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Typically from $6,800 USD per LP officer post/month. See prices →
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Brenmont Investigations LP
Eagle 1 Security Group, LLC
Reed Security & Detective Agency
STAT Security Services
Loss prevention in Columbus attacks retail shrink with a blend of uniformed deterrence, plainclothes officers and a lawful, well-documented approach to theft and organized retail crime.
In Columbus, demand for loss prevention & retail security is driven by an outsized manufacturing and engineering economy anchored by Cummins' global headquarters and corporate campuses and access-control demand. The sectors that most rely on this service include advanced manufacturing and engineering, corporate headquarters, distribution, with specific needs in areas such as the Cummins corporate campuses, the advanced-manufacturing plants, the distribution facilities. The city's main security concerns — corporate lobby and access control and industrial-plant and yard theft — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
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Estimated range per LP officer post/month in Columbus:
$6,800 — $11,000 USD
That puts Columbus about 9% below the US national range ($7,500 — $12,500) — lower local wage pressure generally means lower bill rates, though scarce licensed supply can offset it.
Armed officers typically run about 35% more than unarmed coverage for the same post — the premium covers the firearm permit, range requalification and the higher insurance the provider carries. In Columbus that puts an armed post around $9,200 — $15,000 USD per LP officer post/month.
Plainclothes or uniformed loss-prevention officer covering a 12h daily post, billed roughly $20–$35/hr. Many retailers pair a uniformed entrance post with plainclothes coverage; multi-tenant centers may share patrol to lower per-store cost.
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Before you hire
Hire licensed retail security guards to fight theft and ORC while staying SB-553 compliant. Compare uniformed, plainclothes, and mobile models plus cost data.
Read the loss prevention & retail security buyer's guidePrivate 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 Columbus 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.
Columbus scores 87/100 on our Crime Index (grade B), which makes it safer than 86% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 52,346.
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 Columbus varies internally before you scope a contract.
See the full Columbus Crime Index and neighborhood breakdown5 providers below list loss prevention & retail security in Columbus. 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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