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February 19, 2013
Do you think your security dealership or systems integration company may qualify to be ranked on the SDM 100 Report or the SDM Top Systems Integrators Report?
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SDM and its sponsors hosted the seventh annual SDM 100 Gala, featuring a fun 1940s theme and music.
September 6, 2012
Jump, jive and wail — the Hollywood glamour of the 1940s and swing dancing — were themes of the seventh annual SDM 100 Gala, held June 28 in Nashville. The Gala is SDM’s annual black-tie event held to recognize the success of the largest security companies in the industry, as ranked on the SDM 100.
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Spotlight on: Doyle Security Systems
July 12, 2012
With nearly 23,000 subscribers, of which roughly 60 percent are residential customers, Doyle Security Systems Inc. Rochester, N.Y., is currently ranked No. 44 by recurring monthly revenue in the SDM 100.
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May 21, 2012
Not only does the SDM 100 now have a new top 3, but signs of the SDM 100 becoming more of a services-focused business model are apparent.
Since the SDM 100 began ranking security companies by their recurring monthly revenue (RMR) in 2007, the top three companies have been ADT, Protection 1 and Monitronics (with the exception of Brink’s Home Security/Broadview, which subsequently was acquired by ADT).
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May 21, 2012
The 2012 SDM 100 ranks U.S. companies that provide electronic security systems and services to both residential and non-residential customers. This ranking is based on information provided to or, in few cases, estimated by SDM. Ranked companies were asked to submit either an audited or reviewed financial statement, or a copy of their income tax return showing total gross receipts for the stated period. The vast majority of the firms ranked are privately held.
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May 21, 2012
The SDM 100 has been published since 1991. Its primary objective is to measure consumer dollars gained by alarm companies, in order to present an account of the size of the market captured by the 100 largest security providers. SDM 100 firms are ranked by their recurring monthly revenue. RMR is the amount of contractually recurring revenues due from customers, for such services as monitoring, contracted service and system maintenance, and leasing of security systems.
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Deadline: March 14, 2012
February 21, 2012
Do you think your security dealership or systems integration company may qualify to be ranked on the SDM 100 Report or the SDM Top Systems Integrators Report? Published annually by SDM Magazine, these reports provide an excellent opportunity to market your company to potential customers as one of the industry’s most well-recognized businesses, as well as to attract employees and impress potential investors.
November 10, 2011
Electric Guard Dog, Columbia, S.C., a theft deterrent service, was named to the 2011 Inc. 500/5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies.
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September 28, 2011
Select Security, Lancaster, Pa., was named by Central Penn Business Journal as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in central Pennsylvania.
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September 27, 2011
ADR Security Services became Bates Security as of May of this year. It will be the same company, stated a press release, but its new name represents a stronger tie to the family that owns and operates its parent company, Sonitrol of Lexington Inc.
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