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The Fast50 is a rankings and market research feature in Security Business open to all North American security integrators. The companies ranked in the annual Security Business Fast50 are recognized and ranked based on percentage growth and revenue growth – with their overall ranking balancing those two considerations using a simple but effective algorithm.

To enter, companies confidentially report to us their three most recent fiscal years worth of gross revenues. Using those numbers, we compute the revenue growth and percentage growth for each of their three most recent fiscal years. We average the growth numbers to generate an average revenue growth for the company, and we do the same for the company to create an average percentage growth.

Introducing the 2019 Security Business Fast50

Security Business Fast50 2019: Consolidation Takes Hold
2019 Full Rankings
2019 Security Industry Market Research
No. 1 Select Security
No. 2 Briscoe Protective Systems
No. 3 Convergint Technologies
No. 4 Presidio
No. 5 Prime Communications
Awards presentation live from ISC West

Previous Rankings

2018 Fast50 Results

SD&I Fast50 2018: Keeping Pace (includes full rankings and market research results)
Top Company profile: TIC
No. 2: Surveillance Systems Inc. (SSI)
No. 3: Security 101 - Charlotte
No. 4: Dynafire
No. 5: Convergint Technologies

2017 Fast50 Results

The SD&I 2017 Fast50: Changing of the Guard (includes full rankings, market research results, along with best practices and advice from Fast50 business owners).
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No. 1 Profile: NextGen Security
No. 2: SafeStreets USA
No. 3: Star Asset Security
No. 4 Beacon Protection
No. 5 GC&E Systems Group

2016

SD&I’s 2016 Fast50: Embracing Change (full market research results, along with best practices and advice from Fast50 business owners)
The 2016 Fast50 full rankings (PDF download)
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No. 1 Profile: NorthStar Home
No. 2: A3 Communications
No. 3: Star Asset Security
No. 4 : Securadyne Systems
No. 5: Netronix Integration

2015

On the Fast Track: The 2015 SD&I Fast50
2015 Fast50 overall rankings charts (PDF)
#1 Profile: CarterBrothers
#2: Securadyne Systems
#3: Perimeter Security Group
#4: CM3 Building Solutions
#5: Alarm Capital Alliance (My Alarm Center)
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2014

Earlier Rankings:

How the Fast50 is calculated

The companies ranked in the Security Business Fast50 are recognized and ranked based on percentage growth and revenue growth — with their overall ranking balancing those two considerations using a simple but effective algorithm. If we ranked companies purely on revenue growth, it would tend to favor larger companies — this way, the playing field is level for all entrants. We also balance the equation by studying three years of financial change to ensure that high-growth companies aren’t just “flash in the pan” types of businesses, but are able to sustain themselves. It also balances ups and downs. For example, a company on our list could have had negative growth in its first year but then achieved such strong growth in year two that the average was powerfully in the positive. To enter, companies confidentially report to us their most recent fiscal years worth of gross revenues. Using those numbers, we compute the revenue growth and percentage growth for each of their three most recent fiscal years. We average the growth numbers to generate an average revenue growth for the company, and we do the same for the company to create an average percentage growth.Ties result simply because of the formula average of the revenue and percentage ranks — it is a product of one being higher for dollar increase and one being higher in percentage increase. Companies may enter as long as one of their key business efforts is the installation of security solutions (e.g., video, intrusion, access control, perimeter detection, biometrics, etc.). It doesn’t have to be your sole business effort, but it does need to be a definitive part of your firm.

Why enter:

The Fast50 has quickly grown to become a widely recognized and sought-after award, with a huge (and FREE) opportunity for a massive amount of positive exposure.
Our special algorithm balances percentage growth and revenue growth over a three-year-period; thus evening the playing field for all companies so every firm has an equal chance to earn a ranking in the program.
Top firms are recognized and honored at a main-stage event at the ISC West show in Las Vegas.
The Fast50 is featured in the April issue of Security Business, with expanded profiles and interviews with the top companies.
For more information about this program, contact Editor-in-Chief Paul Rothman at [email protected].

The Security Business Fast50