Security & Guard Services
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The Basics
- $50 Billion US industry
- Many of the largest guard services vendors were built through mergers and acquisitions
- 820,000 security guards employed in the US
- The security services market has experienced average annual growth of 3.4% since 2016
Products & Services Provided
Guard Services
- Security Guards (Armed and Unarmed)
- Patrol Services
- K-9 Security
- Executive Protection
- Investigative Services
- Armored Car Services
- Penetration Testing
- Remote Video Monitoring
- Robots/Drones
Managed Security
- Security Alarm Services- Hardware
- Security Alarm Monitoring Services
- Perimeter Security
- Intrusion Detection
- Barrier & Fencing
- Video Surveillance
- Video Software & Service
- Video Management Software
- Video Content Analytics
- Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS)
- Access Control
- Biometric Access Control
- Electronic Access Control
National Security & Guard Services
- Founded – 1957
- Total revenue – $18 Billion
- Headquarters – Santa Ana, CA
- Employees – 800,000
- Largest provider of security guards in the US with 140,000 trained officers
- Allied Universal recently acquired British security firm G4S in April 2021, making the combined business the largest security services organization in the world
- Operates in 90 countries across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Middle East
- Founded – 1934
- Total revenue – $12.6 Billion
- Headquarters – Stockholm, Sweden
- Employees – 355,000
- Second largest security services organization in the world
- Pinkerton is a well-known subsidiary of Securitas AB
- Operates in 53 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia
- Founded – 1976
- Total revenue – $4.1 Billion
- Headquarters – Madrid, Spain
- Employees – 160,000
- Prosegur expanded operations to the United States in 2019 with their purchase of Command Security
- The majority of Prosegur’s expansion has been through acquisitions
- Operates in 26 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia
- Founded – 1995
- Total revenue – $3.8 Billion
- Headquarters – Montreal, Quebec
- Employees – 122,000
- World’s largest privately owned security services company
- Operates in 45 countries across North America, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- Founded – 1885
- Total revenue – $23 Billion
- Headquarters – Cork, Ireland
- Employees – 105,000
- One of Johnson Controls’ largest subsidiaries is TYCO, which it acquired in 2016
- Operates in 150 countries across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
- Founded – 1874
- Total revenue – $5.3 Billion
- Headquarters – Boca Raton, FL
- Employees – 17,000
- Operates with the largest network of security professionals in the US
- Operates in the US
- Founded – 1991
- Total revenue – $1.9 Billion
- Headquarters – Fishers, IN
- Employees – 9,000
- Second-largest commercial electronic security business
- STANLEY Security Solutions is the security division of Stanley Black & Decker
- Operates in 27 countries across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
- Founded – 2000
- Total revenue – $618 Million
- Headquarters – Tysons, VA
- Employees – 1,404
- Alarm.com monitoring services can include contracts through third-party contractors such as ADT
- Operates in the US