Empire Pacific Investigative Services

What Empire Pacific Investigative Services does

Empire Pacific Investigative Services is a Los Angeles-based private investigation firm founded in 1992, led by private investigator Mike Hakimi. The firm provides professional investigative services across three primary use cases: divorce proceedings, stalking investigations, and corporate disputes, with particular specialization in detecting covert surveillance conducted through modern smart home devices. These include identifying audio transmissions from compromised smart speakers, detecting compromised doorbell cameras, locating concealed GPS trackers on vehicles, and uncovering hidden cameras disguised as household items.

The firm's core technology stack consists of counter-surveillance detection systems and professional-grade equipment designed to identify surveillance threats that are beyond the reach of consumer-grade tools. The firm has documented a 30-40% increase over the past three years in cases involving smart device surveillance, indicating growing demand for this specialized capability as AI lowers barriers to covert surveillance deployment.

Commercially, the firm operates on a sales-led, direct-engagement model, billing clients on a case-by-case or hourly basis through professional consulting engagements. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, varying by case complexity and duration. The firm serves both individual clients (primarily in divorce and stalking matters) and corporate clients (in espionage and dispute matters), with all operations currently concentrated in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The firm has 1-10 employees and uses PR Newswire and earned media as its primary marketing channel.

Name

Empire Pacific Investigative Services

Legal name

Empire Pacific Investigative Services

Website

https://epis.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Empire Pacific Investigative Services is a Los Angeles-based private investigation firm specializing in counter-surveillance detection, particularly of covert surveillance through smart home devices, serving divorce, stalking, and corporate dispute clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Investigation Services

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Domestic/Family & Matrimonial Investigations (BPAKAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital/Online Investigations & OSINT (Non-cyber) (BPAKAEAF)

Keywords

• Private investigation services
• Counter-surveillance detection
• Surveillance sweeps
• Infidelity investigations
• Corporate investigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

West Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Investigative Services: Professional private investigation services billed on a case-by-case or hourly basis. Services include surveillance detection, counter-surveillance sweeps, evidence gathering for divorce proceedings, stalking investigation, and corporate dispute investigation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Empire Pacific Investigative Services is a Los Angeles-based private investigation firm that conducts surveillance, counter-surveillance sweeps, and evidence gathering for individuals and corporations. The firm's core specialty is detecting covert surveillance deployed through smart home devices (smart speakers transmitting audio to unauthorized accounts, compromised doorbell cameras, concealed GPS trackers, and disguised hidden cameras) for use in divorce proceedings, stalking cases, and corporate disputes.

Product overview

Empire Pacific Investigative Services is a Los Angeles-based private investigation firm offering surveillance and investigative services. The company specializes in divorce cases, stalking investigations, and corporate dispute investigations, with particular focus on cases involving smart home device surveillance, including smart speakers, doorbell cameras, GPS trackers, and hidden cameras.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance Detection Professional detection of covert surveillance devices deployed through smart home devices (smart speakers transmitting audio to unauthorized accounts, compromised doorbell cameras, GPS trackers concealed in vehicles, and hidden cameras disguised as household items). Targeted at individuals and corporate clients needing to identify unauthorized monitoring.
• Divorce Investigation Services
• Stalking Investigation Services
• Corporate Dispute and Espionage Investigation

Quantifiable outcome

• 30–40% increase in smart device surveillance cases over three years, indicating growing demand for professional counter-surveillance services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Cardinal Intelligence Group: U.S. private investigation firm delivering surveillance, background, and corporate investigation services to attorneys and individuals. Comparable as a direct competitor focused on domestic and legal-proceeding investigations.
• Bishop Fox: Cybersecurity and technology-enabled investigations firm with capabilities in IoT and connected-device security testing. Relevant adjacent comparison for the smart-device surveillance and counter-surveillance aspects of Empire Pacific's practice.
• Hillard Heintze: Investigations and security consulting firm focused on corporate, government, and high-net-worth clients, including threat management and protective intelligence. Comparable in serving corporate dispute and personal protection use cases that overlap with Empire Pacific's counter-surveillance work.
• ICS (Investigation Consultation Services): U.S. private investigation and security firm offering surveillance, infidelity, and corporate inquiry services across multiple states. Comparable as a smaller, multi-state direct competitor in the domestic and corporate investigation space.

Broad incumbents

• Pinkerton Corporate Investigations: Long-standing U.S. investigative firm offering surveillance, due diligence, and counter-espionage services to corporate and individual clients. Operates as the broad incumbent in the same private investigation category, though it serves a much wider portfolio than Empire Pacific's domestic/smart-device niche.
• Control Risks: Global risk consultancy offering corporate investigations, integrity due diligence, and security consulting. Comparable at the corporate dispute and corporate espionage intersection of Empire Pacific's service offering, though at enterprise scale.
• FTI Consulting (Investigations): Major advisory firm with a forensic investigations practice handling fraud, disputes, and regulatory inquiries for corporations and law firms. Overlaps with Empire Pacific's corporate dispute investigation use case from a much larger, enterprise-led posture.
• Kroll: Global investigations, due diligence, and cyber risk firm serving corporations, law firms, and governments. Overlaps with Empire Pacific's corporate dispute and counter-surveillance work but at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Stroz Friedberg (Aon): Digital forensics, cyber investigations, and incident response practice inside Aon. Adjacent to Empire Pacific's smart-device surveillance detection work due to its digital evidence and cyber investigative overlap, though serving enterprise clients.

Direct peers

• Beau Dietl & Associates: U.S. private investigation firm providing surveillance, infidelity, and corporate inquiry services to individual and business clients. Closely comparable to Empire Pacific's direct-to-client professional services model and domestic investigation focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/empire-pacific-investigative-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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