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PEP

Logo: pepstores.com3

South African retail company

Pep (stylized as PEP) is a multinational budget retail company based in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1965, PEP operates around 1,800 stores across 11 countries in Southern Africa, and employs around 14,000 people.2 It is part of Pepkor.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Pep (stylized as PEP) is a multinational budget retail company based in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1965, PEP operates around 1,800 stores across 11 countries in Southern Africa, and employs around 14,000 people.2

Corporate structure

PEP is part of a group headed by Pepkor. 15 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Pepkor Cape Town, South Africa
    • PEP Parow
      • PEP Cell Subsidiary
      • PEP Home Subsidiary
    • Ackermans Subsidiary · Parow
    • Harris Scarfe Subsidiary · Melbourne
    • Pep&Co Subsidiary · Watford
    • Pepco Subsidiary · Poznań, Poland
    • Postie Subsidiary
    • Boland Mountains SubCo Ltd Subsidiary · 100% · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Dunns Subsidiary · South Africa
    • Shoe City Subsidiary · South Africa
    • Tekkie Town Subsidiary · South Africa

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • clothing

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • PEP Cell
  • PEP Home

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1965Founded Founded1

Sources

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