Physical Security Industry

This time last year economic indicators took a hit with major concerns about the need for countries within the Euro Zone to cut back on public expenditure; in order to repay their massive debts. Whilst this did have an effect on demand for security equipment it was marginal and the fragile recovery in the economy […]

The first quarter results analysed in our monthly Executive Brief “The Physical Security Industry in 15 Minutes” showed that both consolidation and investment had slowed down significantly. In the first quarter of this year the number of acquisitions were 20% down on the same period of 2010 when Tyco made a $2 billion acquisition of […]

Despite marginal growth and a lack luster financial performance by suppliers across the industry in 2010, consolidation increased by 75% on its 2009 figure that had already picked up from its precipitous fall in 2008. Similarly new investment in the supply side also increased rapidly in 2010. So with a forecast improvement in trading conditions […]

Strategic Drivers In the last two years M&A; activity has been driven by strategic buys, particularly by the major global security companies, major defense companies and from outside the security business – IT and communication companies and more recently validation, authentication and biometric companies. This dynamic will continue to apply in 2011 and beyond. http://memoori.com/physical-security-2010 […]

This is part 1 of a 2 part synopsis of Memoori’s study “Survey of the Security Business 2010”. This our 2nd annual review about the world’s business for physical security equipment. Its objective is to bring together valuable statistics about the business size, shape and structure across 3 main segments; Access Control, CCTV / Video […]

Memoori has published a new report about the state of the world’s physical security industry at the start of 2011 and the challenges and business opportunities over the next 5 years – http://memoori.com/physical-security-2010 It is a unique report because it combines clearly defined market sizing statistics together with quantitative data on its structure and shape. […]

The value of deals completed in 2010, identified and analysed through our monthly Executive Brief “The Physical Security Industry in 15 Minutes” was $7.98 billion; a growth of almost 75% on 2009. This is the highest value ever recorded and is 28% higher than the previous record set in 2005 and 2007. This is a […]

A strong feature of the physical security business in the first 10 months of this year has been the acquisition of security companies by IT related companies. It has been particularly evident in the last three months with strong players in the identity business buying access control companies in order to deliver total solutions. This […]