63 security guard and private security companies in Gainesville, Florida. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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ATK SECURITY, LLC.
BLACKPOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS LLC
CENTURYONE SOLUTIONS, LLC.
CERTIFIED ARMORED SERVICE, INC.
CSANCHEZ & ASSOCIATES, INVESTIGATION GROUP, LLC
DISCREET PROTECTION & CONSULTING, LLC.
EXCALIBUR LEGAL SUPPORT- PRIVATE INVESTIGATION, LLC.
EXECUTIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF OCALA
FORTITUDE SECURITY INC
GATEWAY TO FLORIDA SECURITY LLC
GOODNOWFRONTIER
GRATITUDE SECURITY, LLC.
GREENSTAR SECURITY, LLC.
GUARDIANS SECURITY SERVICES, INC.
KNIGHTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, LLC.
LS MOTORCADE & PROTECTION
MYDATT SERVICES INC
NEMI SERVICES
NORWOOD HOLDINGS LLC
PARAGON PROTECTION AND INVESTIGATIONS, LLC.
PROFESSIONAL SECURITY CONCEPTS, LLC.
ROLLINS SECURITY, CORP.
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Gainesville anchors North Central Florida's Alachua County, a university and healthcare market built around the University of Florida and its major medical centers. The flagship university and its events, hospital and research campuses, student housing, and downtown commercial districts drive demand for campus-adjacent and event security, healthcare officers, access control, and retail and mobile patrol, with the surrounding North Central counties adding commercial and residential work at cost-competitive rates.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Gainesville:
Private security in Florida is licensed at the state level by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing. A legitimate company operating in Gainesville holds a Class “B” Security Agency license, which means it has cleared FDACS's ownership, background-check and insurance requirements. Ask for that license number in writing and verify it yourself — a certificate on the wall tells you nothing about current standing, since a license can be suspended or revoked.
Hiring an unlicensed company is a risk you carry. In Florida, operating without a license is first-degree misdemeanor (first offense), escalating to a third-degree felony for a second or subsequent offense (Fla. Stat. § 493.6120). A first violation of Florida's private-security licensing law (operating or being employed as an unlicensed Class B agency or officer) is a first-degree misdemeanor; a second or subsequent violation is a third-degree felony, and FDACS may also seek a civil penalty of up to $10,000, with anyone convicted of a chapter 493 violation ineligible for licensure for five years.
Gainesville scores 53/100 on our Crime Index (grade D), which makes it safer than 18% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 150,376.
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