Annual Report 2008 - Securitas

Security Services North America provides specialized guarding
services in the USA, Canada and Mexico and consists of 17
business units: one organization for national and global accounts,
ten geographical regions and three specialty customer segments
(Automotive, Government Services and Energy) in the USA,
plus Canada, Mexico and Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations
(C&I). In total, there are 97 geographical areas, over 600 branch
offices and more than 100,000 employees.
Securitas’ European guarding operations consists of Security
Services Europe, providing specialized guarding operations
for large and medium-sized customers in 23 countries, and
Aviation, providing airport security in twelve countries. The
organization has a combined total of more than 800 branch
offices and over 110,000 employees.
Mobile provides mobile security services for small and medium-
sized businesses, while Monitoring provides electronic alarm
surveillance services. Mobile operates in eleven countries across
Europe and has approximately 8,900 employees in 37 areas and
270 branches. Monitoring, also called Securitas Alert Services,
operates in ten countries across Europe and has approximately
900 employees.
Securitas provides security services in Latin America and Asia.
These markets are relatively new for Securitas. These opera-
tions are included under the heading Other in our segment
reporting. See Note 9 on pages 87–90.
Presentation of our business
Business segments
Operating Total capital Number of
Sales income employed employees
MSEK 21,327 MSEK 1,218 MSEK 7,454 104,700
38% 37% 42% 43%
MSEK 28,737 MSEK 1,635 MSEK 6,193 110,100
51% 50% 35% 45%
MSEK 5,546 MSEK 647 MSEK 2,456 9,800
10% 20% 14% 4%
MSEK 56,572 MSEK 3,271 MSEK 17,920 243,000
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