Industry benchmark · SIC 80100
Private security activities
14,289 active companies are registered under this code; 70 publish a P&L we can benchmark.
Benchmarks
- Median revenue
- £9.3m
- Median profit
- £193k
- Profitable
- 86%
- Median staff
- 99
- Median margin
- 2.4%
- Top-quartile margin
- 5.5%
- Median gross margin
- 19.9%
- Median profit / staff
- £1.2k
Median
2.4%
Top quartile (p75)
5.5%
Median revenue growth: ▲5.4%
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 | I.c.t.s. (U.K.) Limited London · Private security activities IndependentOperating leverage+1 | £194m | £7.6m | 3.9% | 4,717 |
| 3 | First Advantage Europe Ltd Nottingham · Private security activities Capital-lightBoring industry | £38.3m | £3.4m | 8.9% | 143 |
| 4 | S.e.s. Ltd. Southport · Private security activities IndependentCapital-light+3 | £33.7m | £1.7m | 5.1% | 87 |
| 5 | Definitive Psa Ltd Crawley · Private security activities IndependentCapital-light+2 | £19m | £1.5m | 7.9% | 352 |
| 6 | Lodge Security Limited Cirencester · Private security activities Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £46.2m | £1.2m | 2.7% | 1,357 |
| 7 | Corps of Commissionaires Management Limited London · Private security activities Boring industry | £133m | £1.2m | 0.9% | 3,173 |
| 8 | KK Security & FM Ltd London · Private security activities Capital-lightBoring industry+1 | £21.5m | £988k | 4.6% | 549 |
| 9 | Custom Security Solutions Limited Hertford · Private security activities Capital-lightBoring industry+1 | £13.9m | £803k | 5.8% | 82 |
| 10 | Bluevoyant Ltd London · Private security activities Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £17.4m | £790k | 4.5% | 68 |
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