01 Industry overview
The executive protection industry at a glance
In 2024, the global executive protection service market was estimated at $15.93 billion, and it is forecast to reach $27.19 billion by 2031 on a 7.9% CAGR from 2024 to 2031. Adoption is shaped by terrorism, political instability or war, civil unrest, kidnapping risk, executive travel, and online threats, while technology adoption is increasing.
- $15.93B[14]
- Global market size, 2024
- 7.9%[14]
- Forecast CAGR, 2024–2031
- 157,200[25]
- Annual security openings, 2025–2035
- 55%[9]
- North America survey responsibility
- Market size
- The global executive protection service market was estimated at $15.93 billion in 2024. The estimate covers executive protection services rather than the broader private security industry.[14]
- Forecast & CAGR
- The market is forecast to reach $27.19 billion by 2031, implying a 7.9% compound annual growth rate from 2024 to 2031.[14]
- Market share & regions
- The ASIS 2025 survey did not provide regional revenue shares, but respondents reported responsibility across regions including North America at 55%, South America at 20%, Europe at 21%, Africa at 28%, the Middle East at 17%, Asia at 26%, and Australia/Oceania at 9%. Respondents could select multiple regions, so these percentages are not additive market shares.[9]
- Segmentation
- Executive protection commonly segments into close protection, secure transportation, travel-risk support, residential and event protection, threat assessment, intelligence, and risk consulting. In the ASIS survey, 49% of organizations reported having secure transportation on a daily basis, while 45% reported close-protection agents working with executives daily.[9]
- Key players & concentration
- Reliable public concentration ratios for executive protection providers were not identified. The market includes large integrated security companies and specialist firms; Protos described AT-RISK International as a provider of executive and general protective services, intelligence and risk consulting when announcing its 2026 acquisition.[53]
- Pricing
- Reliable industry-wide pricing benchmarks for executive protection were not identified. As a related labor benchmark, the U.S. median annual wage for security guards was $38,020 in May 2025, although executive-protection compensation can differ materially by risk, location, armament, travel and service model.[25]
- Trends, drivers & challenges
- Demand is being shaped by terrorism, political instability or war, civil unrest, kidnapping risk, executive travel and online threats: 78% of ASIS respondents rated terrorism highly important and 75% rated political instability or war highly important. Technology adoption is also increasing, while the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects surveillance technologies to somewhat limit demand for some security workers and projects 1% employment growth for security guards from 2025 to 2035.[9][25]
- Consumer behavior & competition
- Corporate buyers increasingly combine personnel with intelligence, travel monitoring, secure communications and technology. In the ASIS survey, 51% of organizations fully monitored online threats, 53% fully conducted travel-destination threat assessments, and 42% fully protected digital assets or secure communications.[9]
- M&A
- M&A activity is expanding specialized capability and geographic reach. Allied Universal acquired Pinnacle Security in April 2025, adding executive and personal protection and risk-assessment capabilities, while Protos acquired AT-RISK International in April 2026; Protos said the transaction was its 12th acquisition since partnering with Southfield Capital.[22][53]
- Regulation
- Regulation is fragmented in the United States, where licensing requirements vary by state; the BLS states that most states require guards to be licensed, especially when armed. In the United Kingdom, close-protection operatives require an SIA close-protection licence and a licence-linked qualification.[25][43]
- Latest news
- The most recent sector-specific transaction identified before November 11, 2026 was Protos Security’s acquisition of AT-RISK International, announced April 27, 2026. The deal added executive protection, residential protection, event protection, intelligence and risk consulting to Protos’s integrated security platform.[53]
02 Ranking
Top 10 Companies in the Executive Protection Industry
The leading companies in the executive protection industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.
Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026
GardaWorld stands out for executive protection backed by Crisis24 global risk intelligence under its security and crisis response offering, while Pinkerton stands out for worldwide executive protection combined with threat intelligence and corporate risk management services.
Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓
Editor's top 3 picks
Where to start, by need.
#1 Overall · Leader in executive protection
GardaWorld
CA
Ranked #1 · 9.5 · Executive protection
Why we picked it: Its Crisis24 coverage supports executive protection through global risk intelligence alongside personal protection services.
Leader in threat intelligence
Pinkerton
US
Ranked #2 · 9.5 · Threat intelligence
Why we picked it: Its executive protection offering is paired with threat intelligence and corporate risk management services worldwide.
Leader in secure transportation
Constellis
US
Ranked #5 · 9.0 · Secure transportation
Why we picked it: Its protective movements focus includes route planning and secure transportation as part of executive protection.
Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.
Full ranking
| # | Company | Overall ↓ | Impact | Performance | Momentum | Innovation | Company snapshot |
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| 1 | GardaWorld Executive protection · CA | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | |
Company snapshot · GardaWorld · Data as of November 11, 2026 Crisis24 provides global risk intelligence and personal protection under GardaWorld.[20]
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| 2 | Pinkerton Threat intelligence · US | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 9.9 | |
Company snapshot · Pinkerton · Data as of November 11, 2026 Provides executive protection, threat intelligence and corporate risk management services worldwide.[54]
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| 3 | Allied Universal Threat intelligence · US | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.0 | |
Company snapshot · Allied Universal · Data as of November 11, 2026 Provides executive protection and intelligence services across more than 100 countries.[22]
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| 4 | Global Guardian Executive protection · US | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | |
Company snapshot · Global Guardian · Data as of November 11, 2026 Offers executive protection in more than 140 countries through a 24/7 global operations center.[55]
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| 5 | Constellis Secure transportation · US | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | |
Company snapshot · Constellis · Data as of November 11, 2026 Provides protective movements, route planning and secure transportation for executives and celebrities.[56]
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| 6 | TorchStone Global Executive protection and protective intelligence · US | 8.8 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.9 | |
Company snapshot · TorchStone Global · Data as of November 11, 2026 Provides executive protection and related services in more than 100 countries.[15]
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| 7 | Strategic Security Executive protection and protective intelligence, USA · US | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.9 | |
Company snapshot · Strategic Security · Data as of November 11, 2026 Provides executive protection, protective intelligence and threat assessment services.[57]
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| 8 | Control Risks Executive protection and protective intelligence · GB | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | |
Company snapshot · Control Risks · Data as of November 11, 2026 Provides executive protection for business leaders, high-net-worth individuals and other high-profile clients.[58]
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| 9 | Prosegur International security and protective services · ES | 8.3 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.9 | |
Company snapshot · Prosegur · Data as of November 11, 2026 Security services group operating in 36 countries with 2025 sales of €4.93 billion.[59]
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| 10 | Covenant Executive protection and security services, USA · US | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
Company snapshot · Covenant · Data as of November 11, 2026 Offers executive protection services as part of its comprehensive security offerings.[60]
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How we score
- Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
- Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
- Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
- Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.
Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.
Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.
Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.
Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.
Cite this ranking
APA
Daniel Varga. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the executive protection industry. In Executive Protection Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/executive-protection-industry-statistics/#top-companies
Executive protection staffing model among organizations with 1–100 employees or students
Internal team holds the largest share at 47%.
03 Trends & forecasts
Top 10 Executive Protection Industry Trends & Forecasts 2027
What is changing in the executive protection industry, with the evidence behind each trend and a forecast for 2027.
Forecasts were generated by an AI model from the cited evidence. They are estimates, not guarantees.
01Executive protection adoption accelerates
High confidenceIn the 2025 ASIS survey, 42% of security professionals said executive protection was receiving significantly more emphasis than two years earlier, while another 28% reported a little more emphasis. The global executive protection service market was estimated at $15.93 billion in 2024 and forecast to reach $27.19 billion by 2031, a 7.9% CAGR.[9][14]
Forecast 2027: Demand should continue expanding in 2027 as boards treat executive safety as a formal enterprise-risk issue rather than an occasional travel service. Growth is likely to remain strongest in integrated programs combining personnel, intelligence, travel support and technology.
02Protection spreads beyond chief executives
High confidenceA 2026 review of S&P 500 disclosures found personal security prevalence rose from 35% to 54% year over year, while approximately 47% of companies provided personal security to at least one additional named executive officer. The same review reported median personal-security values for other named executive officers rising from approximately $10,000 to $32,000.[61]
Forecast 2027: By 2027, more programs should cover selected senior executives, spouses, residences and high-risk travel rather than only the CEO. Providers will increasingly sell tiered coverage based on exposure and itinerary instead of uniform full-time details.
03Digital protection becomes standard scope
High confidenceThe 2025 ASIS survey found 42% of organizations fully protected digital assets or secure communications and 51% fully monitored online threats or expressions of anger directed at an executive, organization or location. The survey also found 44% fully monitored the executive’s personal reputation.[9]
Forecast 2027: In 2027, digital-footprint monitoring, privacy services, personal-data removal and secure communications should be routinely packaged with physical protection. Physical-only proposals will face increasing pressure to include cyber and online-risk capabilities.
04Travel-risk services remain central
High confidenceIn the ASIS survey, 53% of organizations fully conducted travel-destination threat assessments, 53% fully monitored travel authorization, risk and itineraries, and 49% had secure transportation available daily. Gallagher reported that 35% of surveyed organizations used personal or travel-security arrangements for executives in 2026.[9][2]
Forecast 2027: 2027 demand should favor flexible travel-risk retainers, advance work, destination assessments and secure transportation over permanently assigned details for many executives. Providers with international partner networks will be better positioned to serve irregular, multi-country travel.
05Secure transportation expands selectively
Medium confidenceSecure transportation was fully available on a daily basis at 49% of organizations surveyed by ASIS, compared with 45% reporting daily close-protection agents working directly with executives. Gallagher found that 31% of surveyed organizations rated exposure to travel-related security risks as high.[9][2]
Forecast 2027: In 2027, secure vehicles, vetted drivers and route planning should grow most in high-threat destinations, public-facing industries and executive air-travel programs. Adoption will remain more episodic than universal because cost and risk vary sharply by trip.
06AI supports predictive threat monitoring
Medium confidenceThe ASIS survey reported that 39% of organizations fully used predictive risk analytics, 33% fully used behavioral threat profiling and anomaly detection, and 33% fully used digital-footprint monitoring and sentiment analysis. The survey identified growing use of AI among emerging executive-protection practices.[9]
Forecast 2027: By 2027, AI-assisted triage, anomaly detection and automated reporting should become common support tools, but human analysts will remain responsible for validation and response decisions. Adoption will be fastest where providers can connect open-source intelligence, travel data and incident workflows.
07Integrated platforms gain share
High confidenceThe ASIS survey found 48% of organizations fully used multi-channel alert systems and 42% fully protected digital assets or secure communications. Protos described its 2026 acquisition of AT-RISK International as expanding an integrated platform combining protective services, intelligence, investigations, consulting and technology.[9][62]
Forecast 2027: In 2027, buyers should increasingly prefer one accountable provider or coordinated platform for physical protection, intelligence, communications, travel monitoring and incident management. Specialist subcontractors will remain important, but standalone offerings will face more bundling pressure.
08Provider consolidation continues
High confidenceAllied Universal acquired Pinnacle Security in April 2025, adding executive and personal protection, security consulting and risk and threat assessments. Protos acquired AT-RISK International in April 2026, adding executive protection, intelligence and risk consulting to its managed-services platform.[22][62]
Forecast 2027: M&A should continue in 2027 as larger security platforms buy specialist firms to obtain intelligence, executive-protection talent and geographic reach. Consolidation will be most visible among technology-enabled providers and firms serving multinational corporate accounts.
09Labor supply stays tight despite automation
High confidenceThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects about 157,200 annual openings for security guards and gambling surveillance officers from 2025 through 2035, even though total employment is projected to grow only 1%. The openings are primarily replacement demand from workers leaving or changing occupations.[25]
Forecast 2027: In 2027, executive-protection providers should continue competing for experienced personnel through higher premiums for multilingual, medically trained, travel-ready and technology-capable agents. Automation will reduce some routine monitoring work but is unlikely to remove the need for trusted human protection staff.
10Security wages face upward pressure
Medium confidenceThe U.S. median annual wage for security guards was $38,020 in May 2025, while the occupation had approximately 157,200 projected annual openings over 2025–2035. Executive-protection compensation can be materially higher because of travel, risk, armament, specialized training and irregular schedules.[25]
Forecast 2027: Labor costs should rise selectively in 2027 for armed, international, medical and intelligence-linked roles, even if broad guard wages remain constrained by automation and low aggregate employment growth. Providers will respond with mixed teams, shared regional resources and technology-assisted coverage.
04 Statistics
Technology & Innovation
AI adoption is visible in operational capabilities: 73% of surveyed security leaders reported AI-driven facial or weapons detection in 2026, alongside active-threat detection and sentiment monitoring use in the United States.
AI in the executive protection industry
- 73% of surveyed security leaders influencing executive protection reported AI-driven facial or weapons detection in 2026.[1]
- 51% of directors said deepfakes and voice cloning posed the greatest threat to their organisation in Gallagher’s 2026 executive protection research.[2]
- 58% of surveyed security leaders influencing executive protection used AI for sentiment monitoring in the United States in 2026.[1]
- Two-thirds of multinational-company chief security officers and their teams had access to specialist AI training in 2025.[3]
- More than 75% of surveyed security leaders influencing executive protection used AI to identify travel or residential hotspots in 2026.[1]
- 73% of surveyed security leaders influencing executive protection used AI for active-threat detection in the United States in 2026.[1]
Automation in the executive protection industry
- 31% of executive-protection organisations had fully implemented automated situational and threat, vulnerability and risk report generation in 2025.[4]
- 42% of executive-protection organisations rated automated situational and TVR report generation as a high-importance capability in 2025.[4]
- 69% of executive-protection organisations had only partial or no capability for automated situational and TVR report generation in 2025.[4]
- 36% of executive-protection organisations had fully implemented automated after-action reports, data repositories and analytics in 2025.[4]
- 73% of executive-protection organisations had only partial or no capability for automated after-action reports, data repositories and analytics in 2025.[4]
- 26% of executive-protection organisations had fully implemented automated after-action reports, data repositories and analytics in the detailed capability table for 2025.[4]
Digital Transformation in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 35.51% of EU professional, scientific and technical enterprises using AI applied it to business-administration or management processes in 2025.[5]
- 40.4% of EU enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities used at least one AI technology in 2025.[5]
- 51% of U.S. technology executives reported no increase in performance or profitability from digital-transformation investments during the previous two years.[6]
- 55% of business-services CEOs identified keeping pace with technology and AI transformation as their greatest concern in PwC’s 2025 global CEO survey.[7]
Technology Adoption in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 30.87% of EU professional, scientific and technical enterprises using AI applied it to accounting, controlling or finance management in 2025.[5]
- 18.55% of EU professional, scientific and technical enterprises using AI applied it to ICT security in 2025.[5]
- 27.33% of EU professional, scientific and technical enterprises using AI applied it to production processes in 2025.[5]
- 22.32% of EU professional, scientific and technical enterprises using AI applied it to research and development or innovation activities in 2025.[5]
Cloud Computing in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 77.7% of Dutch professional, scientific and technical enterprises used cloud computing services in 2023.[8]
- 80.4% of Danish professional, scientific and technical enterprises used cloud computing services in 2023.[8]
- 91.2% of Finnish professional, scientific and technical enterprises used cloud computing services in 2023.[8]
- 90.7% of Australian professional, scientific and technical enterprises used cloud computing services in 2022.[8]
Big Data in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 46.8% of Swedish professional, scientific and technical enterprises conducted big-data analysis in 2023.[8]
- 45.4% of Finnish professional, scientific and technical enterprises conducted big-data analysis in 2023.[8]
- 47.5% of German professional, scientific and technical enterprises conducted big-data analysis in 2023.[8]
- 57.5% of Dutch professional, scientific and technical enterprises conducted big-data analysis in 2023.[8]
IoT in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
05 Statistics
Data & Analytics
Execution leans on monitoring and intelligence inputs: 64% deployed threat-monitoring platforms in executive-protection programs in 2025, and 82% used open-source intelligence.
Business intelligence in the executive protection industry
- 64% deployed threat-monitoring platforms in executive-protection programs in 2025.[9]
- 65% used physical surveillance in executive-protection programs in 2025.[9]
- 62% used internal incident reports as an intelligence-gathering method in executive-protection programs in 2025.[9]
- 58% used background checks on identified potential threats or previously unknown meeting participants in 2025.[9]
- 82% of organizations with executive-protection programs used open-source intelligence in 2025.[9]
- 79% used social-media monitoring in executive-protection programs in 2025.[9]
Data analytics in the executive protection industry
- 44% fully had monitoring of an executive’s personal reputation in 2025.[9]
- 51% fully had contractor-vetting procedures for drivers, close-protection personnel, and similar providers at travel destinations in 2025.[9]
- 53% fully had travel-destination threat assessments in executive-protection programs in 2025.[9]
- 51% of surveyed organizations fully had monitoring for online threats or expressions of anger at a location, organization, or executive in 2025.[9]
- 41% fully had advance agents sent to unfamiliar locations deemed at risk in 2025.[9]
- 49% fully had secure transportation on a daily basis for executives in 2025.[9]
Data Quality in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 87% of enterprise data leaders said traditional rules-based approaches to data quality did not scale to current needs in 2024.[10]
- 95% of enterprise companies with at least $1 billion in revenue had experienced a data-quality issue directly affecting business outcomes in 2024.[10]
- 23% of supply management firms spent at least 21% of their time cleaning data in 2024.[11]
- 50% of organizations identified data-quality issues as the biggest challenge affecting their data-integration projects in 2024.[12]
- 67% of supply management organizations said their data quality was better or significantly better than two years earlier in 2024.[11]
- 49% of supply management organizations reported that their data quality was good or excellent in 2024, based on a survey of more than 121 respondents.[11]
Data Governance in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 81% of supply management organizations found their data-governance program useful in 2024.[11]
- 18.3% of organizations used a data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program in 2024.[13]
- 71% of global organizations reported having a data-governance program in 2024, up from 60% in 2023.[12]
- 32% of organizations in the 2024 governance study had a formal governance organization in place, while 68% had none.[13]
- 61% of organizations had a dedicated data-governance function in 2024, according to a survey of more than 121 supply management professionals.[11]
- 33% of North American organizations had a formal data-governance organization in place in 2024.[13]
KPIs in the executive protection industry
- 25% always used real-time tracking for executives during travel or events in 2025.[9]
- 46% evaluated executive-protection effectiveness through incident tracking in 2025.[9]
- 42% evaluated executive-protection effectiveness through internal KPIs in 2025.[9]
- 34% reported no formal evaluation of executive-protection effectiveness in 2025.[9]
- 56% always assessed executive travel plans for security risk in 2025.[9]
- 63% evaluated executive-protection effectiveness through executive feedback in 2025.[9]
06 Statistics
Strategy & Growth
Buyer demand is supported by incident volume: TorchStone tracked 462 incidents threatening high-profile individuals in 2024, reinforcing continued use of executive-protection monitoring.
Growth in the executive protection industry
- $27.19 billion was the projected global executive-protection service market value for 2031.[14]
- 303 incidents were tracked by TorchStone from May through December 2023 in its executive-protection monitoring programme.[15]
- 7.9% was the projected compound annual growth rate for the global executive-protection service market from 2024 to 2031.[14]
- $15.93 billion was the estimated global executive-protection service market value in 2024.[14]
- 39 incidents per month was TorchStone’s average in 2024, compared with 38 per month from May through December 2023.[15]
- 462 incidents threatening high-profile individuals were recorded by TorchStone in 2024, supporting demand for executive-protection services.[15]
Differentiation in the executive protection industry
- 140+ countries across six continents formed Sicuro Group’s vetted security-partner network for differentiated global executive-protection coverage in 2025.[16]
- 86% of surveyed CSOs included a digital component in their executive-protection programmes in 2025.[3]
- 5 cities initially offered Carey International’s executive-protection service in 2026: New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles and Mexico City.[17]
- 85+ countries were covered by Polaris’s VIP executive and close-protection services in 2025.[18]
- 71% of surveyed CSOs covered both personal and business exposure in their executive-protection programmes in 2025.[3]
- 1,000+ cities across 70 countries comprised Carey International’s network when it launched its executive-protection service in 2026.[17]
Mergers and acquisitions in the executive protection industry
- 30 security-space acquisitions had been announced by Pye-Barker Fire & Safety by November 2024.[19]
- C$13.5 billion was the transaction value of GardaWorld’s 2024 recapitalization by its founder, HPS Investment Partners and other investors.[20]
- 150+ corporations, 100 families, 15 nonprofits and faith-based organizations, and 4 professional sports leagues were served by TorchStone Global before its acquisition by Sunstates Security.[21]
- 1 executive- and personal-protection provider, Pinnacle Security, was acquired by Allied Universal in 2025 to expand its southeastern U.S. presence.[22]
- 7 companies were rolled up by Allied Universal in 2025, adding approximately $695 million in aggregate annual revenue according to Capstone Partners.[23]
- 1 acquisition of TorchStone Global expanded Sunstates Security into intelligence-led advisory services and executive protection.[21]
Strategic partnerships in the executive protection industry
- 1 strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies was announced by Crisis24 in 2022 to advance security and risk management.[20]
- 5 executive-protection specialists worked alongside the client’s royal protection team in Panoptic Solutions’ Australia-New Zealand operation.[24]
- 2 paramedics were included in Panoptic Solutions’ cross-border protection team for the royal-family operation in Australia and New Zealand.[24]
- 2 countries were covered by Panoptic Solutions’ partnership-style support with a royal protection team during an Australia-New Zealand operation.[24]
- 12–14 vehicles and drivers supported the multi-party royal-protection operation conducted by Panoptic Solutions in Australia and New Zealand.[24]
- 70 countries and more than 1,000 cities were covered by Carey International’s operating network supporting its 2026 executive-protection launch.[17]
07 Statistics
People & Workforce
Workforce planning stays structured around training and human resources: 80% of executive-protection organisations dedicated human resources to the function in 2025.
Hiring in the executive protection industry
- 93% of multinational-company chief security officers had a dedicated professional-development budget in 2025.[3]
- 14% of corporate-security survey respondents aged 45 or older were women in 2024.[3]
- 80% of executive-protection organisations dedicated human resources to the function in 2025, excluding programmes still in planning.[4]
- 84% of chief security officers at multinational corporations had prior military, law-enforcement or government-intelligence service in 2025.[3]
- More than one-third of corporate-security survey respondents younger than 45 were women in 2024.[3]
Remote Work in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 62.8% of U.S. professional and business-services employees who could work at home did so during 2024–2025, while 66.0% could work at home.[25]
- 54% of U.S. professional-services firms reported having at least one paid work-from-home employee in November 2024–January 2025.[26]
- About 45% of U.S. professional and business-services workers worked remotely during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[27]
- 37.21% was the average share of paid workdays performed from home by U.S. professional and business-services employees in January 2025.[28]
Hybrid Work in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 61% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs preferred hybrid work in November 2025, compared with 33% preferring fully remote work.[29]
- Across U.S. professional and business services, 39% of full-time employees worked fully onsite during January–April 2025.[30]
- 27% of U.S. full-time employees worked in a hybrid arrangement in 2025, compared with 12% fully remote and 61% fully on-site.[31]
- 54% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs worked in a hybrid arrangement in November 2025.[29]
- Across U.S. professional and business services, 22% of full-time employees worked fully from home during January–April 2025.[30]
Upskilling in the executive protection industry
- 53% of executive-protection organisations fully provided security training and briefings customised per user in 2025.[4]
- More than half of executive-protection organisations provided defensive-driving training to EP personnel in 2025.[4]
- More than half of executive-protection organisations provided de-escalation training to EP personnel in 2025.[4]
- More than half of executive-protection organisations provided surveillance-detection training to EP personnel in 2025.[4]
- More than half of executive-protection organisations provided situational-awareness training to EP personnel in 2025.[4]
Employee Engagement in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 34% of U.S. employees were engaged at work in 2022, while 16% were actively disengaged.[29]
- 32% of U.S. employees were engaged at work in 2024, while 17% were actively disengaged.[29]
- 32% of U.S. employees were engaged at work in 2025, while 17% were actively disengaged.[29]
- 33% of U.S. employees were engaged at work in 2023, while 16% were actively disengaged.[29]
DEI in the executive protection industry
- 27% of multinational-company chief security officers reported no women on their corporate-security leadership teams in 2025.[3]
- Only 6% of multinational-company chief security officers reported gender parity on their corporate-security leadership teams in 2025.[3]
- Only 6% of multinational-company chief security officers reported gender parity on their corporate-security teams in 2025.[3]
- Almost half of multinational-company corporate-security teams had fewer than 25% women in 2025.[3]
- 61% of multinational-company chief security officers identified finding candidates with varied skills, backgrounds, experiences and demographics as their top recruitment challenge in 2025.[3]
Change Management in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
08 Statistics
Customer & Sales
Retention reporting signals stable client relationships: Security Guard Solutions reported a 98% client retention rate for executive protection services in 2025.
Customer retention in the executive protection industry
09 Statistics
Marketing & Brand
Digital scope is now part of program capability: 86% of executive protection programs covered both physical and digital exposure for executives in 2025.
Digital marketing in the executive protection industry
- 50% of surveyed organizations reported having full capability for real-time OSINT, social-media monitoring, and digital-threat detection in executive protection, 2025, global survey.[9]
- 86% of executive protection programs covered both physical and digital exposure for executives, 2025, global survey.[9]
Branding in the executive protection industry
Influencer Marketing in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 78% of B2B influencer-marketing practitioners identify brand awareness and lead generation as their joint top challenges, based on Q1 2026 research.[36]
- 86% of B2B influencer-marketing practitioners and creators prefer co-creating content with brands rather than amplifying finished brand content, based on Q1 2026 research.[36]
- 74% of B2B influencers use artificial-intelligence tools to enhance content creation, based on Q1 2026 research.[36]
- 44% of B2B influencer-marketing practitioners say finding the right talent is their single biggest collaboration obstacle, based on Q1 2026 research.[36]
10 Statistics
Operations & Execution
Execution is frequently risk-led: 94% of executive protection programs allocated resources using a risk-based model in 2025.
Process optimization in the executive protection industry
- 12% of organizations reported that their executive protection function was still in the planning stage in 2025.[9]
- 17% of organizations deployed executive protection only when an identified, credible threat existed in 2025.[9]
- 36% of organizations with 50,000 to 100,000 employees or students had a formal executive protection policy in 2025.[9]
- 34% of executive protection professionals reported having no formal evaluation process for measuring program effectiveness in 2025.[37]
- 30% of surveyed organizations had a formal executive protection policy with dedicated resources in 2025.[9]
Operational efficiency in the executive protection industry
- 80% of surveyed organizations dedicated human resources to executive protection in 2025.[4]
- 29% of organizations used a hybrid in-house and outsourced executive protection staffing model in 2025.[4]
- 8% of organizations primarily outsourced executive protection staffing in 2025.[4]
- 44% of organizations used in-house security staff exclusively for executive protection in 2025.[4]
- 20% of organizations reported having no dedicated executive protection staff in 2025.[4]
Quality management in the executive protection industry
- Two-thirds of executive protection programs used a combination of in-house and vendor capabilities in 2025.[38]
- 94% of executive protection programs allocated resources using a risk-based model in 2025.[38]
- 29% of U.S.-based chief security officers allocated executive protection resources according to job title in 2025.[38]
- 33% of executive protection programs had personnel dedicated exclusively to executive protection in 2025.[38]
- 83% of surveyed chief security officers had an executive protection program in 2025.[38]
Outsourcing / Offshoring in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- 60% of EU business-services enterprises sourcing abroad were in the business-services sector, compared with 40% in industry and construction, during 2021–2023.[5]
- 39% of EU enterprises sourcing abroad outsourced business functions to external providers during 2021–2023, while 72% used affiliated-group insourcing.[5]
- 47.5% of EU enterprises sourcing abroad sourced administrative and management functions internationally during 2021–2023.[5]
- 65% of U.S. CPA firms participating in the 2025 National MAP Survey that offshored used India, followed by 33% using the Philippines.[39]
- 28.8% of EU enterprises sourcing abroad sourced information and communication technology services internationally during 2021–2023.[5]
11 Statistics
Finance & Pricing
Spending varies by context; as a reference point, the U.S. median annual wage for security guards was $38,020 in May 2025, while CEO security-perquisite spending reached $753,000 at the 75th percentile in fiscal year 2024.
Pricing strategy in the executive protection industry
- $75,000 was the median annual CEO security-perquisite spending among S&P 100 companies in fiscal year 2021.[40]
- $753,000 was the 75th-percentile annual CEO security-perquisite spending among S&P 100 companies in fiscal year 2024.[40]
- $149,000 was the median annual CEO security-perquisite spending among S&P 100 companies in fiscal year 2022.[40]
- $1,300 per day was the reported cost of one close-protection bodyguard serving FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his wife in 2026.[41]
- $120,000 was the median annual CEO security-perquisite spending among S&P 100 companies in fiscal year 2024.[40]
Financial planning in the executive protection industry
- 94% of executive protection programs allocated resources according to a risk-based model in 2025.[38]
- 38% of S&P 100 companies provided security to their chief executive officer in 2021.[40]
- 59% of S&P 100 companies provided security to their chief executive officer in 2024.[40]
- 29% of U.S.-based chief security officers allocated executive protection resources based on executive job title in 2025.[38]
- 7% of U.K.-based chief security officers allocated executive protection resources based on executive job title in 2025.[38]
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Product & Service
Requirements focus on analytics and monitoring; 63% rated real-time OSINT, social-media monitoring, and digital-threat detection as highly important in 2025.
Product development in the executive protection industry
- 52% rated predictive risk analytics for risk-escalation forecasts highly important in executive protection in 2025.[9]
- 63% rated real-time OSINT, social-media monitoring, and digital-threat detection highly important in 2025.[9]
- 65% rated monitoring online threats or expressions of anger at a location, organization, or executive highly important in 2025.[9]
- 29% rated data logging and exportable analytics for executive-protection ROI calculations highly important in 2025.[9]
- 42% rated automated situational reports and threat, vulnerability, and risk report generation highly important in 2025.[9]
Product lifecycle in the executive protection industry
- 39% fully had predictive risk analytics for risk-escalation forecasts in 2025.[9]
- 33% fully had digital-footprint monitoring and sentiment-analysis capabilities in executive protection in 2025.[9]
- 31% fully had automated situational reports and threat, vulnerability, and risk report generation capabilities in 2025.[9]
- 50% of surveyed organizations fully had real-time OSINT, social-media monitoring, and digital-threat detection capabilities in 2025.[9]
- 28% fully had customizable dashboards and team-permission levels for executive protection in 2025.[9]
Value proposition in the executive protection industry
- 86% of surveyed chief security officers said their executive-protection program included a digital component in 2025.[3]
- 34% had dedicated executive-protection capability working exclusively on executive protection in 2025.[3]
- £929,570 was the average cost of a kidnap or extortion incident among organizations surveyed by Gallagher in 2026.[2]
- 35% of surveyed organizations used personal or travel-security arrangements for executives in the 2026 Gallagher survey.[2]
- 71% said their executive-protection programs covered personal as well as business exposure for executives in 2025.[3]
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Sustainability & Ethics
Ethics and force guidance are treated as core capability topics; 97.0% of respondents said use-of-force guidelines should be included as a core capability in 2020–2021 in the United States.
Ethics in the executive protection industry
- 91.3% of executive-protection survey respondents said confidentiality should be included as a core capability in 2020–2021, United States.[42]
- 73.1% of executive-protection survey respondents said knowledge of the field’s history should be included as a core capability in 2020–2021, United States.[42]
- 95.9% of executive-protection survey respondents said industry ethical standards should be included as a core capability in 2020–2021, United States.[42]
- 97.0% of executive-protection survey respondents said use-of-force guidelines should be included as a core capability in 2020–2021, United States.[42]
14 Statistics
Risk, Compliance & Legal
Regulatory and privacy expectations intersect with operational risk: in the UK, 11,587 close-protection licences were recorded in the Security Industry Authority’s 2026–2029 strategic-plan data.
Compliance in the executive protection industry
- 11,587 UK close-protection licences were recorded in the Security Industry Authority’s 2026–2029 strategic-plan data, United Kingdom.[43]
- 13% of organizations rarely or never engaged in intelligence monitoring for executive travel in the 2025 survey.[4]
- 804 UK close-protection licence applications were recorded in the Security Industry Authority’s 2026–2029 strategic-plan data, United Kingdom.[43]
- 21% of organizations rarely or never provided close protection when an executive was traveling in the 2025 survey.[4]
- 25% of organizations rarely or never conducted travel-safety briefings with executives in the 2025 survey.[4]
Risk Management in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- Seventy-seven percent of professional services firms said better analytics and monitoring were needed to improve fraud response in 2026, globally.[44]
- Thirty-nine percent of professional services leaders said their organizations’ risk and compliance programs were advanced or leading in 2026, globally.[44]
- Cybersecurity ranked as the top future risk for professional service firms in Aon’s 2025 global survey.[45]
- Fifty-four percent of professional services leaders reported integrated or enterprise-wide risk management in 2026, globally.[44]
Cybersecurity in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- Thirty-four percent of professional services respondents reported that sensitive content had been breached seven or more times in 2024, globally.[46]
- Fifty-six percent of professional services leaders reported high or very high confidence in detecting advanced cyber threats in 2026, globally.[44]
- Forty-three percent of UK businesses experienced a cyber breach or attack during the 12 months covered by the 2025–2026 survey.[43]
- Fifty-five point nine percent of Asia-Pacific small businesses in professional, scientific and technical services reviewed their cybersecurity during the previous six months in 2024.[47]
Data Privacy in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- Thirty-four percent of professional services firms identified the GDPR as a regulatory priority in 2024, globally surveyed respondents.[46]
- Fifty-eight percent of privacy professionals said their organizations always or frequently practiced privacy by design when building applications or services in 2026, globally.[48]
- Forty-one percent of professional services firms identified new U.S. state data privacy laws as a regulatory priority in 2024, globally surveyed respondents.[46]
- Seventy-two percent of privacy professionals reported using data security as an organizational privacy control in 2026, globally.[48]
Crisis Management in the professional and business services sector (sector benchmark)
- Nearly 40% of surveyed general counsel reported no contingency plan for a cyberattack or supply-chain failure in 2024, globally.[49]
- Twenty-four percent of organizations never tested their business continuity or critical-event management plans in late 2025, globally.[37]
- Sixty-four percent of general counsel in North America reported greater involvement in business continuity and financial contingency planning in 2024.[49]
- Thirty-one percent of global leaders expressed extreme confidence in their organization’s ability to manage critical events in late 2025.[37]
- Fifty percent of organizations reported limited or no formal critical-event management strategy in late 2025, globally.[37]
Governance in the executive protection industry
- 64% of S&P 500 companies with revenue above $30 billion provided CEO security services in 2024, United States.[50]
- 44% of organizations used in-house security staff exclusively for executive protection in the 2025 survey, globally.[9]
- 30% of organizations varied the number of executives protected according to need in the 2025 survey, globally.[9]
- 30% of surveyed organizations had a formal executive-protection policy with dedicated resources in 2025, globally.[9]
- 20% of organizations reported having no dedicated executive-protection staff in the 2025 survey, globally.[9]
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Globalization & Expansion
Cross-border delivery is common: 33% of surveyed organizations operated across multiple countries and facilities in 2025.
Globalization in the executive protection industry
- 26% of surveyed executive-protection professionals had responsibility for Asia in 2025.[9]
- Approximately 30 countries had hosted executive-protection assignments delivered by Page Group in the preceding few years, mainly in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[51]
- 21% of surveyed executive-protection professionals had responsibility for Europe in 2025.[9]
- 33% of surveyed organizations operated across multiple countries and facilities in 2025, indicating the international scope of executive-protection responsibilities.[9]
- 17% of surveyed executive-protection professionals had responsibility for the Middle East in 2025.[9]
Cultural adaptation in the executive protection industry
- 2 countries were covered by Panoptic Solutions during a 24/7 royal-family protection operation requiring local coordination and travel between Australia and New Zealand.[24]
- 12–14 vehicles and drivers were used in a cross-border royal-protection operation requiring adaptation to multiple locations and client requirements.[24]
- 30 countries represented the approximate international assignment footprint reported by Page Group, whose local operatives were selected for language, city and cultural knowledge.[51]
- 50+ countries had been visited by clients of SSI’s specialist executive-protection service, according to the company’s published interview.[52]
- 5 executive-protection specialists, including male and female personnel, supported a royal-family operation across five locations in Australia and New Zealand.[24]
Supplier management in the executive protection industry
- 24% of surveyed CSOs delivered executive-protection programmes using only in-house staff in 2025.[3]
- 86% of surveyed CSOs said their executive-protection programmes included a digital component in 2025.[3]
- 65% of surveyed CSOs delivered executive-protection programmes through a combination of in-house and vendor capability in 2025.[3]
- 44% of organizations in ASIS’s 2025 survey used in-house security staff exclusively for executive protection.[9]
- 8% of organizations in ASIS’s 2025 survey fully outsourced their executive-protection staff.[9]
Stakeholder management in the executive protection industry
- 42% of surveyed CSOs rated threats to senior executives as a medium organizational risk in 2025.[3]
- US-based CSOs were four times more likely than UK CSOs to allocate executive-protection resources by job title in 2025.[3]
- 19% of surveyed CSOs rated threats to senior executives as a high organizational risk in 2025.[3]
- 21% of organizations in ASIS’s 2025 survey generally protected three to five executives.[9]
- 54% of surveyed CSOs had increased their executive-protection budget during the previous 12 months in 2025.[3]
Distribution channels in the executive protection industry
- 65% of surveyed CSOs used a combined in-house and vendor delivery model for executive protection in 2025.[3]
- 29% of organizations used a hybrid in-house and outsourced staffing model in ASIS’s 2025 survey.[9]
- 44% of organizations used exclusively in-house security staff for executive protection in ASIS’s 2025 survey.[9]
- 24% of surveyed CSOs used an exclusively in-house executive-protection delivery model in 2025.[3]
- 8% of organizations used fully outsourced executive-protection staff in ASIS’s 2025 survey.[9]
Key questions about the Executive Protection Industry
What is the current global executive protection service market size?
How fast is the executive protection service market expected to grow?
Which companies lead the executive protection industry?
Which technology shifts are showing up in executive protection adoption?
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