Best Retail Companies in Johannesburg, South Africa
The 96 best Retail companies in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Edcon.
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Johannesburg
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edcon Clothing, footwear and textiles retailer | $37M | 87 mo ago | Acquired | Dwight Poler Chairman | 1929 | — | — |
| 2 | TallOrder Cloud-based platform offering POS solution for offline retailers | $5M | 52 mo ago | Series A | — | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | 1 launch |
| 3 | Parcelninja Provider of tech-enabled warehousing & fulfillment services for businesses | $2M | 136 mo ago | Acquired | Justin Drennan Co-Founder | 2012 | Google MapsMediaElement.jsYouTube+17 | — |
| 4 | Wrapistry Online retailer of wedding gifts | $288K | 102 mo ago | Seed | Jed Shein Ceo & Cfo | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+24 | — |
| 5 | Lemon Provider of e-commerce software for wholesalers | $50K | 45 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 6 | Pet Heaven Online store for pet supplies | $19K | 119 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 7 | Trebene Private label handicrafts retailer | $15K | 125 mo ago | Early Stage | Bushera Bashir Founder & Director | 2013 | — | — |
| 8 | Rekisa Provider of SaaS-based storefront solutions for retailers and brands | — | 45 mo ago | Funding Raised | Thato Garekoe Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Retail companies in Johannesburg
#1
Series A · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2010 · 32 employees$5.2Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform offering POS solution for offline retailers. Its features include order and inventory management, accounting, CRM, marketing tools, reporting and analytics, and more. Its other product is an online ordering app that can be integrated with retailers existing POS systems. It caters to both the retail and hospitality industries.
- Jan 2022Series A$3.1M
#2
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2021 · 5 employees$50Kraised▾
Provider of e-commerce software for wholesalers. The company developed a marketplace platform for wholesalers. The software offers features like storefront development, order management, order tracking, data management, fulfillment services, promotion management, and more.
- Sep 2022Seed$50K
#3
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 1929 · 17500 employees$37Mraised▾
Edcon is a clothing, footwear and textiles (CFT) retailing group in southern Africa trading through 1,400 stores through nine different store formats. They opened their first store in Joubert Street, Johannesburg in 1929. As of Jun'16, they run retail stores under the names - Edgars, Red Sqaure, Edgars Active and mono-branded stores. Edgars was listed in 1946 and was again delisted in 2007 when shareholders voted in favour of an offer from Bain Capital.
#4
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 100 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Parcelninja provides tech-enabled warehousing & fulfillment services to e-commerce businesses. Offers a software solution that integrates with the company's web store and provides services such as order management, warehousing, pick & pack service, and more. The software also has features for real-time tracking, reporting, and analytics. The company offers last-mile deliveries through Its network of partnered couriers.
- Feb 2015Seed$1.7M
#5
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2014$288.2Kraised▾
Wrapistry is an online retailer of wedding gifts headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Users can browse through the collection of wedding gifts across various categories such as kitchenware, dining sets, bed and bath products, home decor products, and experiences available on the company's platform and choose a gift that meets their requirements. Users can pay online to have the gift shipped to the intended recipient. As of Nov 2017, the company claims to ship gifts to all locations within South Africa. It also provides wedding registry services to registered couples. Couples can redeem their registries either by receiving the gift products or by having the contributed cash transferred to their bank accounts.
- Nov 2017Seed$288.2K
#6
Series A · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2013 · 19 employees$19Kraised▾
Pet Heaven is an online pet supplies. They cater to dog food, cat food, medication and other pet accessories. They ship to major cities in South Africa. They also provide a subscription service for pet food where users can schedule the delivery according to their convenience. Subscribers are also entitled to special deals and promotions that are not available to usual customers. Brands they feature include Royal Canin, McMac, Bravecto, etc.
- Jul 2016Series A—
- Mar 2014Seed$19K
#7
Early Stage · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2013$15Kraised▾
Trebene is a online retailer of its luxury label women's cashmere scarves brand. The company designs products based on storytelling themes. The scarves are handcrafted by contracted Kashmiri weavers. The company exclusively sources its Cashmere fabric from Kashmir region. As of Feb'17, Trebene ships products to Europe, Middle East, and South Africa.
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$15K
#8
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng—raised▾
Provider of SaaS-based storefront solutions for retailers and brands
#9
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2009 · 57 employees—raised▾
Provider of vending & distribution services to retail stores
#10
Acqui-Hired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2014 · 70 employees—raised▾
Provider of online marketplace to buy grocery products. It provides an online platform to buy grocery products and connect informal traders in townships to the formal economy. The company operates as a digital distribution platform, enabling dealers with a point-of-sale device.
- Nov 2018Series A—
- 2015Seed—
#11
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 75 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer and retailer of hair care products intended to help women take better care of their hair. The company offers a wide range of wigs, after-care, styling accessories, hairbrushes, combs, face, eyes, lips, and skincare essentials and a full range of salon services, enabling customers to look more stylish effortlessly.
- Mar 2016Seed—
#12
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012—raised▾
Smacs.co.za is a South African based design and home decor ecommerce site. Smacs provides a wide range of homeware products and unique brands. Smacs.co.za pivoted from a design based flash sales site to a full ecommerce offering when it realized that the online market for complete product offerings of home, furniture, design and decor was currently underserved in the Sub-Saharan African market. It is a subsidiary of SovTech.
- Jun 2012Seed—
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