Active companies/entities in SA up to 2009

I was asked by Brigitte Brun where I got my figure of 500,000 enitities that would need a scorecard. I took this information from the latest CIPRO stats. Here is a diagram of the breakdown

 
The actual statistics are

Close Corporations	1,612,481
Public Companies	3,224
Private Companies	188,728
Non Profit (Section 21)	23,293
Limited By Guarantee	84
External Companies under Section 21A	12
External Companies	1,148
Incorporated (Professionals)	9,481
Company Unlimited	6
Co-Operative	16,247
Total	1,854,704

 

If 80% are EMEs then the total figure is 370,941. And if 70% are EMEs then it would be 556,411.

I reckon these figures are close enough.