Company Index Stats
How many Automotive companies are in South Africa?
There are 24,189 Automotive companies in South Africa as of October 2026, 1.0% of Automotive companies worldwide, and 3.9% of all companies in South Africa.
Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.
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#19
for Automotive companies
Share of South Africa
3.9%
of all companies in South Africa
By Sub-Industry
What Automotive companies in South Africa actually do
These 7 sub-industries carry 24,559 labels against a total of 24,189 Automotive companies in South Africa, because a company carrying several sub-industry labels is counted under each.
| 1 | Auto Parts Supplier | 8,084 | |
| 2 | Auto Repair Shop | 7,916 | |
| 3 | Car Dealership | 4,331 | |
| 4 | Auto Detailing | 1,371 | |
| 5 | Towing | 1,125 | |
| 6 | Auto Body Shop | 1,046 | |
| 7 | Tire Shop | 686 |
Who They Sell To
Automotive customer mix in South Africa
Shares of the customer types we recorded, not of companies: one selling to several counts under each, and one with no customer type recorded is left out entirely.
By Company Size
How big Automotive companies in South Africa are
Automotive in other countries
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Methodology
Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.
Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.
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