Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 56161: Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services, FY2025

Parent companies by net contract obligations Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025 Code page on GovTribe

The top 10 won 48% of FY2025 NAICS 56161 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$6,857,433,235 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 56161 or a code under it
Contractors
809 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services Inc. $542 million, 7.4% of obligations
Data as of

Contract actions from FPDS (SAM.gov). How the rankings work · Download all 100 rows as CSV · Free to reuse with credit to GovTribe (CC BY 4.0)

Full ranking

Rank Contractor Net obligations Share Trend
1 $541,859,046
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #3 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
2 $527,525,607
Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #5 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023 and #1 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
3 $478,886,830
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #90 in FY2024; up 87 since FY2024.
4 $347,668,166
Rank history: #9 in FY2021, #4 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
5 $315,397,445
Rank history: #11 in FY2021, #7 in FY2022, #9 in FY2023 and #9 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
6 $293,181,902
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #14 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
7 $292,582,366
Rank history: #14 in FY2021, #14 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023 and #26 in FY2024; up 19 since FY2024.
8 $259,084,876
Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #12 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023 and #7 in FY2024; down 1 since FY2024.
9 $220,683,151
Rank history: #36 in FY2021, #26 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023 and #39 in FY2024; up 30 since FY2024.
10 $185,679,897
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #45 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023 and #10 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
11 $184,085,997
Rank history: #7 in FY2021, #9 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023 and #11 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
12 $172,732,300
Rank history: #12 in FY2021, #3 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023 and #8 in FY2024; down 4 since FY2024.
13 $160,493,162
Rank history: #45 in FY2021, #42 in FY2022, #44 in FY2023 and #98 in FY2024; up 85 since FY2024.
14 $128,652,490
Rank history: #13 in FY2021, #11 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023 and #15 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
15 $125,568,331
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #30 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
16 $122,000,938
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #23 in FY2023 and #16 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
17 $111,625,246
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
18 $89,516,529
Rank history: #93 in FY2021, #84 in FY2022, #33 in FY2023 and #23 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
19 $89,344,003
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #31 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
20 $89,124,916
Rank history: #25 in FY2021, #28 in FY2022, #38 in FY2023 and #24 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
21 $77,256,082
Rank history: #18 in FY2021, #19 in FY2022, #21 in FY2023 and #21 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
22 $62,671,201
Rank history: #55 in FY2021, #52 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023 and #58 in FY2024; up 36 since FY2024.
23 $56,591,482
Rank history: #19 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023 and #34 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
24
Covenant Services Worldwide LLC Through Covenant Aviation Security, LLC
$53,711,139
Rank history: #15 in FY2021, #13 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023 and #12 in FY2024; down 12 since FY2024.
25 $51,974,488
Rank history: #42 in FY2021, #27 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 77 since FY2024.
26 $51,567,184
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #62 in FY2024; up 36 since FY2024.
27 $50,621,250
Rank history: #32 in FY2021, #31 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023 and #32 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
28 $48,527,727
Rank history: #88 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #36 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
29 $47,416,729
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #77 in FY2023 and #25 in FY2024; down 4 since FY2024.
30 $42,997,200
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #51 in FY2022, #60 in FY2023 and #52 in FY2024; up 22 since FY2024.
31 $41,259,221
Rank history: #33 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #34 in FY2023 and #41 in FY2024; up 10 since FY2024.
32 $39,720,088
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #54 in FY2023 and #37 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
33
VMD Systems Integrators LLC
$39,703,797
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #35 in FY2023 and #38 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
34 $36,522,135
Rank history: #17 in FY2021, #15 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023 and #40 in FY2024; up 6 since FY2024.
35 $34,575,871
Rank history: #71 in FY2021, #64 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023 and #55 in FY2024; up 20 since FY2024.
36 $33,373,300
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
37 $31,467,789
Rank history: #28 in FY2021, #32 in FY2022, #32 in FY2023 and #35 in FY2024; down 2 since FY2024.
38 $28,148,039
Rank history: #72 in FY2021, #67 in FY2022, #56 in FY2023 and #42 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
39 $26,050,075
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
40 $25,025,186
Rank history: #26 in FY2021, #22 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023 and #27 in FY2024; down 13 since FY2024.
41 $24,639,711
Rank history: #38 in FY2021, #21 in FY2022, #31 in FY2023 and #45 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
42 $24,188,840
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 104 since FY2024.
43
Patronus Systems Inc
$23,341,843
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #53 in FY2023 and #44 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
44 $23,016,920
Rank history: #48 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #51 in FY2024; up 7 since FY2024.
45 $22,384,449
Rank history: #50 in FY2021, #47 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023 and #60 in FY2024; up 15 since FY2024.
46
Aviation Security Management LLC
$21,374,638
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
47 $21,104,030
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #41 in FY2023 and #22 in FY2024; down 25 since FY2024.
48 $21,016,653
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
49 $20,565,204
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 186 since FY2024.
50 $20,132,696
Rank history: #97 in FY2021, #97 in FY2022, #81 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 389 since FY2024.
51 $20,017,767
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
52 $18,433,696
Rank history: #39 in FY2021, #46 in FY2022, #51 in FY2023 and #63 in FY2024; up 11 since FY2024.
53 $18,074,912
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #56 in FY2022, #52 in FY2023 and #65 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
54 $17,653,740
Rank history: #21 in FY2021, #40 in FY2022, #50 in FY2023 and #75 in FY2024; up 21 since FY2024.
55 $17,471,516
Rank history: #53 in FY2021, #66 in FY2022, #48 in FY2023 and #57 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
56 $16,879,210
Rank history: #54 in FY2021, #62 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; up 52 since FY2024.
57 $16,412,121
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 87 since FY2024.
58 $16,052,259
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #71 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
59 $16,034,850
Rank history: #35 in FY2021, #30 in FY2022, #64 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; returned.
60 $16,001,178
Rank history: #66 in FY2021, #63 in FY2022, #58 in FY2023 and #77 in FY2024; up 17 since FY2024.
61 $15,538,907
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #79 in FY2024; up 18 since FY2024.
62 $15,442,772
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 169 since FY2024.
63 $15,116,259
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #79 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #89 in FY2024; up 26 since FY2024.
64 $15,076,325
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
65 $14,979,559
Rank history: #58 in FY2021, #94 in FY2022, #61 in FY2023 and #68 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
66 $14,763,173
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 54 since FY2024.
67 $14,401,145
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #96 in FY2024; up 29 since FY2024.
68 $14,330,793
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #68 in FY2022, #69 in FY2023 and #70 in FY2024; up 2 since FY2024.
69 $13,902,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #86 in FY2022, #79 in FY2023 and #92 in FY2024; up 23 since FY2024.
70 $13,811,381
Rank history: #70 in FY2021, #69 in FY2022, #70 in FY2023 and #83 in FY2024; up 13 since FY2024.
71 $13,545,176
Rank history: #49 in FY2021, #44 in FY2022, #40 in FY2023 and #53 in FY2024; down 18 since FY2024.
72 $13,349,299
Rank history: #77 in FY2021, #74 in FY2022, #67 in FY2023 and #59 in FY2024; down 13 since FY2024.
73 $12,926,750
Rank history: #92 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #94 in FY2024; up 21 since FY2024.
74 $12,750,407
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #88 in FY2022, #66 in FY2023 and #82 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
75 $12,360,921
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 146 since FY2024.
76 $11,989,969
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #45 in FY2023 and #81 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
77
Prudential Protective Services LLC
$11,772,828
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #84 in FY2024; up 7 since FY2024.
78
VXL Enterprises LLC
$11,688,434
Rank history: #74 in FY2021, #49 in FY2022, #62 in FY2023 and #85 in FY2024; up 7 since FY2024.
79
Protection Unit
$11,511,014
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #91 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
80 $11,411,330
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #88 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
81 $11,295,221
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 28 since FY2024.
82 $11,099,902
Rank history: #34 in FY2021, #35 in FY2022, #47 in FY2023 and #66 in FY2024; down 16 since FY2024.
83 $10,717,845
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 87 since FY2024.
84 $10,594,637
Rank history: #80 in FY2021, #78 in FY2022, #83 in FY2023 and #87 in FY2024; up 3 since FY2024.
85 $10,307,013
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #95 in FY2024; up 10 since FY2024.
86 $10,158,236
Rank history: #52 in FY2021, #58 in FY2022, #65 in FY2023 and #64 in FY2024; down 22 since FY2024.
87 $10,044,428
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 85 since FY2024.
88
Five Stones Intelligence Inc.
$9,926,985
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 50 since FY2024.
89 $9,894,515
Rank history: #40 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #39 in FY2023 and #50 in FY2024; down 39 since FY2024.
90 $9,815,969
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 17 since FY2024.
91
First Coast Security Solutions Inc.
$9,790,925
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 287 since FY2024.
92 $9,148,978
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #80 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 19 since FY2024.
93 $8,880,137
Rank history: #83 in FY2021, #95 in FY2022, #99 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 11 since FY2024.
94 $8,509,781
Rank history: #68 in FY2021, #61 in FY2022, #97 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; up 35 since FY2024.
95 $8,070,585
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 64 since FY2024.
96 $7,925,394
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 93 since FY2024.
97 $7,466,830
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
98 $7,275,074
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 14 since FY2024.
99 $7,236,532
Rank history: #98 in FY2021 and not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists; up 34 since FY2024.
100 $7,108,459
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 16 since FY2024.
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Rankings for the codes under NAICS 56161

Code Net obligations Largest contractor
561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services $5,996,277,933 Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services Inc.
561611 Investigation and Personal Background Check Services $857,527,048 Peraton Risk Decision Inc.
561613 Armored Car Services $3,628,255 Loomis Armored US LLC

How this ranking works

  • Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
  • Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $7.28 billion obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
  • Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. An awardee whose own actions mostly name no parent, and that no other company's actions name as their parent, rolls up its SAM.gov registration's chain of parent companies: it counts under the first company there that other companies' actions name as their parent, or under the parent most of a company's own actions name, whichever comes first; with neither, under the highest company in the chain with federal contracts of its own. Joint ventures stay companies of their own. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
  • Fiscal year 2025 ran Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025. The Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late, so a fiscal year is ranked once they're in, in February, and the list doesn't change after.
  • Rank changes compare with FY2024. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
  • Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list. The step from FY2024 takes the color of the rank change beside it.
  • Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

Quick answers

Who were the top 10 NAICS 56161 contractors in FY2025?

1. Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services Inc. ($542M), 2. Metropolitan Security Services, Inc. ($528M), 3. Constellis, LLC ($479M), 4. The GEO Group, Inc. ($348M), 5. Corecivic, Inc. ($315M), 6. Peraton Risk Decision Inc. ($293M), 7. Nana Regional Corporation, Inc. ($293M), 8. CACI International Inc. ($259M), 9. The Chenega Corporation ($221M), 10. BC Partners LLP ($186M).

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