9 security guard and private security companies in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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9 companies
Blue Line Solutions LLC
Five-O Security Enterprises LLC
Gemini Protection Services, LLC
Kodiak Guard Service LLC
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Terre Haute anchors the Wabash Valley in West Central Indiana along the I-70 corridor near the Illinois line. Indiana State University and Rose-Hulman, a manufacturing and distribution base, regional healthcare, and correctional facilities drive demand for campus-adjacent and event coverage, industrial site guards, healthcare officers, and retail and mobile patrol across a spread-out service area. As a regional Indiana market, Terre Haute bills at cost-competitive Midwest rates well below the coasts.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Terre Haute:
Private security in Indiana is licensed at the state level by the the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency, Private Investigator and Security Guard Licensing Board. A legitimate company operating in Terre Haute holds a Security Guard Agency license, which means it has cleared Indiana PLA'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 Indiana, operating without a license is class a misdemeanor (per unlicensed transaction), plus mandatory disgorgement fine (IC 25-30-1.3-23). Recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally engaging in business as, soliciting/advertising as, or holding out as a security guard agency without a license is a Class A misdemeanor, and the court must additionally fine the offender the full compensation earned in committing the offense — a mandatory disgorgement that can push the total fine above Indiana's normal $10,000 misdemeanor cap; each unlicensed transaction is a separate chargeable offense.
Terre Haute scores 51/100 on our Crime Index (grade D), which makes it safer than 17% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 58,565.
Crime Index
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