117 security guard and private security companies in Pensacola, Florida. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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AMERICAN SECURITY ASSOCIATES, INC
ANGEL FORCE PROTECTION, LLC.
ASOTC SECURITY SERVICES
BLACK SPEAR INTELLIGENCE, LLC
BLUE EAGLE SECURITY SERVICES LLC
CAMPBELL SECURITY AND SERVICES GROUP, LLC.
CITIZEN'S GUARD SECURITY
CONTEMPORARY SERVICES COMPANY (ESCAMBIA BRANCH)
D-TRAIN SECURITY, INC
DOTHAN SECURITY, INC.
DYNAMIC SECURITY SERVICES, INC
ELLIOTT SECURITY SOLUTIONS, LLC
FIVE FOLD SECURITY
GREENLIGHT GROUP LLC
GREENLIGHT SECURITY INC.
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Pensacola anchors Northwest Florida's western Panhandle, a Gulf-coast market combining military and defense activity around Naval Air Station Pensacola, beachfront and tourism economies, healthcare, and a growing residential base. Defense-adjacent and facility access control, hospitality and beachfront coverage, healthcare officers, and retail and residential patrol drive demand, with Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Milton, and the western Panhandle communities adding tourism, commercial, and residential work.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Pensacola:
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 Pensacola 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.
Pensacola scores 93/100 on our Crime Index (grade A), which makes it safer than 97% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 53,754.
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