Kernel
SubsidiaryPublic Company

Amazon Web Services

KERN ID 6916588004AWS South Africa Proprietary Limitedaws.amazon.com

Revenue

$600M

Employees

645

HQ

Observatory, South Africa

Identity

Category
Company / Operating
Legal Name
AWS South Africa Proprietary Limited

- Legal page at https://aws.amazon.com/legal/aws-za/ named Amazon Web Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd. - CRM legal name 'AWS South Africa Proprietary Limited' was preserved per LEGAL_NAME_ONLY constraint. - Regional AWS pages confirmed South African operational presence for the Africa (Cape Town) region.

Legal Country
ZA
Immediate Parent
Amazon Web ServicesUS
Legal NameAmazon Web Services, Inc.
KERN ID3526904742

The AWS contracting-party page and AWS legal/privacy pages list Amazon Web Services South Africa Proprietary Limited as the South Africa contracting party while identifying Amazon Web Services, Inc. as the AWS corporate entity; ownership % not disclosed (source: https://aws.amazon.com/legal/aws-contracting-party/).

Ultimate Parent
Amazon
Legal NameAmazon.com, Inc.
TypeCompany / Operating
KERN ID7968185479
Hierarchy Position
Subsidiary

Firmographics

Revenue
$600.0M

- No official revenue figures were found for AWS South Africa Proprietary Limited in publicly accessible sources. - The estimated revenue of USD 600 million for 2026 is derived from secondary research. - This estimation is based on AWS group revenue share, regional investment scale, and operational proxies. - AWS global revenue was approximately $128.7 billion, and the Africa (Cape Town) region is a small fraction of this global base. - The planned investment of ZAR 46 billion (2018–2029) in South Africa supports a multi-hundred-million-dollar annual revenue run-rate.

Employees
645

- Official company legal page – 2026-04 – Confirms existence of Amazon Web Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd; no entity-level employee count published - Official regulatory certificate (B-BBEE) – 2021-07 – Confirms registered entity (2015/029917/07); certificate does not disclose headcount - Third-party data aggregator (country distribution) – 2026-04 – Shows 2,149 LinkedIn members in South Africa associated with the Amazon Web Services employer profile; used as directional upper-bound for SA workforce - Estimation proxy & adjustment – 2026-04 – Applied conservative payroll factor of ~30% to LinkedIn SA distribution (2149 * 0.30 = 645) to account for contractors, affiliate-employed staff, remote/global employees and platform profile inflation - Recency and caveats – 2026-04 – No authoritative, dated entity-level payroll found; estimate is a best-effort projection for AWS South Africa (Pty) Ltd based on available signals and proxy adjustment

Operational HQ
Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa

- The AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region page on aws.amazon.com confirms AWS operates an Africa region located in Cape Town, indicating an operational footprint in South Africa. - The AWS Marketing Entities page lists AWS South Africa Pty. Ltd. with a legal entity address in South Africa, supporting SA-based operations. - The selected address is the operational hub for AWS in the Africa region, which is the entity in scope. - The parent company's global HQ in Seattle, United States, was discarded as it does not represent the operational location for AWS's Africa region.

Corporate hierarchy

796 entities in tree
EntityEmployeesRevenue
Amazon.com, Inc.· Global Ultimate ParentKERN ID 7968185479
United States1,576,000$716.9B
Amazon.com LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3762983180
United States789,634$0
Amazon Fulfilment Services, LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6798863376
United States324,312$51.0B
Amazon US Services LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6855855358
United States279,760$0
Amazon Web Services, Inc.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3526904742
United States156,697$128.7B
Amazon Serviços Brasil Ltda.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3106586135
United States10,500$1.5B
Amazon Web Service India Private Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 7901828500
United States3,465$2.0B
AWS Australia Pty Ltd· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 8558943669
United States3,363$2.7B
AWS Singapore Private Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3973530270
United States2,000$953.0M
Amazon Web Services Singapore Private Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 8393296540
Singapore2,000$950.0M
AWS Korea LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 4315183866
United States1,391$600.0M
AMCS Ltd.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 7311343770
Ireland1,300$79.0M
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5279412008
United States1,000$975.0M
PT AWS Indonesia· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 1201299334
Indonesia753$900.0M
AWS South Africa Proprietary Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6916588004
South Africa645$600.0M
Amazon Data Services Canada, Inc.· SubsidiaryKERN ID 2941657130
Canada600$21.3B
AWS Turkey Pazarlama Teknoloji Ve Danışmanlik Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5195509879
Turkey593$1.0B
Amazon Web Services Costa Rica SRL· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 7461158214
Costa Rica473$9.0M
AWS Security Assurance Services LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 2957217274
United States400$149.0B
AWS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5445059137
United States400$1.6B

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