Industry benchmark · SIC 80100
Private security activities
14,289 active companies are registered under this code; 69 publish a P&L we can benchmark.
Benchmarks
- Median revenue
- £8.7m
- Median profit
- £156k
- Profitable
- 86%
- Median staff
- 87
- Median margin
- 2.4%
- Top-quartile margin
- 5.7%
- Median gross margin
- 19.9%
- Median profit / staff
- £1.2k
Median
2.4%
Top quartile (p75)
5.7%
Median revenue growth: ▲6.1%
Ranked by profit
Top private security activities businesses
| # | Company | Revenue | Profit | Margin | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aegis Defence Services Limited London · Private security activities Boring industry | £29.3m | £8m | 27.2% | 11 |
| 2 | First Advantage Europe Ltd Nottingham · Private security activities Capital-lightBoring industry | £38.3m | £3.4m | 8.9% | 143 |
| 3 | S.e.s. Ltd. Southport · Private security activities IndependentCapital-light+3 | £33.7m | £1.7m | 5.1% | 87 |
| 4 | Definitive Psa Ltd Crawley · Private security activities IndependentCapital-light+2 | £19m | £1.5m | 7.9% | 352 |
| 5 | Lodge Security Limited Cirencester · Private security activities Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £46.2m | £1.2m | 2.7% | 1,357 |
| 6 | KK Security & FM Ltd London · Private security activities Capital-lightBoring industry+1 | £21.5m | £988k | 4.6% | 549 |
| 7 | Custom Security Solutions Limited Hertford · Private security activities Capital-lightBoring industry+1 | £13.9m | £803k | 5.8% | 82 |
| 8 | Bluevoyant Ltd London · Private security activities Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £17.4m | £790k | 4.5% | 68 |
| 9 | Effective Security Services Limited Leeds · Private security activities Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £42.2m | £743k | 1.8% | 114 |
| 10 | Sos Security Management Limited Kings Langley · Private security activities IndependentYoung and profitable+2 | £13.3m | £735k | 5.5% | 254 |
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