This is the 18th edition of Infologue.com's annual rankings of the top security companies by revenue. This annual list is made using self reported information from the management at these companies as well as historical financial data where necessary.  “With most Covid-19 restrictions lifted across the UK at the start of 2022 the security landscape has again seen some big shifts as big government contracts have come to an end. There has been no change amongst the top 5 largest security companies in terms of rankings. Allied Universal, G4S and TSS continue to be ranked separately ...

For 17 years, Infologue.com has ranked the UK’s biggest and best security companies by revenue. This annual list is made using self reported information from the management at these companies as well as historical financial data where necessary. We only take into account revenue drawn from the regulated UK security market. This year we have increased the number of companies listed from the Top 30 to the Top 45. In 2021, like 2020, the security landscape has been heavily influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Massive government contracts combined with weakened event and retail markets has ca...

For over 16 years, Infologue.com has compiled an annual list of the UK's Top Security companies by revenue. This data is based on figures from the companies themselves or annual filings for the previous year. Only revenue drawn from the UK regulated security sector is taken into account. In 2020, the UK Security Industry, like every other industry in the world was dominated by Covid-19. The movement in rankings appears to correlate with those businesses that were able to adapt to the new reality of life with lockdowns and mass-working from home. Companies reliant on event security have tak...

For over 15 years, Infologue.com has compiled an annual list of the UK's Top Security companies by revenue. This data is based on figures from the companies themselves or annual filings for the previous year. Only revenue drawn from the UK regulated security sector is taken into account. In 2019, there has been a lot of movement on the Top 30. Mitie is now ranked number 1 for revenue with G4S dropping to number 2. One of the biggest news stories was Interserve going to administration early in the year, though many predicted that clients would be scared off, it appears that this has not hap...

On November 19th 2019, as part of Infologue's EYES ON company profile series, we interviewed Bold Security Group UK's Managing Director, Graham Hawkins to discuss his growing security business, the challenges they face, common mistakes made by companies in the industry and looming threats to the industry. Tell us a bit about your background and who you are: "I have worked in both ‘in house’ and the private security industry for over 38 years, working for small and large multinationals. It was by accident that I got into security, I was working for TNT at the time as a sales manager, a...

August 16th 2019 The Infologue Security Podcast is our newest segment where we talk to the movers and shakers in the UK security industry. Each episode will have a new guest and will use either an interview or discussion format. All of our guests are involved in the security industry whether it be business owners, regulators, suppliers or members of government, they all affect our industry in some way. This episode sees Ian Todd, the new Chief Executive of the SIA, posed questions sourced from around the country by security managers, business owners, SIA approved trainers and front-line secu...

July 17th 2019 In this Infologue.com exclusive we facilitated the interview of David Clark, Chairman of ASIS UK. ASIS International is the world's largest organization for security professionals in the world, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. ASIS has over 35,000 members worldwide and is growing quickly since entering the UK market. ASIS UK is patronized by Baroness Angela Harris of Richmond, is a member of the SIA Strategic Forum and is regularly involved with many of the major events that go on throughout the year in the industry. David Clark, CPP, PCI, PSP has been involved with the...

On July 10th Infologue attended the BSIA's Security Industry Awards 2019 at the JW Marriot Grosvenor Square Hotel. Historically, Infologue has been very active in working with the BSIA but during the previous administration this declined somewhat. The arrival of new Chairman, Simon Banks,  in July 2018 followed by an influx of new blood in their marketing department and finally the appointment Mike Reddington as CEO has heralded a period of change for the organization. While anecdotal, many Infologue readers have shared positive stories of their interactions with the new-look BSIA and their ...

On June 26th, 2019, Infologue was invited by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to do a press briefing with the SIA’s new Chief Executive, Ian Todd. The entire brief lasted just over an hour with the first ten minutes being an introduction to Mr. Todd and his background with the remainder of the time being filled by a Q&A with Infologue and the other outlets that were invited. Todd’s appointment was announced last year but he officially joined on February the 25th this year. During his introduction, Mr. Todd spoke in detail of his career and how he started on the front-line as a ...

EYES ON is a new Infologue.com exclusive that aims to give readers an insight into security companies around the UK and the people behind them. Infologue.com visited SmartSec Solutions, who will, this year be celebrating their 10 year anniversary. SmartSec has grown quickly and is currently just outside the Top 30, with aspirations of breaking in over the next year. Started by Fawad Ahmad in 2009, and quickly joined by Managing Director, Theo Nicolaou, they would be the youngest organically grown company on the list. With this in mind, we interviewed their Mr. Nicolaou to learn more about the...