List of the largest companies in South Africa

The Largest Companies List in South Africa includes the largest publicly traded companies in South Africa published by Forbes Magazine on the Forbes Global 2000 list .

The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters and the industry . The figures are in billion US dollars and relate to fiscal year 2009, for the market value to the market price on March 1, 2010.

The list also contains the largest listed companies in South Africa published by the business magazine “African Business” in the list “Africa's Top 200 companies” and relates to the stock exchange price on December 31, 2006.

rank	Forbes 2000	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch	Top 200
1.	177.	Standard Bank Group	Johannesburg	16.57	1.55	162.52	22.08	Banks	7th
2.	298.	Sasol	Johannesburg	17.84	1.77	18.73	23.85	Oil & gas	4th
3.	305	FirstRand	Johannesburg	10.93	0.90	104.61	13.67	Banks	8th.
4th	349.	MTN Group	Fairland	10.96	1.64	18.33	27.31	telecommunications	6th
5.	823	Sanlam	Cape Town	4.95	0.27	34.04	6.86	Insurance	23.
6th	915.	Impala Platinum Holdings	Illovo	3.38	0.78	7.47	15.40	Mining	10.
7th	969	Bidvest Group	Johannesburg	14.55	0.36	4.93	6.05	Conglomerates
8th.	1106.	Naspers	Cape Town	2.75	0.59	5.65	15.24	media	21st
9.	1144.	Remgro	Stellenbosch	1.18	4.67	4.43	6.17	Conglomerates	14th
10.	1230.	Steinhoff International Holdings	Sand tone	134.87				Furniture industry	36.
11.	1263.	AngloGold Ashanti	Johannesburg	4.15	−0.37	9.82	12.96	Mining	13.
12.	1275.	Shoprite		7.68	0.26	2.13	5.33	trade	63.
13.	1329.	Gold Fields	Johannesburg	3.77	0.20	8.45	8.16	Mining	18th
14th	1460.	Telkom	Pretoria	3.70	0.43	8.94	2.29	telecommunications	16.
15th	1592.	African Rainbow Minerals		1.31	0.37	3.30	5.30	Mining
16.	1734.	RMB Holdings	Johannesburg	0.70	0.34	3.64	4.66	Banks	25th
17th	1790.	Tiger Brands		2.72	0.33	1.53	4.43	food	34.
18th	1792.	Imperial Holdings	Ekurhuleni	6.76	0.20	4.21	2.73	transport	28.
19th	1807.	Harmony gold	Melrose Arch	1.49	0.38	4.70	3.96	Mining	30th
20th	1880.	Aveng	Johannesburg	4.37	0.27	2.86	1.95	Construction	69.
21st	1901.	Murray & Roberts		4.37	0.26	3.00	1.63	Construction	70.
22nd	1982.	Sappi	Johannesburg	6.25	−0.21	7.18	2.11	Paper industry	35.
23.	1991.	Assore		1.14	0.42	1.44	2.65
		Anglo American	Johannesburg				71.90	Mining	1.
		BHP Billiton SA Limited	Johannesburg				45.11	Mining	2.
		Anglo American Platinum	Johannesburg				26.34	Mining	3.
		South African Breweries	London				22.74	beverages	5.
		Old Mutual	London				13.00	Insurance	12.
		Absa Group					11.54	Banks	15th
		Liberty International					8.68	property	19th
		Lonmin	London				8.25	Mining	20th
		Nedcor					7.40	Banks	22nd
		Mittal Steel South Africa					6.21	steel	24.
		Barloworld	Johannesburg	6.29			5.15	Conglomerates	27.
		Investec Bank	Johannesburg				4.74	Banks	29
		VenFin					3.52	Conglomerates	38.
		Liberty Group					3.25	Insurance	39.
		Network Healthcare Holdings					3.24	health	40.
		Edgar's Consolidated Stores					2.98	trade	43.
		Pretoria Portland Cement					2.96	Construction	44.
		Kumba Resources					2.46	Mining	47.
		Woolworths					2.42	trade	48.
		Reunert					2.40	technology	49.
		Pick 'n Pay					2.27	trade	52.
		Truworths International					2.19	trade	53.
		Discovery Holdings					2.03	Insurance	60.
		Massmart					1.98	trade	62.
		Nampak					1.98	packagings	64.
		Sun International	Johannesburg				1.96	entertainment	65.
		Foschini					1.96	trade	66.
		African Bank Investments					1.93	Banks	67.
		JD Group					1.91	trade	68.
		Aquarius Platinum					1.80	Mining	72.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Forbes Global 2000 - South Africa
2. ↑ African Business: Africa's Top 200 companies (PDF; 333 kB)