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AHTNA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC.
ALLIED UNIVERSAL ENHANCED PROTECTION SERVICES
ALLIED UNIVERSAL EVENT SERVICES A/K/A STAFF PRO INC.
ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICES
AMERICAN SECURITY PROGRAMS, INC.
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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
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
GOLD GUARD SECURITY LLC
IGLOBAL SECURITY GROUP LLC
IMAQ RESOURCES, LLC
INSIGHT GLOBAL, LLC
INVESTIGATIVE CONSULTING AND SERVICES INC.
KERBEROS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KWIK PROTECTIVE SERVICES LLC
LAPRADE SERVICE GROUP LLC
M PROTECTION CONSULTING
M4 SECURITY, LLC
MARSHALL WORLDWIDE SECURITY LLC
MWR INVESTIGATIONS INC
MYLES DAVIS PROTECTIVE SERVICES, LLC.
PALAMERICAN SECURITY INC.
POLICE PROTECTIVE SERVICES LLC
Loss prevention in Baltimore attacks retail shrink with a blend of uniformed deterrence, plainclothes officers and a lawful, well-documented approach to theft and organized retail crime.
In Baltimore, demand for loss prevention & retail security is driven by Maryland's largest security market and talent pool and a major East Coast port and its warehouse belt. The sectors that most rely on this service include port and logistics, healthcare and research, sports and events, with specific needs in areas such as the Port of Baltimore and its industrial belt, the Inner Harbor and downtown, the Johns Hopkins and hospital campuses. The city's main security concerns — cargo and container-yard theft and healthcare workplace violence — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
HireSecurityNow.com connects you with licensed loss prevention & retail security companies in Baltimore. Compare options, review profiles and request free quotes to find the provider that best fits your needs and budget.
Estimated range per LP officer post/month in Baltimore:
$7,500 — $13,000 USD
That puts Baltimore in line with the US national range ($7,500 — $12,500).
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 Baltimore that puts an armed post around $10,000 — $18,000 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 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 breakdown73 providers below list loss prevention & retail security in Baltimore. 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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