Identity
- Category
- Company / Operating
- Legal Name
- Unilever South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
- Legal Country
- ZA
- Immediate Parent
- Unilever PLCGBKERN ID3472193977URLunilever.com
- Ultimate Parent
- Unilever
- Hierarchy Position
- Domestic Ultimate Parent
- Registration number 1939/012365/07 and registered office were published on the site's contact page. - A JSE Pricing Supplement named UNILEVER SOUTH AFRICA (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED as the issuer. - A B-BBEE certificate was issued to Unilever South Africa (Pty) Ltd with matching registration.
The Unilever Group subsidiaries list (Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2024) lists Unilever South Africa (Pty) Limited as a 100% subsidiary of the Unilever group (Unilever PLC). Source: unilever.com (Unilever Group subsidiaries 2024 PDF).
Firmographics
- Revenue
- $600.0M
- Employees
- 3,500
- Operational HQ
- Durban, South Africa
- No independently verifiable South Africa legal-entity revenue was found in company filings or official disclosures. - The Unilever group turnover for 2025 was €50.5 billion, which was used for contextual purposes. - A top-down estimation assumed Unilever South Africa accounts for approximately 0.5%–1.5% of the group turnover, equating to roughly €252 million–€758 million (approximately $270 million–$815 million). - A bottom-up estimation, based on 1,500–4,000 employees and an FMCG revenue/employee benchmark of $150,000–$300,000, implied a range of approximately $225 million–$1.2 billion. - The reconciled range for the estimated revenue was USD $300 million–$900 million, with a midpoint estimate of $600 million.
- Official company website (Unilever South Africa - Our Company) - 2025/2026 - Confirms Unilever South Africa (Pty) Ltd exists; no SA payroll headcount published, requiring proxy-based estimate - Unilever Annual Report and Accounts - 2024 - Global workforce ≈120,000; multinational scale makes a multi-thousand South Africa workforce plausible - Third-party employer listing - undated - Claims "over 3,500 employees" for Unilever South Africa; used as primary proxy for local headcount - LinkedIn company data - 2026 snapshot - Reported headcount 60 and company-size bucket 201–500; LinkedIn treated as an undercount of payroll employees - Recency / material change - 2024–2026 - Company website active (©2026) and no public reports of major SA layoffs/divestments; estimate assumes operations largely intact - Uncertainties / caveats - 2026 - No official SA payroll figure; third-party claim may include contractors/affiliates; LinkedIn member counts underrepresent actual payroll; final number is a best-effort estimate
- The Unilever South Africa contact page lists the registered office address in La Lucia Ridge, Durban. - The entity is Unilever South Africa, indicating its operational scope is South Africa. - Regulatory information on the website confirms a South African registration number and office.
Corporate hierarchy
| Entity | Employees | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|
Unilever PLC· Global Ultimate ParentKERN ID 3472193977 | United Kingdom | 118,000 | $54.8B |
└ Unilever Brasil S.A.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5847008762 | Brazil | 9,020 | $270.6M |
Unilever Brasil Ltda.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 2619814502 | Brazil | 9,019 | $270.6M |
Unilever(2 hidden) Unilever Brasil Industrial Limitada· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 8200715594 | Brazil | 9,019 | $0 |
└ E-UB Comércio Limitada· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 9428702380 | United Kingdom | 360 | $37.1M |
└ Unilever Brasil Gelados do Nordeste S.A.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3003196371 | Brazil | 180 | $13.5M |
└ Unilever Logistica Serviços Limitada· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6824572137 | United Kingdom | 135 | $5.5M |
└ COMPRA AGORA SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3273648599 | Brazil | 129 | $4.0M |
└ OLE FRANQUIA LTDA.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5053550888 | Brazil | 80 | $2.8M |
└ Alberto-Culver do Brasil Cosmeticos Limitada· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6646949723 | United Kingdom | 50 | $4.6M |
└ Smart Home Comércio E Locação De Equipamentos S.A.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 2232363122 | Brazil | 8 | $879K |
Unilever (China) Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 4537911448 | China | 7,600 | $285.0M |
└ Unilever (Guangzhou) Co. Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 1424026916 | China | 201 | $17.2M |
Unilever (China) Company Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3769804304 | China | 7,500 | $281.3M |
└ Unilever (Tianjin) Company Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 4708738246 | China | 379 | $25.8M |
└ Unilever (China) Investing Company Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 4909201296 | China | 7,500 | $281.3M |
└ Unilever UK Plc· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 2876668146 | United Kingdom | 6,000 | $405.0M |
└ UnileverUKGroupLimited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 9045320511 | United Kingdom | 6,000 | $405.0M |
└ Unilever South Africa (Proprietary) Limited· Domestic Operating ParentKERN ID 1190013908 | South Africa | 3,500 | $600.0M |
└ Unilever Mashreq For Food Products S.A.E.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3940631102 | Egypt | 3,000 | $202.5M |
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