97 security guard and private security companies in Baltimore, Maryland. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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AHTNA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC.
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ALLIED UNIVERSAL ENHANCED PROTECTION SERVICES
ALLIED UNIVERSAL EVENT SERVICES A/K/A STAFF PRO INC.
ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICES
AMERICAN SECURITY PROGRAMS, INC.
APC SECURITY SERVICES INC
ARON SECURITY INC.
BLOUNTS PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY LLC
BLUE STAR SECURITY, LLC
BROWN'S ARMOR SECURITY SERVICES, LLC
CENTENNIAL PROTECTION GROUP, LLC
COGNIZANCE PROTECTION COMPANY LLC
DEFENDER ONE LLC
DEPAUL SERVICES, INC
DOTHAN SECURITY INC
DUNBAR SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC.
ELITE INVESTIGATIONS, LLC
ENTERPRISE SECURITY SERVICES CORPORATION
EVENT TACTICAL LLC
EXECUTIVE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS
FALKEN INDUSTRIES LLC
FDSS SERVICES, LLC
FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICES GROUP USA
FIORE INDUSTRIES INC
FORT GREEN DEFENSE, LLC.
GENESIS 1 SECURITY AGENCY LLC
GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC
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Baltimore is Maryland's largest security market. The Port of Baltimore and its surrounding industrial and logistics belt drive cargo, warehouse, and overnight yard-patrol demand, while the Inner Harbor, sports venues, and downtown draw event, hospitality, and commercial coverage. Major healthcare and research institutions such as Johns Hopkins add around-the-clock hospital officer work, and urban retail corridors sustain loss-prevention and storefront patrol across one of the region's deepest talent and supply pools.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Baltimore:
Private security in Maryland is licensed at the state level by the Maryland State Police, Licensing Division. A legitimate company operating in Baltimore holds a a Security Guard Agency License, which means it has cleared Maryland State Police'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 Maryland, operating without a license is misdemeanor (Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. §§ 19-601, 19-607). Providing security guards for hire without a Security Guard Agency License (Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 19-601) is a misdemeanor under § 19-607, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and/or up to 1 year imprisonment; the Secretary may additionally levy administrative fines up to $5,000 per violation (capped at $10,000 per 2-year license term) for violations of §§ 19-313 and 19-408.
Baltimore is policed by a consolidated metro agency, so it doesn't appear as a separate city in the FBI's national table. We use the city's own reported incident data instead, mapped to 269 Baltimore neighborhood — which is the more useful view anyway, since risk inside a city varies far more than it does between cities.
Scope your coverage to the block you actually occupy, not the city average. The breakdown below ranks Baltimore Baltimore neighborhood from safest to most affected.
See the Baltimore neighborhood crime breakdown