Pounce coverageWhat we hold, and what we don’t
Pounce coverage of South African business data, counted on the run of 23 Oct 2026: what Pounce holds, where it comes from, and the gaps we say out loud.
| What | Count | From |
|---|---|---|
| Trading businesses | 514,051 | Proprietary data and public registers; lapsed records left out |
| With a website | 116,308 | Read for contacts, people, what the business does and the tools it runs |
| With a phone number | 308,625 | Main lines, from proprietary data and registers |
| With a mobile or WhatsApp number | 201,809 | Usually the owner’s own phone on a small business’s listing; filter on it in the app |
| With a published email | 59,860 | From the business’s own site or a public listing; growing every night |
| Named people in business roles | 83,426 | From company websites, the FSCA register and news |
| With a size | 140,960 | Public employee counts where known, otherwise estimated from CIDB grade or branches, with the evidence |
| Business locations | 427,807 | Every kind of business in every province, refreshed monthly |
| Active CIDB contractors | 123,947 | The CIDB register, with grades |
| FSCA financial services firms | 32,643 | Every licensed, lapsed, withdrawn and applying firm |
| NCR credit providers | 9,192 | The National Credit Regulator’s register |
| Barred from government work | 409 | National Treasury’s restricted suppliers and tender defaulters |
| Proudly South African members | 1,139 | Verified local manufacturers and suppliers, many with no other listing |
| Mergers before the Competition Tribunal | 1,393 | Who is buying whom, private companies included |
| Open government tenders | 2,500 | eTenders and municipal portals, every morning |
By province
Trading businesses by province on the run of 23 Oct 2026. Every province is covered; the bars follow where South Africa’s businesses are.
What Pounce does not hold
People
People appear in their business roles, and as B2C leads only when they posted an ad themselves (a CV, a house or car of their own), with the way in they wrote in it. No ID numbers.
Turnover and accounts
Private companies do not publish them. Size is shown as employees or an estimate with its evidence.
Every new company the day it registers
The CIPC register is not public in bulk. New businesses appear when they list, advertise, hire or register elsewhere.
Property transfers
Deeds Office data is paid per property; not included today.
Anything behind a login
Pounce reads public pages only. No sign-ins, no fake accounts, no leaked databases.
Confirmed emails at every company
Many large companies’ mail servers refuse checks; those emails are marked as a guess or likely, never as confirmed.