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£500K–£50M
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Why buyers are acquiring alarm monitoring businesses
Subscription-style revenue
ARC monitoring is among the highest-quality recurring revenue in the security sector.
Operating leverage
Marginal cost of adding a connection is low — scale drives margin expansion.
Insurance-driven demand
Many insurance policies require monitored alarm cover, supporting demand.
Alarm Monitoring Businesse sub-niches we cover
Wholesale ARC
Wholesale Alarm Receiving Centre serving installers.
Direct-to-End-User Monitoring
Direct retail and commercial monitoring.
CCTV Monitoring
Live remote CCTV monitoring services.
Lone Worker / Personal Safety
Lone worker and personal safety monitoring.
What alarm monitoring businesses actually trade for
Alarm monitoring valuations reward connection-base size and stability, churn rate, ARC grading and operational resilience.
Mandates we surface generally sit between £500K and £50M in enterprise value, with most opportunities concentrated in the £1M–£20M range.
Specific multiple bands are covered in our pillar valuation guide below.
What is your alarm monitoring business actually worth?
Read our pillar guide on security systems valuation multiples — the EBITDA bands buyers actually pay, the multiple drivers that move the needle, and what separates a mid-market deal from a premium exit.
Due diligence focus areas for alarm monitoring acquisitions
The diligence themes most likely to move price, deal structure or completion certainty.
Connection base churn
Track gross adds, losses and net churn rate by month — the headline ARR figure means little without churn.
BS 5979 / UL 827 grading
Verify ARC grading and the resilience infrastructure (power, comms, staffing).
False-alarm performance
False-alarm rates affect police response — check published statistics.
Customer concentration
Wholesale ARCs can carry concentration risk — model the loss of the top installer.
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