Active companies/entities in SA up to 2009 (Feb 2010)

 Someone will find this interesting.  It's very likely that there aren't as many operating now.  The anc government (with its union allies) has done its best to close as many companies as possible.

 

Caird logo - no contact details with byline3 (May 08)
I was asked by Brigitte Brun where I got my figure of 500,000 enitities that would need a scorecard. I took this information from the latest CIPRO stats. Here is a diagram of the breakdown

 Total Active Entities from 1800 to 31 DECEMBER 2009
The actual statistics are

Close Corporations

1,612,481

Public Companies

3,224

Private Companies

188,728

Non Profit (Section 21)

23,293

Limited By Guarantee

84

External Companies under Section 21A

12

External Companies

1,148

Incorporated (Professionals)

9,481

Company Unlimited

6

Co-Operative

16,247

   

Total

1,854,704

 

If 80% are EMEs then the total figure is 370,941. And if 70% are EMEs then it would be 556,411.

I reckon these figures are close enough.

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