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Typically from $2,700 USD per project. See prices →
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JB'S CONSULTING AND DETECTIVE AGENCY, LLC
Security consulting in Columbia brings an independent, vendor-neutral expert to assess your risk and design the guarding and technology plan before you spend on it.
In Columbia, demand for security consulting is driven by a Howard County master-planned community between Baltimore and DC and corporate and technology campuses. The sectors that most rely on this service include corporate and technology, retail, master-planned residential, with specific needs in areas such as the corporate and tech campuses, the Columbia Town Center and mall, the retail centers. The city's main security concerns — corporate lobby and access control and retail loss prevention — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
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Estimated range per project in Columbia:
$2,700 — $27,000 USD
That puts Columbia about 8% above the US national range ($2,500 — $25,000) — local wage floors, cost of living and competition for licensed officers all push rates up.
Per project. Assessments typically bill $100–$250/hr; a single-site risk assessment starts around $2,500 while multi-site programs and ongoing advisory scale into the tens of thousands.
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Before you hire
What a security consultant does: the risk/threat/vulnerability assessment, the ASIS SRA-2024 standard, deliverables, when to hire one, and what security consulting costs.
Read the security consulting buyer's guidePrivate security in Maryland is licensed at the state level by the Maryland State Police, Licensing Division. A legitimate company operating in Columbia 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.
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