USAspending.gov · NAICS 561612 · Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Security Guards and Patrol Services
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 561612 in Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.
- CY2024 awards
- $5.6B
- Corpus rank
- #28 of 499
- Award plate
- PEAK
- Sector
- ADMIN · SLICE
Security Guards federal industry awards
Security Guards and Patrol Services (NAICS 561612) ranks #28 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $5.6B.
Security Guards takes 8.9% of ADMIN sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Security Guards and Patrol Services’s annual contract dollars rose from $5.4B in 2023 to $5.6B in 2024. 4.1% vs 2023
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.
How Security Guards leads the CY2024 industry award board
$5.6B · #28 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$5.6B under NAICS 561612 · #28 of 499 , PEAK · ADMIN · SLICE · DRIFT. 2019→2024: 26→28 of 499 (0.80%→0.75% of tracked industry dollars) ; #3/31 in ADMIN. Nearest ABS peer: Offices of Physicians at $6.1B (PEAK).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 561612 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its ADMIN sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mega-scale industry peers nationwide
Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.
Closest CY2024 award dollars
Similar sector weight
- Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 8.6% · $936.7M
- Other Commercial 9.4% · $159.1M
- Natural Gas Distribution 9.4% · $274.6M
- Correctional Institutions 8.1% · $64.7M
- Other Electric Power Generation 8.1% · $237.8M
- Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aerona… 8.1% · $18.0B
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.
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