Sell Your Security Business Into an Active PE Consolidation Cycle
Security services (guard services, monitoring, alarm installation, electronic security, integration) is in an active PE consolidation cycle. Allied Universal, Securitas, ADT, and dozens of PE-backed platforms are aggressively acquiring. Quality businesses with recurring monitoring revenue and commercial mix command premium multiples.
Why Security Services Sees Sustained PE Demand
Security services has multiple distinct segments — armed/unarmed guard services, electronic security and monitoring, integration, and government/specialized security — each with its own buyer set. Recurring monitoring revenue and government contracting both command premium multiples.
Recurring Monitoring Revenue Is the Premium Tier
Security services has wider multiple variance than most industries. Pure guard services trades at lower multiples than electronic security with monitoring. Specialty work (government, executive protection, integration) trades at a premium. Knowing your segment matters.
Guard services with strong contract book: 4x–6x EBITDA. Mixed guard + electronic: 5x–7x. Electronic security with strong monitoring RMR and $2M+ EBITDA: 6x–9x EBITDA. Government / specialty / integration businesses often command similar premiums.
Multiples could compress when interest rates normalize. We’re not financial advisors — talk to your CPA and M&A counsel.
Security Has a Concentrated Buyer Set With Active Roll-Ups
Security services consolidation has been steady for years. Four buyer categories compete for quality deals:
National security platforms
Allied Universal (PE-backed), Securitas, GardaWorld, ADT, Pavion, and dozens of others continue acquisition activity. Pay competitive multiples for businesses with strong contract books.
Electronic security & integration platforms
Convergint, Pavion, NextGen, and many PE-backed regional electronic-security platforms aggressively acquire installers and integrators with recurring monitoring revenue.
Strategic acquirers (manufacturers, integrators)
Security equipment manufacturers and large IT services firms occasionally acquire security businesses, especially for cybersecurity/physical security convergence plays.
Search funds and SBA-leveraged operators
For security businesses under $1.5M EBITDA, individual operators with SBA financing are competitive buyers, especially for businesses with strong RMR.
What Buyers Look For in Security Acquisitions
Recurring monitoring revenue, contract base, and specialty mix drive the biggest multiple swings.
How We Sell Your Security Business
From your first valuation call to the wire hitting your account, we handle every stage of the exit. A typical transaction closes in 4–9 months. You focus on running the business; we run the deal.
Free Business Valuation
We benchmark your financials against current Security comparables and active buyer demand to give you a real, defensible valuation — at no cost and no obligation.
Confidential Marketing
We approach the Security buyers most likely to bid quickly first — typically PE platforms and strategic acquirers active in your category — then broaden the process.
Buyer Competition
We bring multiple qualified offers to the table — PE platforms, strategics, search funds, SBA buyers — and negotiate them against each other to drive price and terms.
Due Diligence & Close
We coordinate with your CPA, attorney, and the buyer’s diligence team to keep momentum and prevent the deal from drifting. Closings typically happen 60–120 days after LOI.
Security Services Deal Activity Stayed Active Through 2024–2025
Across all buyer categories, security services deal volume remained robust through 2024 and 2025 — with electronic security and government-services categories drawing the most premium pricing.
Security Sellers Ask Us
Brokers Built From the Operator’s Side of the Table
Our brokers are former business owners themselves. That’s why the process is built around the things that actually matter to sellers — net proceeds, confidentiality, and not having the deal drift for a year.
Find Out What Your Security Business Is Worth
Takes 15 minutes. No obligation. Just an honest number, benchmarked against current buyer demand and recent comparable transactions in your industry.
Market Data Sources
Security services market size and growth from industry research aggregators (2025). EBITDA multiples from industry M&A research and First Page Sage. Active acquirer examples are drawn from publicly disclosed transactions and firm marketing materials and do not imply an exclusive relationship with Business Exits. We are not tax or legal advisors; consult a CPA and attorney before any transaction.