Securitas
Security services · Sweden
Securitas sells guarding, alarms and security technology to businesses in 44 markets and calls itself the world's second-largest security services provider.
What makes it different
Ten-vote A shares keep two families in control.
29.6%Votes held by Investment AB LatourFY2025
Investment AB Latour holds 29.6% of the votes with only 10.9% of the capital.
How big it is
How big is Securitas?
SEK 155.1BTotal salesFY2025
322,000EmployeesFY2025
44MarketsFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Mostly guards, a third technology.
- Security services65%SEK 100.0B
- Technology and solutions34%SEK 52.0B
- Risk management services2%SEK 3.1B
How the business works
Guard sites. Add technology. Keep clients.
- 1People on client sites
- 2Alarms, video, access control
- 3Contracts at 90% retention
Technology earns about twice the margin of guarding, so every step of mix shift lifts profit.
Who owns it
- Investment AB Latour (Douglas family)10.9%
- Melker Schörling AB (Schörling family)5%
- BlackRock4.6%
CEO: Magnus Ahlqvist
Who it competes with
AAllied UniversalPProsegurGGardaWorldIISSJJohnson Controls
Key moments
- 1934Sörensen buys Hälsingborgs Nattvakt
- 1987Melker Schörling becomes CEO
- 1991Securitas lists on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
- 1999Securitas enters the United States with Pinkerton
- 2006Spin-off of three companies announced
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Securitas's own reports.
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What Securitas tracks16 metrics
Client retention rate
Employees
Markets with operations
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
Europe
North America
Ibero-America
The full timeline21 moments
2012
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