SIC 7382 | NAICS 561621
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Comprehensive research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year growth forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Topics addressed in the reports include:
Monthly trade magazine features news and information for security systems professionals, with special reports including the "SDM 100 Report", "Top Systems Integrators Report", "Annual Industry Forecast", and the "State of the Market Series" which provides an in-depth analysis of major trends and growth potential by industry sector (e.g., access control, alarm systems, fire alarm, and video surveillance).
Monthly trade journal features news and information for electronic security equipment professionals, with topics covered in various issues including business management, product applications, system design and installation techniques, sales and marketing case studies, market research and statistics, and technology updates. Selected articles categorized by content category are available free online.
Monthly newspaper features news and information for systems installers and integrators, with content sections including market trends, product spotlights, commercial and systems integrators, residential systems, monitoring, and manufacturers and distributors. Digital editions are available free online with free subscription to the newspaper and six optional weekly e-newsletters available with registration.
Topics covered in the alarm monitoring section of this comprehensive market research report include alarm monitoring service revenues, residential intrusion and fire alarm monitoring market, nonresidential alarm monitoring market, personal emergency response service monitoring, vendors and market share, and top service providers. Complete study or individual sections or pages can be purchased online.
Detailed study provides in-depth analysis of the video surveillance system market, with topics covered in the study including market overview, surveillance systems and equipment, software platforms, video surveillance as a service (VSaaS), application markets (e.g., infrastructure, commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential), and geographic markets (e.g., North America, Europe, China, India, etc.).
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level including:
Financial benchmarking section of this report provides an analysis of industry income and expenses as a percentage of revenue by major category (e.g., purchases, wages, depreciation, marketing, rent, utilities, other costs, and earnings before interest and taxes) for the most recent year and line graphs indicating trends for each category over the past five years. Sample report can be viewed free online.
Free online service provides median salary and hourly wage data for selected jobs in this service sector such as president, operations manager, sales representative, alarm installation technician, field service technician, and office manager, with employers for which salary or hourly wage data is provided including ADT Security Services, Tyco Integrated Security, Sonitrol, and Protection One.
Interactive database provides detailed transaction data for over 38,000 private and public companies sold for prices ranging from under $250,000 to over $500,000,000, with valuation measures provided including market value of invested capital as a multiple of revenue, gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, SDE, and book value of invested capital. User guide, free webinar, and sample reports are available online.