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Top 25 Private security and protection companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 2,770 private security and protection companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 129,761 professional contacts across them, including 8,223 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers private security and protection companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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 27, 2026.
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 private security and protection companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 79,699 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “G4S is a leading security and facility services company that provides proactive security services and cutting-edge smart technology to deliver tailored, integrated security…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 6,169 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Making the world a safer place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,451 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TSS is the UK’s largest retail specialist security company, employing over 7500+ security personnel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,265 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With over 45 years of experience, Showsec is a leading name in the UK’s live event security sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 919 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CIS Security is an independent security company equipped to help customers to solve the complex challenges in today’s digital, connected and regulated business world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 884 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Professional Security is one of the UK’s leading providers of security services, specialising in the hospitality and events sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 852 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VSG are one of the UK's leading security solutions providers with a heritage in manned guarding.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 847 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Corps Security - experts in security with social value Built on over 165 years of experience, Corps provides specialist security services, across the UK, to ensure the safety of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 765 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ranked in the top 1% of UK security companies, as approved by the Security Industry Authority, SecuriGroup is an award-winning security company, specialising in the provision of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 649 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 2003, FGH are trusted by international brands to keep their assets and millions of people safe every year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 597 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Part of ICTS Europe Group, ICTS UK & Ireland is a professional services firm which has been specialised in security risk for the past 39+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 422 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Unlike traditional security providers, we're redefining what protection means in today's world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 419 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ward is an award winning, privately owned business, providing bespoke risk and security solutions including protective security personnel, explosive search dogs, narcotic search…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 392 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SSGC is a leading innovator in the Manned Guarding industry, specialising in the application of new technology to improve the performance of its Management team, deployed staff…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mitie Fire & Security is part of Mitie, the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, delivering integrated fire and security solutions that protect…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 350 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “STM Group (UK) Limited is an award-winning company, providing bespoke manpower service solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 326 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1993, with commitment to our customers and staff alongside a strong ethos and standards driven approach, Regency Security is now the largest provider of door…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 307 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a leading provider of site security, vacant property, and people protection services across the UK and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 285 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SES Group was founded in 1998 by Dr Tony Ball and rebranded as SES Group in 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “VPS is Europe’s leading temporary security specialist, protecting vacant properties, remote sites, construction and infrastructure projects with tailored, risk-based security…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “First Response Group (FRG) is one of the leading security, risk and FM providers in the UK delivering manned security, technology solutions, building management and vacant…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1994, Interr is a specialist agency providing intelligent guarding, reception, remote monitoring & response and front of house solutions within the retail, hotel…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MAN Commercial is a leading security company and Training Academy based in Solihull, West Midlands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Wise Security is a trusted provider of professional security, crowd management, and safety solutions for high‑profile events, venues, and organisations across the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pilgrims are a global security, risk management and service support company that identifies and manages risks for clients across all sectors, including oil & gas, telecoms…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 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: private security and protection 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 private security and protection companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private security and protection companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private security and protection 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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Private security and protection companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 2,770 companies.
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 private security and protection 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “private security and protection 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 private security and protection 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 private security and protection companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 8,223 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 27, 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.
Private security and protection companies by metro
- Private security and protection companies in London666
- Private security and protection companies in Manchester73
- Private security and protection companies in Birmingham71
- Private security and protection companies in Leeds43
- Private security and protection companies in Glasgow34
- Private security and protection companies in Bristol33
- Private security and protection companies in Liverpool32
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 private security and protection 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 private security and protection companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 2,770 private security and protection companies headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?
G4s, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most private security and protection companies?
London leads with 666 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (73) and Birmingham (71).
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 8,223 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,770 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 27, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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