AlliedBarton
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Security |
| Founded | 1957 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Defunct | 2017 |
| Fate | Combined with Universal Services of America |
| Successor | Allied Universal |
| Headquarters | Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Website | alliedbarton.com (archived 2013) |
AlliedBarton operated as a security services firm headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a suburb near Philadelphia. Established in 1957 under the name Allied Security, the company merged in 2016 with Universal Services of America, a security and janitorial service provider based in Santa Ana, California, resulting in the formation of Allied Universal.[1][2]
History
Founded in 1957 in Pittsburgh, Allied Security initially specialized in contracted security personnel and related offerings.[3]
In 2000, Spectaguard, headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, acquired Allied Security and adopted its name.[4] This merger positioned the combined entity as the fourth-largest security company nationwide and the largest privately owned security firm in the United States.[5]
By 2004, Allied Security expanded through acquisitions of Security Systems Inc. (SSI) located in Malden, Massachusetts near Boston and Barton Protective Services based in Atlanta, combining these entities to create AlliedBarton Security Services. This consolidation established it as the largest American-owned contract security services provider within the country.[6] Additionally, AlliedBarton pursued acquisition attempts of M & M Investigations & Enforcement Bureau from Toledo, Ohio in both 2004 and 2008 but was unsuccessful. In 2006, it purchased Initial Security, a guard services firm based in San Antonio, Texas, for $73.6 million.[7] The private equity firm The Blackstone Group from New York City acquired AlliedBarton in 2008 for an undisclosed sum.[8] Later on, in July 2015, Paris-based investment company Wendel purchased AlliedBarton from Blackstone for $1.67 billion.[9]
The year 2016 marked the merger between AlliedBarton and Universal Services of America, resulting in the creation of Allied Universal. This new organization officially commenced operations under its unified brand in February 2017. Following this combination, Allied Universal emerged as North America's largest security services company.[10]
Services
AlliedBarton specialized in delivering security personnel dressed in uniforms.
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