{
  "title": "Buying or Selling a Security Business: Prices, Buyers, How to Sell",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/buying-or-selling-a-security-business/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-10-26",
  "updated": "2026-10-26",
  "section": "Sector guide",
  "keyword": "buying or selling a security and access control business",
  "short_answer": "Buyers pay most for recurring revenue: monitoring, service and inspection contracts that renew without the owner. In 2026, national integrators, private equity firms and fire-and-security platforms kept buying local security companies, mostly without giving a price. Clean contracts, licensed staff who stay, and no single big customer push the price up.",
  "facts": {
    "Securitas": [
      "Stanley Security (commercial electronic and healthcare security)",
      "Dec 2021",
      "$3.2 billion in cash; about $1.7 billion of forecast 2021 revenue"
    ],
    "Everon": [
      "Scarsdale Security Systems, New York",
      "Aug 2026",
      "Founded 1982; about 100 employees; no price in the report"
    ],
    "Security 101": [
      "Silverstrand Technologies, San Diego",
      "Aug 2026",
      "Founder-built over 19 years; no price in the report"
    ],
    "Knox Lane": [
      "Majority stake in SAGE Integration, Ohio",
      "Sep 2026",
      "National integrator; no price in the report"
    ],
    "Pye-Barker Fire & Safety": [
      "Union AlarmTronic, New Jersey",
      "Sep 2026",
      "Founded 1989; more than 20,000 installations; no price in the report"
    ],
    "Guardian Security": [
      "Keyhole Security's electronic security arm, Washington",
      "Oct 2026",
      "Locksmith business sold separately; no price in the report"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/securitas-acquire-stanley-security/137531/",
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/everon-acquires-scarsdale-security-systems/620107/",
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/security-101-acquires-san-diego-integrator-silverstrand-technologies/620401/",
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/knox-lane-acquires-majority-stake-in-kent-ohios-sage-integration/620556/",
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/pye-barker-acquires-union-alarmtronic/620784/",
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/guardian-security-acquires-keyhole-security/621028/"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}