479 security guard and private security companies in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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82ND SECURITY SERVICES, LLC.
A & ASSOCIATES INC
A LA MER ESTATE SERVICES, LLC.
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A SECURITY PRO
A.C.P. & INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES LLC
A.P.M SECURITY SERVICES LLC
AA SECURITY SERVICES, INC
AA STAFFING FIRM, INC
AC MARTIN CONSULTING LLC
ACHOU LLC
AEGIS PROTECTION & INVESTIGATIONS INC.
AJ MELINO & ASSOCIATES, INC
ALK GLOBAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS FL, LLC.
ALL STAR SECURITY SERVICES INC
ALLIANCE SECURITY GROUP INC
ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE INVESTIGATIVE GROUP INC.
ALPHA 3 SECURITY SERVICES INC.
ALPHA POWER SECURITY & SERVICE LLC
AMERICA'S MULTI BILLION DOLLAR SECURITY AGENCY
AMERICAN PROTECTION BUREAU, INC.
ANDREW A MARTINEZ
ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC
ANVIL DEFENSE GROUP
ANVIL PROTECTION FIRM LLC
APACHE SECURITY SERVICES, LLC
ARON SECURITY, INC.
ARSEAS SECURITY SERVICES INC
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West Palm Beach anchors Palm Beach County, an affluent South Florida market combining a corporate and financial downtown, the seasonal wealth of Palm Beach island, gated golf and country-club communities, and a large retiree and second-home population. Executive and residential protection, gated-community and HOA patrol, corporate lobby posts, and event and hospitality security drive demand, with Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Jupiter, Delray Beach, and Wellington adding corporate, retail, and residential work. A premium, service-quality-focused market.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in West Palm Beach:
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 West Palm Beach 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.
West Palm Beach scores 64/100 on our Crime Index (grade C), which makes it safer than 31% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 130,449.
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