Federal spend by industry (NAICS)

How much does the federal government spend under NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), and who wins the contracts?

Name: Security Guards and Patrol Services (NAICS 561612) — federal contract spending
Creator: Fonteum
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Federal prime-contract spending under NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), as the public record states it — total obligated, the contractors who win the work, the agencies that buy it, and the fiscal-year trend, stated as exact dated facts with their source, never a score or label. Confirm the full picture at USASpending.gov →

The federal government has $24,797,536 obligated across 36 prime-award actions on file to 6 contractors under NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), on the prime-award records Fonteum currently holds. Every figure is an exact USASpending.gov fact — no score, no label; confirm the full picture at USASpending.gov.

At a glance

$24,797,536

Obligated across prime awards on file

Prime-award actions on file

Distinct contractors

Distinct awarding agencies

Top contractors — largest recipients of Security Guards and Patrol Services awards

Contractor	Award actions	Obligated	Share of obligated $
CONTROLLED F.O.R.C.E INC.	5	$10,270,023	41.4%
SUPERIOR PROTECTION, INC.	19	$7,982,886	32.2%
SANFORD FEDERAL, INC.	7	$4,233,151	17.1%
BNL TECHNICAL SERVICES, L.L.C.	1	$2,126,513	8.6%
FAR GOVERNMENT, INC.	2	$146,466	0.6%
TALON EAST FUEL SERVICES LLC	2	$38,496	0.2%

Top 6 of 6 contractors on file, by obligated dollars. A high obligation is an exact fact, not an endorsement. Each named contractor links to its canonical federal contractor record.

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Who buys Security Guards and Patrol Services — top awarding agencies

Awarding agency	Award actions	Obligated	Share of obligated $
Department of Defense	8	$12,155,633	49%
Department of Homeland Security	20	$9,360,110	37.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs	7	$3,153,643	12.7%
Department of the Interior	1	$128,149	0.5%

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Set-aside reliance

How much of the federal spending under Security Guards and Patrol Services runs through a small-business or socioeconomic set-aside vehicle — an exact ratio of public dollars, not an eligibility determination.

Obligations via set-aside vehicles

Set-aside award actions

Total award actions on file

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Obligations by fiscal year (the YoY trend)

Federal fiscal year	Award actions	Obligated
FY2024	3	$1,004,841
FY2023	4	$1,609,272
FY2022	2	$1,292,493
FY2021	3	$1,855,582
FY2020	2	$4,720,119
FY2016	1	$2,126,513
FY2015	1	$4,184,477
FY2013	1	$21,352
FY2010	1	$95,000
FY2005	11	$7,835,858

Federal fiscal years run October 1 – September 30. Showing the most recent 10 of 11 years with award actions on file.

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Largest awards on record

Award ID (PIID)	Awarding agency	Signed	Obligated	Award type
W9124P20C0012	Department of Defense	2019-12-18	$4,591,970	DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
W9124P15C0007	Department of Defense	2014-12-15	$4,184,477	DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
HSP0702UR0003	Department of Homeland Security	2004-10-01	$2,892,284	DO
W9127N16C0014	Department of Defense	2016-03-11	$2,126,513	DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
HSCEEY05FF00030	Department of Homeland Security	2004-10-01	$1,967,819	DELIVERY ORDER

Prime-award actions only — sub-award (subcontract) records are not ingested. Confirm the full award history at USASpending.gov →

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

What this NAICS code covers

NAICS 561612 is Security Guards and Patrol Services in the North American Industry Classification System — the standard the federal government uses to classify what it buys. The U.S. Small Business Administration sets a small-business size standard (a receipts or employee threshold) per NAICS code, used to decide who qualifies for small-business set-asides.

Reference	Source
NAICS 561612 definition	U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 2022)
Small-business size standard for NAICS 561612	U.S. Small Business Administration

How to read this profile

This page reports exact public-record facts and assigns no score or label. An obligated-dollar figure is an exact sum over USASpending.gov prime awards on the records Fonteum currently holds; it is a bounded slice of the federal corpus, not a completeness claim, and it is not a budget or forecast. Contractors are named only as the neutral recipients of public awards. The award footprint fills in as the federal award-archive backfill runs.

Related federal-contracting evidence

Reviewed by the Fonteum Government Contracts Desk. Federal procurement records analysts. This study reports exact regulatory facts — an award's signed date and an exclusion's active window, each sourced to SAM.gov and USASpending.gov. It makes no determination of wrongdoing and assigns no score.

Sources: USASpending.gov prime awards (U.S. Government Works, public domain) for the spending figures; U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 2022) for the industry title; U.S. Small Business Administration for the size standard. Confirm any current figure at usaspending.gov. Canonical record: https://fonteum.com/gov/naics/561612. Industry data as of 2026-07-22.