13th Annual Top Guarding Firms Listing

Company, Head Office

Offices

Employees

Full-time unless otherwise noted

Revenues (USD)

2014 unless otherwise noted

Source

Securitas North America, Chicago

600

105,000

$3,600,000,000

L

G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

160

59,232

$2,600,000,000

L

Universal Protection Service, Santa Ana, Calif.

120

60,000

$2,200,000,000

S

AlliedBarton Security Services, Conshohocken, Pa.

128

Over 60,000

$2,100,000,000

S

US Security Associates, Roswell, Ga.

160

49,000

$1,300,000,000

L

Guardsmark, New York City *

134

17,000

$500,000,000

L

ABM Security Services **

73

12,465

$381,500,000

L

National Security Alliance, Dayton, Ohio ***

89

11,875

$274,100,000

L

FJC Security Services, Floral Park, N.Y.

15

4,500

$240,000,000

S

Covenant Services Worldwide, Bolingbrook, Ill.

30

4,025

$223,000,000

L

SOS Security, Parsippany, N.J.

40

5,600

$180,500,000

L

Whelan Security, St. Louis

16

5,600

$176,500,000

L

Walden Security, Chattanooga, Tenn.

40

4,100

$162,100,000

L

Command Security Corp., Herndon, Va.

25

5,500

$156,700,000

L

SecurAmerica, Atlanta

13

3,700

$125,000,000

L

St. Moritz Security Services, Pittsburgh

30

2,500

$69,000,000

L

McRoberts Protective Agency, New York City

15

3,200

$60,700,000

L

CPS Security Solutions, Gardena, Calif.

11

1,400

$53,000,000

L

Per Mar Security & Research, Davenport, Iowa

22

1,906

$50,500,000

L

APG Security, South Amboy, N.J.

9

1,699

$49,300,000

L

United American Security, Raleigh, N.C.

21

2,027

$45,100,000

L

DSI Security, Dothan, Ala.

23

3,250

$43,800,000

L

Titan Security Group, Chicago

3

1,100

$40,700,000

L

Northeast Security, Newton, Mass.

3

1,300

$40,000,000

L

Elite Investigations, New York City

35

1,200

$38,500,000

L

Sunstates Security, Raleigh, N.C.

18

1,357

$37,100,000

L

Madison Security Group, Lowell, Mass.

18

1,580

$32,600,000

L

Vinson Guard Service, New Orleans

20

1,400

$31,500,000

L

Monterrey Security Consultants, Chicago

1

310

$23,800,000

L

FirstLine Transportation Security, Nashville, Tenn.

4

500

$23,100,000

L

Monument Security, McClellan, Calif.

9

800

$22,000,000

L

Guardian Guard Services, Southfield, Mich.

5

1,200

$22,000,000

L

United Security, Red Bank, N.J.

9

700

$21,500,000

L

Arrow Security, New York City

12

1,100

$20,000,000

L

KD Security, Grand Rapids, Mich.

3

800

$16,000,000

L

Sizemore Security, Augusta, Ga.

17

825

$15,000,000

L

Teachout Security Solutions, Flint, Mich.

 

360

$14,200,000

S

Black Knight Security, Pittsburgh

1

94

$3,434,698

S

Notes:

* Universal Protection Service acquires Guardsmark, July 2015

** Universal Protection Service acquires ABM, October 2015

*** The National Security Alliance is a network of locally owned and operated contract security companies with some reflected elsewhere in this listing.

Source: S = Security Magazine; L = Security Letter collecting 2014 data

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