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Top 25 Security infrastructure consulting companies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 36,236 security infrastructure consulting companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 508,048 professional contacts across them, including 120,681 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers security infrastructure consulting companies worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026. Country and city lists for security infrastructure consulting companies follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest security infrastructure consulting companies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 12,771 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 11,169 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Your backstage pass to the most epic cybersecurity solutions on the market for Endpoint, Network, Data and Cloud security.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 6,667 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Who we are: Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 5,707 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Convergint is a global systems integrator focused on delivering results for our customers through unparalleled service excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,925 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,673 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Orange Cyberdefense is the expert cybersecurity business unit of the Orange Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 3,620 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Securitas, Soluciones de Seguridad a medida Nuestro liderazgo en conocimientos de seguridad nos ha permitido desarrollar una estrategia basada en tres pilares fundamentales…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 3,592 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 3,387 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Il Gruppo Sicuritalia, con oltre 18.500 dipendenti, è la più grande azienda italiana ed il secondo player privato europeo in ambito Security.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,772 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fundado em 1992, o GRUPO GR se consolidou no mercado por sua qualidade e seriedade na implantação e operação de soluções de segurança e serviços para diversos tipos de clientes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,500 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The industry leader in security, Security Industry Specialists offers unique solutions to Fortune 500 companies, international events, and celebrity clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,365 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1976, Paragon Security is Ontario’s largest privately owned security company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2,266 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Andy Frain Services.America's leading provider of integrated solutions to security and events needs for over 90 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 2,222 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Optiv is the cyber advisory and solutions leader, delivering strategic and technical expertise to nearly companies across every major industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,949 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Paragon Systems employs over 10,500 professionals in specialized operations providing security, fire, investigations, inspections, cybersecurity, risk management, and mission…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,842 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wilson James provides safe, secure, customer-led solutions to more than 300 clients across the UK and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,636 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,452 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Atuamos no core de empresas líderes em seus segmentos, onde tecnologia, estratégia e operação se encontram.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,419 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “See a different world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,398 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “World Security being a Semi Govt Organization provides specialist turnkey security solutions to the local market and beyond, as well as the Dubai World Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,378 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are established for enriching local content in designing, developing, and operating secure digital computing environments through Saudi talents, by fulfilling our role as a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,374 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “First Security Group LLC was founded in 2004 with the vision of His Highness, the Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1,340 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Imvula Quality Protection, we don’t just provide security, we create peace of mind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1,297 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sangfor Technologies is a global leader in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT infrastructure, providing fully integrated and AI-driven solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1,252 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thales is a global leader in cybersecurity, helping the most trusted organizations in the world protect their most critical applications, data, and identities anywhere at scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: security infrastructure consulting companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names security infrastructure consulting companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of security infrastructure consulting companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name security infrastructure consulting companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Security infrastructure consulting companies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among security infrastructure consulting companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for security infrastructure consulting companies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “security infrastructure consulting companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names security infrastructure consulting companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among security infrastructure consulting companies, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 120,681 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Security infrastructure consulting companies by location
217 lists · largest firstEvery Security infrastructure consulting companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in the United States7,949
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in India2,368
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in the United Kingdom2,174
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Brazil1,432
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in France1,396
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Germany1,033
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Canada1,028
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Australia976
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in the Netherlands681
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Italy612
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Mexico611
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Spain599
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in the United Arab Emirates577
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Türkiye436
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in South Africa392
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Switzerland339
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Belgium326
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Colombia326
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Chile312
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Argentina310
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Israel302
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Sweden287
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Saudi Arabia278
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Poland275
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Pakistan249
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Nigeria219
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Singapore204
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Indonesia196
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Peru186
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Malaysia155
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Egypt150
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Iran140
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Kenya138
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Austria136
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Denmark136
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in China127
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Romania127
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Morocco126
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in New Zealand125
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Portugal123
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ecuador110
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ireland100
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Greece99
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Finland92
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bangladesh90
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Hungary89
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Qatar86
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in the Philippines85
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Japan77
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Norway76
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ukraine73
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Russia65
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Tunisia62
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bulgaria61
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Thailand61
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ghana60
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Sri Lanka57
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Hong Kong55
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in the Dominican Republic54
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Luxembourg51
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Jordan50
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Slovakia50
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Lebanon49
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Venezuela47
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Costa Rica43
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Cyprus43
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Estonia42
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Uruguay42
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Panama41
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in South Korea40
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Serbia39
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Croatia38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bahrain31
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Guatemala31
Cities
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in London, United Kingdom773
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Sao Paulo, Brazil416
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Paris, France330
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates319
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bangalore, India273
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in New York, United States224
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Toronto, Canada211
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Sydney, Australia192
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Melbourne, Australia182
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Singapore, Singapore181
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Hyderabad, India167
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Pune, India167
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Mumbai, India166
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Istanbul, Türkiye163
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia163
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Washington, United States158
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Madrid, Spain156
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Houston, United States148
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in New Delhi, India147
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Atlanta, United States136
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Dallas, United States131
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Austin, United States125
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Stockholm, Sweden124
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Chennai, India123
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Mexico City, Mexico120
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Nairobi, Kenya118
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Noida, India111
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Miami, United States107
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Chicago, United States105
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Montreal, Canada105
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Santiago, Chile104
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil102
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Warsaw, Poland101
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bogota, Colombia100
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Buenos Aires, Argentina96
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Tehran, Iran96
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Gurgaon, India93
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in San Francisco, United States93
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa92
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ahmedabad, India91
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ottawa, Canada90
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Rome, Italy87
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Los Angeles, United States86
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Berlin, Germany84
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Karachi, Pakistan81
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Lima, Peru81
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Barcelona, Spain79
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Tampa, United States78
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Calgary, Canada77
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Arlington, United States76
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Cairo, Egypt76
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in San Diego, United States74
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Delhi, India72
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Munich, Germany68
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Brisbane, Australia66
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Alexandria, United States64
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Boston, United States63
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Charlotte, United States63
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Tel Aviv, Israel63
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Columbia, United States62
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Denver, United States62
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Vancouver, Canada62
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates61
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom61
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil59
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Seattle, United States58
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Canberra, Australia57
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Dhaka, Bangladesh57
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Doha, Qatar56
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Orlando, United States55
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in San Antonio, United States55
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Brasilia, Brazil54
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Quito, Ecuador52
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Reston, United States52
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ashburn, United States51
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Auckland, New Zealand51
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Jakarta, Indonesia51
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Ankara, Türkiye49
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Jaipur, India49
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Las Vegas, United States49
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Phoenix, United States49
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Cape Town, South Africa48
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Mississauga, Canada48
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Mclean, United States47
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Monterrey, Mexico47
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Amsterdam, Netherlands46
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Zurich, Switzerland45
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Baltimore, United States44
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bucharest, Romania44
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia42
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Fairfax, United States41
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Kolkata, India41
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Lyon, France41
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Perth, Australia41
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Curitiba, Brazil40
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Hamburg, Germany40
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Raleigh, United States40
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Amman, Jordan39
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Birmingham, United Kingdom39
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Dublin, Ireland39
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Plano, United States39
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in San Jose, United States39
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Athens, Greece38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Columbus, United States38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Herndon, United States38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Huntsville, United States38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Oslo, Norway38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Vienna, Austria38
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Montevideo, Uruguay36
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Scottsdale, United States36
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Wellington, New Zealand36
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Wilmington, United States36
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bangkok, Thailand35
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Minneapolis, United States35
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Navi Mumbai, India34
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Pretoria, South Africa34
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Caracas, Venezuela33
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Adelaide, Australia32
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Barueri, Brazil32
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Budapest, Hungary32
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Pittsburgh, United States32
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Richmond, United States32
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Tallinn, Estonia32
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Bratislava, Slovakia31
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Indianapolis, United States31
- Security infrastructure consulting companies based in Irvine, United States31
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names security infrastructure consulting companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many security infrastructure consulting companies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 36,236 security infrastructure consulting companies worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Private Sector, headquartered in Worldwide, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most security infrastructure consulting companies?
The United States leads with 7,949 companies, followed by India (2,368) and the United Kingdom (2,174). Every security infrastructure consulting companies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most security infrastructure consulting companies?
London leads with 783 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (416) and Paris (331).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 120,681 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 36,236 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.
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