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Typically from $17,000 USD per agent/month. See prices →
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AMERICAN PROTECTION PROFESSIONALS LLC
American Protection Solutions, LLc
Aspis Protection Service LLC
Asset Protection & Security Services
B. I. S. Protection, Consultants, Investigations, and Protection Services
BASS PROTECTION SERVICES, LLC
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Black Hawk Protection & Investigation
BLACK TIE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC
C.W. GRIER EXECUTIVE PROTECTION & SECURITY SERVICES
Centennial Protection Group
Chenega Global Protection, LLC
DELTA SIERRA EXECUTIVE PROTECTION, INTELLIGENCE, AND INVESTIGATIONS, LLC
DIVERSIFIED PROTECTION CORPORATION
Event Protection Services LLC
EXECUTIVE SECURITY SERVICES
Front Line Protection LLC
INTERNAL PROTECTION SERVICES LLC
JAGUAR EXECUTIVE SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES
Lance Dignitary Protection Services, LLC
McCray Global Protection Corp.
Metropolitan Police Protection / SECURITY SERVICES, LLC
Monarch Protection Agency LLC
NEW AGE PROTECTION INC
On The Scene Executive Protection Services
Onyx Global Protection LLC
Optimum Protection Group LLC
Personal Protection Solutions, LLC
Phalanx Protection Worldwide LLC
Police Security Protection, LLC LLC (Trading As: Tactical Protective Services)
POTOMAC PROTECTION SERVICES, LLC
Ross Protection Agency LLC
Samson Protection Services LLC
Secure Space Protection Services LLC
SIRIUS DIGNITARY SECURITY SERVICE, LLC
Specific Protection Services LLC
United Protection Agency, LLC
UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LLC. (Trading As: Allied Universal Security Services)
Westmoreland Protection Agency, Inc
Executive protection in Washington pairs a trained close-protection agent with advance work, secure transportation and threat assessment for principals, families and visiting executives.
In Washington, demand for executive protection is driven by the federal government and its agencies and contractors and embassies, the diplomatic corps and K Street law firms and associations. The sectors that most rely on this service include federal government and contractors, embassies and the diplomatic corps, law firms, lobbying and associations, with specific needs in areas such as the downtown and Golden Triangle office core, K Street's law firms and associations, the federal buildings and the National Mall. The city's main security concerns — federal- and diplomatic-facility access control and corporate lobby and credential and visitor management — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
HireSecurityNow.com connects you with licensed executive protection companies in Washington. Compare options, review profiles and request free quotes to find the provider that best fits your needs and budget.
Estimated range per agent/month in Washington:
$17,000 — $40,000 USD
That puts Washington about 13% above the US national range ($15,000 — $35,000) — local wage floors, cost of living and competition for licensed officers all push rates up.
Full-time close-protection agent. Hourly engagements typically bill $75–$150/hr per agent; full details (armed, secure vehicle, advance work, threat level) move the monthly program cost. Multi-agent details scale accordingly.
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Read the executive protection buyer's guidePrivate security in District of Columbia is licensed at the state level by the the DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (business and individual licenses) and the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Officers Management Branch (oversight and Special Police Officer signoff). A legitimate company operating in Washington holds a a Security Agency Business license, which means it has cleared DC DLCP and MPD'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 District of Columbia, operating without a license is civil penalty (dlcp), post-oct. 1, 2025 licensing framework (D.C. Code § 47-2853.208 (unlawful acts in subsecs. (a)-(b); civil-penalty authority in subsec. (d)), eff. Oct. 1, 2025). Since October 1, 2025, operating a security agency without a DLCP occupational license — or acting as a special police officer or private detective without a license and the Chief of Police's approval — violates D.C. Code § 47-2853.208(a)-(b), and subsection (d) empowers the DLCP Director to impose civil penalties (amount set by rule) and to deny, suspend, or revoke the license; the older $300 misdemeanor penalty under D.C. Code § 47-2846 was repealed effective October 1, 2025.
Washington scores 40/100 on our Crime Index (grade E), which makes it safer than 9% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 693,645.
Crime Index
Crime rates describe a city, not a specific address — the right level of coverage depends on your block, your hours and what you're protecting. Use the neighborhood breakdown to see how Washington varies internally before you scope a contract.
See the full Washington Crime Index and neighborhood breakdown40 providers below list executive protection in Washington. Ranking is based on verifiable signals, but the last checks are yours — and they are the ones that decide whether a contract holds up.
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