Embassy, Madneen Street	N/A	N/A	N/A	2003	$6,000,000,000,000	30	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Societe Nationale D'electricite Du Senegal	Senegal	Dakar	Rue Vincens	Dakar	N/A	N/A	2024	$1,402,372,882,476	3,394	N/A	N/A	SN DKR 1984 B 30
3	Union Caisse Mutuelle Du Niger	Niger	Niamey	Nouveau Marche	N/A	N/A	N/A	2008	$366,430,080,840	15	N/A	N/A	H 90283
4	Societe Africaine De Plantations D'heveas	Ivorycoast	Abidjan	Building Ex-sit Rue Des Galions	N/A	N/A	N/A	2022	$342,119,848,824	5,773	N/A	N/A	CI-ABJ-1962-B-20
5	Dataxis Africa LTD	Mauritius	Riviere Cocos	Lot 19 Mezza Business Hub Domaine Mont Calme	Rodrigues Island	N/A	N/A	2015	$259,268,825,922	15	N/A	N/A	C131178
6	Totalenergies Marketing Kenya Public LIMITED Company	Kenya	Nairobi	Regal Plaza Limuru Road	Nairobi	0100	N/A	2021	$214,550,000,000	370	N/A	N/A	C.3/89
7	Boulangerie Pain D'amour Ltee	Mauritius	Rose Belle	Arcades Seegobin Royal Road	Grand Port	N/A	N/A	2007	$212,704,469,655	0	N/A	N/A	C075143
8	Societe Nationale Malagasy De Transports Aeriens (air Madagascar)	Madagascar	Antananarivo	Escalier A	Analamanga	101	N/A	1961	$188,787,667,481	3,000	N/A	N/A	RCS Antananarivo
9	Celtel Niger SA	Niger	Niamey	Route de L'Aeroport, Immeuble Celtel Rue de la Cfao	N/A	N/A	N/A	2010	$154,256,769,126	193	N/A	N/A	NI-NIM-2004-B768
10	Airtel Gabon SA	Gabon	Libreville	Immeuble Lbs (libreville Business Square) Rue Pecqueur	N/A	N/A	N/A	2010	$144,903,670,825	203	N/A	N/A	2001/B 01000
11	Tanganda Tea Company LIMITED	Zimbabwe	Harare	194 Mutare Road	N/A	N/A	N/A	1930	$128,990,389,473	4,586	N/A	N/A	742/1930
12	Arnesta Tours LTD	Mauritius	Vacoas	River Side	Plaines Wilhems	N/A	N/A	2017	$95,728,137,505	0	N/A	N/A	C17146487
13	African Distribution Company	Ivorycoast	Abidjan	Vridi Zone Industrielle	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023	$88,748,869,521	30	N/A	N/A	CI-ABJ-2005-B-17
14	Hwange Colliery Company LIMITED	Zimbabwe	Hingwe	Coronation Drive	N/A	N/A	N/A	1899	$77,733,913,000	60	N/A	N/A	381/1954
15	Nano SARL	Ivorycoast	Abidjan	Zone Industrielle de Yopougon	N/A	N/A	N/A	2020	$71,061,277,266	1,043	N/A	N/A	CI-ABJ-02-2012-B
16	Societe Lah Negoce & Compagnie SARL	Mali	Bamako	Immeuble Canal Rue 325	N/A	N/A	N/A	2008	$70,970,127,202	62	N/A	N/A	MA.BKO.2008. B.4
17	Industrie Plastique	Togo	Lome	Zone Portuaire, Derriere Saga, Be-est Be-afedome, Golfe, Maritim	Maritime (region)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$60,980,339,618	1,200	N/A	N/A	2003 B 1200
18	Tononoka Rolling Mills LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Tononoka Rolling Mills, Komarock Road	Nairobi	N/A	N/A	2005	$58,760,321,658	510	N/A	N/A	C. 115809
19	SPA Sonatrach	Algeria	Hydra	Djenane el Malik	Wilaya D'Alger	16035	N/A	1963	$53,694,702,000	65,991	N/A	N/A	00B0013767
20	Pick N Pay Holdings (rf) LTD	South Africa	Cape Town	Pick N Pay Office Park 101 Rosmead Av	Western Cape	7708	picknpay.*****	1981	$49,750,960,000	63	N/A	N/A	198100961006
21	Huawei Technologies Africa (PTY) LTD	South Africa	Vereeniging	Bldg 16	Gauteng	2191	huawei.*****	2005	$37,531,167,002	58	N/A	N/A	200503828807
22	Massmart Retail (PTY) LTD	South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Peltier Dr	Gauteng	2146	massmart.*****	2008	$35,699,277,600	495	N/A	N/A	200801166607
23	Air Mauritius LIMITED	Mauritius	Port Louis	Air Mauritius Centre President John Kennedy Street	Port Louis	11302	N/A	1967	$32,977,983,826	3,000	N/A	N/A	C07001600
24	Acrep - Exploracao Petrolifera, S.A	Angola	Talatona	Building A1 Dolce Vita	Luanda	N/A	N/A	2008	$32,428,026,000	360	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	Osama Abdel Aziz El Gendi Wood	Egypt	Alexandria	11 el Eman Sreet	Alexandria	N/A	N/A	1999	$31,164,990,172	1	N/A	N/A	27460

Companies by Employee Size

1-4856,365
5-9779,945
10-195,787,228
20-49948,177
50-99240,744
10.000+260
100-199107,354
200-49921,214
500-9995,142
1.000-4.9994,303
5.000-9.999536
0 or Unknown4,864,866

Companies by Revenue Size (in USD)

0 or Unknown4,907,586
1 to 100.000348,796
100.001 to 499.9991,025,163
500.000 to 999.9991,260,477
1.000.000.000 or more1,171
1.000.000 to 4.999.9995,534,589
5.000.000 to 9.999.999423,608
10.000.000 to 49.999.999105,951
50.000.000 to 99.999.9993,848
100.000.000 to 499.999.9994,125
500.000.000 to 999.999.999820

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Understanding Official Company Statistics in Africa

This section shares key facts and clear answers to common questions about officially registered companies in Africa, using verified business statistics.

There are over 13,616,134 registered companies in Africa.

The largest industries by company count are Business Services (1,182,092 companies), Wholesale in Durable Goods (566,691 companies), and Business Consulting Services (537,621 companies).

The regions with the highest number of companies are Gauteng (2,748,161 companies), Nairobi (854,159), KwaZulu-Natal (836,289), and Western Cape (662,360).

South Africa leads with more than 6.2 million registered companies, followed by Ethiopia with over 1.3 million, and Kenya with over 1.3 million companies.

There are 7,395,071 Private Limited Companies (Ltd) registered in Africa.

There are 301,750 registered companies in Africa with an active website.

SMEs are usually defined as companies with 5–99 employees. According to our data, there are more than 6.8 million SME companies in Africa.

The list includes all officially registered companies in Africa, covering every business in the region regardless of current activity.

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The company statistics and rankings on this page are based on official African business registers and national authorities, including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and other leading economies in the region. These sources are used to compile company counts, industry statistics, regional and country distributions, and the Top 100 company rankings shown here.

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