The 2014 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 an audited or reviewed financial statement, or a copy of their income tax return.
The main table, which begins on this page, ranks 100 companies by their recurring monthly revenue (RMR) of December 31, 2013. The company with the highest RMR is ranked as No. 1, and so on. For each of the 100 companies, the following information is provided, from left to right:
- Current year rank, which is based on December 31, 2013, RMR.
- Prior year rank.
- Company name, as used in the marketplace, and headquarters location.
- Amount of RMR billed on December 31, 2013.
- Percentage of RMR increase/decrease compared with December 31, 2012.
- Number of subscribers (recurring-billable customers) at year-end 2013.
- Amount of sales revenue from residential system installations in 2013.
- Amount of sales revenue from non-residential system installations in 2013.
- Total gross revenue in millions of dollars. This number represents total revenue in calendar-year or (the company’s) fiscal-year 2013 from security system sales/installation, service, leasing, and monitoring.
- Number of full-time employees.
- Number of business locations, including headquarters.
Note: An e following the figure indicates it is an SDM estimate.
To find a company by name, use the alphabetical index on page 80 in the digital edition.
| Rank |
Company/ Headquarters |
RMR, 12/31/13 | Subscribers |
Gross revenue* |
Employees | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADT, Boca Raton, Fla. | $253,414,396e | 6,428,266e | $3,378,387,889 | 16,000e | 200 |
| 2 | Tyco Integrated Security, Boca Raton, Fla. | $62,500,000e | 500,000e | $3,891,000,000e | 10,000e | 200e |
| 3 | Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, Indianapolis, Ind. | $54,200,000e | 550,000e | $1,259,960,000e | 8,300e | 100e |
| 4 | Monitronics International | $42,785,787 | 1,046,155 | $451,033,000 | 1,100 | 3 |
| 5 | Vivint Inc., Dallas, Texas | $42,200,000 | 801,773 | $500,908,338 | 2,546 | 5 |
| 6 | Protection 1, Romeoville, Ill. | $28,000,000 | 1,500,000 | $429,600,000 | 2,743 | 74 |
| 7 | Slomins Inc., Hicksville, N.Y. | $17,412,364 | 302,358 | $314,093,422 | 670 | 6 |
| 8 | Diebold Security, Uniontown, Ohio | $13,800,000 | 200,000 | $2,857,000,000 | 0 | 110 |
| 9 | Vector Security Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. | $13,500,000 | 285,077 | $256,204,000 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Guardian Protection Services, Warrendale, Pa. | $11,458,849 | 278,736 | $158,283,860 | 929 | 13 |
| 11 | ASG Security, Beltsville, Md. | $8,750,139 | 218,361 | $132,610,177 | 1,090 | 22 |
| 12 | Interface Security Systems Holdings, Earth City, Mo. | $8,411,787 | 103,692 | $126,678,967 | 842 | 22 |
| 13 | Bay Alarm Company, Pacheco, CA | $7,781,772 | 119,622 | $112,013,032 | 687 | 15 |
| 14 | Central Security Group Inc., Tulsa, Okla. | $6,314,260 | 195,645 | $74,303,763 | 380 | 9 |
| 15 | Protect America Inc., Austin, Texas | $6,103,900 | 158,854 | $70,209,790 | 389 | 1 |
| 16 | Security Systems Inc., Cromwell, Conn. | $5,708,189 | 150,329 | $59,636,700 | 196 | 3 |
| 17 | Alarm Capital Alliance, Newtown Square, Pa. | $5,003,208 | 145,411 | $58,987,541 | 420 | 7 |
| 18 | Guardian Alarm Company, Southfield, MI | $4,850,300 | 116,500 | $85,592,300 | 441 | 9 |
| 19 | CPI Security Systems Inc., Charlotte, N.C. | $4,742,450 | 111,760 | $61,913,520 | 448 | 6 |
| 20 | Kastle Systems, Falls Church, Va. | $4,500,000 | na | $74,000,000 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | SAFE Security Companies, San Ramon, CA | $4,138,272 | 117,162 | $37,532,315 | 101 | 1 |
| 22 | Ackerman Security Systems, Atlanta, Ga. | $2,686,088 | 111,460 | $45,496,065 | 299 | 2 |
| 23 | AFA Protective Systems Inc., Syosset, N.Y. | $2,501,000 | 47,720 | $75,809,448 | 443 | 18 |
| 24 | Alarm Detection Systems Inc., Aurora, Ill. | $2,325,352 | 27,222 | $34,952,974 | 211 | 3 |
| 25 | ADS Security L.P., Nashville, Tenn. | $2,232,199 | 70,805 | $35,760,284 | 262 | 15 |
| 26 | DTT, Los Angeles, CA | $2,181,000 | 9,574 | $23,923,893 | 356 | 3 |
| 27 | Electric Guard Dog, Columbia, S.C. | $1,984,193 | 2,894 | $22,396,857 | 99 | 1 |
| 28 | SafeTouch, Jacksonville, Fla. | $1,936,871 | 79,917 | $29,079,539 | 221 | 5 |
| 29 | Per Mar Security Services, Davenport, Iowa | $1,723,102 | 34,176 | $43,927,842 | 332 | 13 |
| 30 | G4S Technology LLC, Omaha, Neb. | $1,686,000 | 1,027 | $135,525,000 | 671 | 19 |
| 31 | Mountain Alarm, Ogden, Utah | $1,445,000 | 22,923 | $24,219,114 | 153 | 6 |
| 32 | Safeguard Security, Scottsdale, AZ | $1,381,805 | na | $34,226,000 | 180 | 3 |
| 33 | First Alarm, Aptos, CA | $1,255,797 | 19,690 | $22,778,520 | 138 | 5 |
| 34 | NorthStar Alarm Services LLC, | $1,240,919 | 27,461 | $13,966,126 | 37 | 1 |
| 35 | EPS Security, Orem, Utah | $1,228,758 | 19,016 | $24,684,399 | 196 | 6 |
| 36 | SSD Alarm Systems / Kern Security & Fire / McNeill Security & Alpha Alarm, Anaheim, CA | $1,171,892 | na | $32,086,659 | 305 | 13 |
| 37 | General Security Inc., Plainview, N.Y. | $1,138,743 | 44,802 | $20,275,889 | 160 | 9 |
| 38 | American Alarm & Communications, Arlington, MA | $1,112,566 | 21,306 | $31,084,547 | 213 | 5 |
| 39 | Kimberlite Corp., Fresno, CA | $956,932 | 6,070 | $15,478,129 | 107 | 8 |
| 40 | Sonitrol New England, Rocky Hill, Conn. | $927,574 | 27,272 | $21,389,112 | 107 | 5 |
| 41 | Sonitrol Pacific, Portland, Ore. | $914,020 | 4,320 | $14,122,133 | 78 | 5 |
| 42 | F.E. Moran Inc. Alarm and Monitoring Services, Champaign, Ill. | $858,230 | 25,960 | $29,896,360 | 171 | 7 |
| 43 | EMC Security, Suwanee, Ga. | $839,510 | 43,223 | $15,878,009 | 109 | 1 |
| 44 | RLC Security Inc., Gibsonia, Pa. | $835,377 | 19,707 | $7,851,580 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | Doyle Security Systems Inc., Rochester, N.Y. | $747,290 | 24,114 | $13,298,410 | 97 | 5 |
| 46 | Security Equipment Inc., Omaha, Neb. | $739,043 | 15,659 | $21,564,036 | 147 | 4 |
| 47 | Vision Security, Orem, Utah | $696,321 | 14,507 | $24,474,962 | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | Select Security, Lancaster, Pa. | $664,320 | 13,096 | $12,437,927 | 134 | 11 |
| 49 | Custom Security Systems Inc., Baton Rouge, La. | $627,209 | 28,927 | $10,821,860 | 69 | 1 |
| 50 | All Guard Alarm Systems Inc., Hayward, CA | $623,558 | 12,743 | $9,812,370 | 67 | 2 |
| 51 | Matson Alarm Co. Inc., Fresno, CA | $595,565 | 20,133 | $10,424,625 | 72 | 4 |
| 52 | RFI Communications & Security Systems, San Jose, CA | $574,339 | 2,986 | $45,031,602 | 254 | 5 |
| 53 | Supreme Security Systems Inc., Union, N.J. | $573,590 | 7,501 | $8,850,458 | 72 | 1 |
| 54 | DynaFire Inc., Casselberry, Fla. | $557,880 | 5,638 | $10,626,777 | 131 | 4 |
| 55 | Custom Security Systems, Lacey, Wash. | $548,657 | 47,279 | $10,297,941 | 103 | 3 |
| 56 | Koorsen Fire & Security, Indianapolis, Ind. | $538,805 | 13,670 | $81,091,351 | 0 | 20 |
| 57 | Security Force Inc., Raleigh, N.C. | $531,837 | 13,038 | $9,227,836 | 50 | 3 |
| 58 | Sonitrol of Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Buffalo, N.Y. | $509,835 | 5,449 | $11,203,084 | 86 | 3 |
| 59 | Redwire / Sonitrol of Tallahassee, Bay, NW FL, EC FL, Tallahassee, Fla. | $505,638 | na | $9,195,483 | 64 | 6 |
| 60 | Post Alarm Systems, Arcadia, Calif. | $503,012 | 14,566 | $10,286,759 | 119 | 2 |
| 61 | Sonitrol Tri-County, Grand Blanc, MI | $487,741 | 9,842 | $9,557,048 | 66 | 3 |
| 62 | Habitec Security, Toledo, Ohio | $479,494 | 15,166 | $9,526,000 | 83 | 3 |
| 63 | American Security Systems Inc., Long Island City, N.Y. | $468,100 | 7,311 | $12,298,041 | 148 | 2 |
| 64 | Blue Ridge Security Systems Inc., Anderson, S.C. | $460,400 | 36,403 | $10,780,000 | 85 | 3 |
| 65 | Safe Systems, Louisville, CO | $453,452 | 9,944 | $8,654,138 | 79 | 2 |
| 66 | Peak Alarm Co. Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah | $453,346 | 11,915 | $8,227,603 | 72 | 4 |
| 67 | Intertech Security, Pittsburgh, Pa. | $449,871 | 4,912 | $23,700,000 | 132 | 7 |
| 68 | A-Com Protection Services Inc., Columbus, Ga. | $438,571 | 15,057 | $8,057,458 | 60 | 6 |
| 69 | The Protection Bureau, Exton, Pa. | $437,272 | 7,767 | $14,640,620 | 86 | 3 |
| 70 | Alarmco Inc., Las Vegas, Nev. | $434,834 | 11,468 | $6,657,818 | 90 | 1 |
| 71 | Electronix Systems Central Station Alarms Inc., Huntington Station, N.Y. | $417,400 | 21,243 | $9,432,660 | 65 | 1 |
| 72 | Sonitrol SW Ohio, Mason, Ohio | $417,326 | 6,449 | $8,401,048 | 47 | 2 |
| 73 | World Wide Security & GC Alarm Inc., Garden City, N.Y. | $415,000 | 15,395 | $7,900,000 | 50 | 1 |
| 74 | Scarsdale Security Systems Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y. | $409,100 | na | $13,813,033 | 0 | 2 |
| 75 | Acadiana Security Plus, Broussard, La. | $401,739 | 12,434 | $8,385,635 | 67 | 1 |
| 76 | Fire Protection Inc., Everett, Wash. | $376,310 | 7,790 | $17,338,200 | 71 | 3 |
| 77 | Security Systems of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. | $357,072 | 13,278 | $6,534,678 | 137 | 4 |
| 78 | Bates Security LLC / Sonitrol of Lexington, Lexington, Ky. | $353,840 | 5,107 | $9,640,452 | 55 | 1 |
| 79 | Washington Alarm Inc., Seattle, Wash. | $322,348 | 5,869 | $6,034,796 | 45 | 1 |
| 80 | Gillmore Security Systems Inc., Cleveland, Ohio | $313,185 | 6,303 | $5,686,873 | 42 | 1 |
| 81 | Richmond Alarm Company, Midlothian, Va. | $308,383 | 10,125 | $6,999,473 | 70 | 3 |
| 82 | Sentry Security, Wheeling, Ill. | $298,076 | 5,925 | $5,920,220 | 22 | 1 |
| 83 | Crime Prevention Security Systems LLC, Gainesville, Fla. | $290,400 | 13,683 | $8,315,680 | 76 | 2 |
| 84 | Amherst Alarm Inc., Amherst, N.Y. | $288,012 | 25,701 | $5,907,963 | 57 | 1 |
| 85 | Hoffman Electronic Systems, Atwater, Calif. | $281,946 | 4,425 | $3,383,354 | 37 | 3 |
| 86 | Valley Alarm, Sun Valley, Calif. | $271,174 | 8,229 | $4,241,960 | 20 | 1 |
| 87 | Advent Security Corporation, Oreland, Pa. | $263,608 | 7,227 | $4,131,762 | 27 | 1 |
| 88 | Bonds Alarm Co. Inc., Phoenix, Ariz. | $262,724 | 9,139 | $4,060,563 | 31 | 3 |
| 89 | Sonitrol of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind. | $260,829 | 1,985 | $4,880,000 | 28 | 1 |
| 90 | Pacific Alarm Systems Inc., Culver City, Calif. | $255,264 | 4,100 | $4,078,359 | 33 | 1 |
| 91 | Custom Alarm, Rochester, Minn. | $253,132 | 6,618 | $9,237,546 | 64 | 2 |
| 92 | Briscoe Protective Systems Inc., Centereach, N.Y. | $248,878 | 2,498 | $6,362,260 | 42 | 1 |
| 93 | Moon Security Services Inc., Pasco, Wash. | $247,566 | 7,072 | $9,159,518 | 98 | 3 |
| 94 | Atronic Alarms Inc., Lenexa, Kan. | $236,675 | 6,329 | $4,772,869 | 42 | 1 |
| 95 | SDT Inc., Newtown, Pa. | $234,055 | 633 | $13,157,467 | 85 | 1 |
| 96 | Yarnell Security Systems, Lancaster, Pa. | $225,000 | 8,218 | $4,750,000 | 42 | 1 |
| 97 | NCA, Nashville, Tenn. | $213,189 | 18,075 | $4,407,557 | 22 | 1 |
| 98 | Allied Fire & Security, Spokane, Wash. | $199,871 | 6,747 | $22,771,000 | 126 | 3 |
| 99 | Triad Protective Service, Union, N.J. | $178,854 | 1,935 | $5,115,675 | 20 | 1 |
| 100 | Fleenor Security Systems, Johnson City, Tenn. | $175,341 | 6,799 | $5,547,051 | 49 | 1 |
*RMR up/down compared with Dec. 31, 2012 (%)
*Gross revenue 2013 ($mil)
e = SDM estimate na = not available or not applicable
No. 3 – SDM’s 2009 Dealer of the Year.
No. 4 – Acquired dealer-program company, Security Networks, ranked No. 14 on the 2013 SDM 100.
No. 5 – Recognized in February by Forbes as one of the 100 most promising companies and in October by Inc. Hire as the No. 2 top job-creating private company in America. SDM’s 2011 Dealer of the Year.
No. 6 – National Account division grew 813 percent from 2010 to 2013, which the company attributes to how it has established its National Account Operations Center and customer-centric account management teams. Recorded 8.4 percent net attrition. SDM’s 2012 Dealer of the Year.
No. 8 – SDM’s 2011 Systems Integrator of the Year.
No. 9 – SDM’s 2003 Dealer of the Year.
No. 10 – Company expanded its dealer program value proposition to include a financing option for qualified dealers, permitting dealers to retain a percentage of the accounts they produce. SDM’s 2013 Dealer of the Year and 1999 Dealer of the Year.
No. 11 – SDM’s 2008 Dealer of the Year.
No. 14 – Completed the purchase and assimilation of SecureNet Alarm Systems.
No. 16 – Entered the PERS business.
No. 17 – Developed proprietary dealer boarding platform and sales tool. Integrated three large acquisitions and established three new branch offices. Expanded corporate headquarters into a 24,000 sq. ft. new facility.
No. 19 – SDM’s 2000 Dealer of the Year.
No. 22 - Year-over-year 16 percent increase in revenues, 57 percent increase in EBITDA, 20 percent increase in RMR — all organic. SDM’s 2007 Dealer of the Year.
No. 25 – Instituting new company mission statement and Raving Fan Index companywide.
No. 29 – Created a sales culture for the first time that is allowing the company to hire salespeople that are more qualified, improve compensation plans and increase sales.
No. 31 – Acquired a competitor that was a offshoot from company in the 1960s.
No. 32 – SDM’s 2002 Dealer of the Year.
No. 33 – Company is upgrading its MAStermind software.
No. 39 – Upgrading central station platform and IT infrastructure.
No. 41 – Implemented new software programs.
No. 43 – Deployed iPads to every salesperson and installation/service personnel. Company is almost entirely paperless.
No. 46 – Deployed new central station automation software that offers extensive online tools for customers.
No. 49 – Converting from analog to IP video.
No. 51 – Installed new accounting and monitoring software.
No. 56 – Begining an enterprise-wide IT upgrade and implementing a CRM system.
No. 60 – Upgrading are software to become almost 100 percent paperless.
No. 63 – Launched a version of Video Doorman into affordable housing buildings, resulting in 65 installations, $845,000 installation revenue and $45,000 in new RMR to date (as of Q1 2014).
No. 69 – SDM’s 2010 Dealer of the Year.
No. 72 –Nominated for the Cincinnati Better Business Bureau Torch Award for business practices and ethics.
No. 73 – Acquired and integrated a New York City-based integration firm.
No. 75 – Partnering with companies such as Astute Financial, OPT Business Services and ACH Payments for data mining, critical flash reporting, etc., to improve customer contact, business decisions and efficiency.
No. 78 – Awarded Lexington, Ky.’s local chamber’s Small Business of the Year Award.
No. 79 – Completing a complete conversion from STUs to AES radios for more than 250 customers.
No. 81 – Company “made significant gains” in the low-cost residential market.
No. 83 – As part of initiative to “reclaim company culture,” promoted some key employees into management roles.
No. 84 – Implementing major change in central station software and financial tools in forecasting.
No. 85 – First-time ranking on the SDM 100.
No. 87 – Advent has embraced “smart home, smart phone” technology and begun to market and upgrade existing customers.
90 – Partnered with a professional monitoring center in order to offer customers more security features.
No. 91 – Implemented new controls and measurements that have helped the company manage and run its business more efficiently and profitably.
No. 92 – Accomplished data conversion project from a Unix customized legacy software program, including 35 years of data, to SedonaOffice.
No. 94 – Implemented Sedona Office as its backend software. SDM’s 2004 Dealer of the Year.
No. 95 – Company added “very significant product lines” to enhance its ability to provide total integrated security solutions.
No. 97-– In 2013, 61 percent of NCA’s new subscriber accounts were conversions.
No. 98 – Purchased its own facility in Seattle. n No. 99 – First-time ranking on the SDM 100.
No. 100 – Recently upgraded operations and monitoring software. First-time ranking on the SDM 100.
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