Security Guard Services Business Valuation Calculator
Cited Band
1.95x to 3.29x SDE (sold quartiles)
Source: BizBuySell security services benchmarks (2021-2025 sold listings, sector blend)
Implied Range
$975,000 to $1,645,000
A band, not a price. Answer the drivers below to place this business inside it.
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Where This One Sits
How much revenue recurs?
How concentrated are the customers?
What happens when the owner leaves for a month?
How clean are the books?
Do the licenses, leases and contracts transfer?
Nothing answered yet, so there is no reading. This does not default to the middle: a midpoint shown for a blank form would say your business is average when you have not told it anything.
The drivers that move the number in this trade specifically are in the full Security Guard Services guide. The picker holds the trades this site prices on one earnings figure. The other 13 are priced another way or on too thin a class, and each still appears with its cited band and source in Every Band, Cited.
What Moves the Multiple
Advisers quote local single-state operators at 2.5x to 4x SDE, above the cited sold quartiles, and small multi-state platforms at 4x to 6x EBITDA; margins are thin, so the bill-pay spread, client concentration, guard turnover, and replacing the qualifying agent set the position.
Band cited from BizBuySell security services benchmarks (2021-2025 sold listings, sector blend). What moves a business inside it, what licensing applies, and what diligence to run are in the Security Guard Services buy guide.
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