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Top Electrical Companies in South Africa

Overview of South Africa’s leading electrical contractors.

Updated on

January 18, 2024

James Baraza

Electrical companies provide lighting and powering solutions to society.

They contribute to the smooth functioning of various industries and daily life.

This article highlights the biggest electrical companies in South Africa, many of which have been operating for decades and are renowned for providing high-quality services.

Electrical companies in South Africa

These are the top 10 electrical companies in South Africa, in no particular order.

1. Centrelec Electrical Contractors

Established in 1993 in Parow Industria, Cape Town, Centrelec cc Electrical Contractors is one of the largest electrical companies in South Africa, with over 2,500 retail stores on contract.

Centrelec cc specialises in lamp installation, lighting maintenance, and electrical maintenance, among other areas of the electrical industry, including thermal scanning, and load analysis, and repairs of such defects.

The electrical contractor has a presence in Cape Town, Gauteng, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, and Namibia. It boasts a client base of reputable corporate customers.

2. Edison Power Group

With more than 30 years of experience in supply, deployment, and support of smart metering solutions, Edison Power Group is one of South Africa’s leading electrical firms.

Edison Power has grown from a small plugs and wires business to a multi-billion-rand giant that leads the fields of electricity and power reticulation, power station / sub-station / transmission infrastructure development and maintenance, among others.

3. Stefanutti Stocks

Stefanutti Stocks’ Mechanical & Electrical a business unit of Stefanutti Stocks, one of South Africa’s leading construction firms, is a valued provider of structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and piping engineering construction works.

Established in 2008, the unit has grown into a top electrical contractor following its parent company’s acquisitions of Eddcor in 2009, Apollo E&I in 2010, and Energotec Electrical & Instrumentation in 2013.

4. Adenco Construction

Founded in September 1993 by Bes Bezuidenhout and Danie Jackson, Adenco Construction is one of South Africa’s largest privately owned electrical engineering and contracting firms with a CIDB 9EP Grading.

Over the years, the company has risen from being a small business to becoming one of the most respected electrical companies in the Cape and South Africa as a whole.

Adenco Construction’s portfolio includes the Longyuan Mulilo De Aar 2 (North) Wind Farm, the biggest of its kind in South Africa, and the Gouda Wind Project, the fifth-biggest wind farm in the country.

5. MLE Electrical Contractors

MLE Electrical Contractors, which was established in 1997, is one of the leading specialist electrical installation contractors in South Africa.

The company’s portfolio features an impressive range of electrical installation projects, including apartments, townhouses, motor showrooms, schools, hotels, offices, and warehouses.

6. AGE Technologies

AGE Technologies JHB (Pty) Ltd. has been offering electrical, control, and instrumentation solutions for more than three decades to South African and global clients.

AGE, initials for Automation and General Electric, was established in 1985. In 1998, AGE of Africa Technologies was founded as a holding company based in South Africa.

The company holds several certifications across all the leading control system suppliers, including Schneider, Rockwell, ABB, Siemens, Wonderware, Adroit, and Mitsubishi.

AGE Technologies is TUV ISO 9001:2015 certified.