GES Sécurité Privée

What GES Sécurité Privée does

GES Sécurité Privée (legal name: Le Groupement des Entreprises de Sécurité) is a French professional employer organization (organisation professionnelle d'employeurs) representing private security and prevention companies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered at 146 Boulevard Diderot, 75012 Paris, GES claims 78%+ sectoral representativeness and brings together TPE, PME, and large private security enterprises whose combined revenue exceeds €2.7 billion. Its mission is collective bargaining, regulatory advocacy, and economic representation in social dialogue with labor unions and government bodies including the Ministry of Interior and CNAPS.

GES's product surface is modest and content-led rather than technology-led. It operates a sector-specific job board (ges-securite-privee.org/emplois-securite-privee) hosting roughly 275 active listings, a CV submission platform, and an online boutique selling six publications (Code de déontologie, Livre VI Legislative, Livre VI Regulatory, Livre VI Combined, Continuum de Sécurité, and a recruitment flyer). Its most analytically significant proprietary asset is the Indice des coûts de revient (ICSP), a sectoral cost index launched in May 2023 to objectify pricing negotiations between security providers and their clients. Underlying technology is a WordPress-based website and member portal, with operational tooling outsourced to technology partners including Coffreo (HR), Wink (recruitment), Seenet/Senef (planning and billing SaaS), and Heropolis (site supervision).

The business model is a hybrid of recurring membership dues from private security companies and one-time sales of professional publications, priced between €0.60 and €25 with member discounts. GES reaches members through a community-led go-to-market motion anchored on the Tour des Régions program (29+ cities), an annual national congress, webinars, legal newsletters, and direct field outreach. Strategic positioning is reinforced by formal alliances with regulatory and training counterparties — CNAPS, France Travail, AFNOR Certification, AG2R La Mondiale, and the FFSP federation — that consolidate GES as the convener of the French private security ecosystem.

Name

GES Sécurité Privée

Legal name

Le Groupement des Entreprises de Sécurité

Website

https://ges-securite-privee.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

GES Sécurité Privée is the leading French employer organization representing private security companies, with claimed 78%+ sectoral representativeness and 3,500 member firms. It provides collective bargaining, regulatory advocacy, sector publications, a cost index (ICSP), and a job board.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: GES operates as an employer organization funded by membership fees from private security companies (TPE, PME and large enterprises)
2. Publications and Resources Sales: Sale of regulatory documents, codes of ethics, and professional guides through online boutique. Prices range from €0.60 to €25 for members, €1.50 to €25 for public

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GES Sécurité Privée is a professional employer organization representing private security and prevention companies in France, providing collective representation in social dialogue, regulatory advocacy, and economic proposals. It sells professional publications (codes of ethics, regulatory compendiums, glossaries) and operates a job board and CV platform for the sector. Its member companies generate combined revenue exceeding €2.7 billion, representing over 78% of the French private security sector.

Product overview

GES Sécurité Privée operates as a professional employer organization (organisation professionnelle d'employeurs) for France's private security sector. Its core offering consists of a boutique featuring 6 published products (codes of ethics, legal compendiums, glossaries, and recruitment materials) available for purchase or free to members. Additionally, GES provides a job board platform hosting approximately 275 employment listings and a CV submission service for sector recruitment. The organization functions primarily as a representative body, advocacy organization, and information resource rather than a product company with software offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Code de déontologie des agents de sécurité privée

Quantifiable outcome

• 78%+ representativeness in private security sector
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AFNOR CertificationcoreTechnology or IntegrationAFNOR Certification is a key partner providing quality certifications NF241 and REF215 (QUALISECURITE) for private security companies. GES promotes certification benefits to members and facilitates connections with AFNOR for quality standards implementation.
• AG2R La MondialecoreOthersSocial protection partner providing health insurance and provident fund information for the Prevention-Security sector. AG2R La Mondiale offers special conditions for GES members and provides resources on social security topics.
• VerspierenminorOthersInsurance partner providing professional liability insurance (RC Pro) quotes and services specifically designed for private security companies through an online platform.
• CNAPScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConseil National des Activités Privées de Sécurité - regulatory authority for private security. GES maintains ongoing dialogue with CNAPS for sector regulation, professional card issuance, and training reform discussions.
• France TravailcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployment agency partnership agreement signed to support recruitment in the private security sector. Partnership will be deployed across French territory to connect job seekers with security companies.
• AKTOminorOthersSkills operator (opérateur de compétences) supporting professional training and skills development for GES member companies.
• UnéominorOthersSocial protection partner offering health insurance and provident fund solutions for security sector employees.
• CDSEminorOthersClub des Directeurs de Sécurité des Entreprises - association of corporate security directors representing client interests. Participates in GES congress to discuss sector transformation.
• FFSP (Fédération Française de la Sécurité Privée)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Federation of Private Security - represents the sector with unified voice. FFSP President participates in GES regional events to promote sector unity.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France): France's main cross-sector employer federation. Comparable as a national employers' organization engaged in social dialogue and collective bargaining, though operating across all industries rather than specializing in private security.
• U2P (Union des Entreprises de Proximité): French union representing very small enterprises across crafts, commerce, and services. Comparable as a national employer federation participating in social dialogue for small businesses, a meaningful adjacency given GES's strong TPE member base.
• CoESS (Confederation of European Security Services): European-level umbrella federation for private security employers. Comparable as an industry association representing security service providers, but operating pan-European rather than nationally — useful benchmark for international advocacy and best-practice dissemination.
• ASIS International: Global association for security management professionals. Comparable as a security-sector professional/community body offering standards, certifications, and advocacy, though focused on corporate security managers rather than security service providers.
• CPME (Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises): French confederation representing SMEs across sectors, including in social dialogue and labor negotiations. Comparable as a national employer body that GES members — many of which are TPEs/PMEs — may also belong to for cross-sector representation.

Direct peers

• SNES (Syndicat National des Entreprises de Sécurité): Historical French private security employers' union, at times operating as an alternative or precursor voice in the sector. Comparable as a directly competing employer representative body within the French private security industry, even if currently less prominent.
• FFSP (Fédération Française de la Sécurité Privée): The other major French federation representing private security employers; already a GES strategic partner. Directly comparable as a sector trade body with overlapping advocacy and representation mandates, and the most natural competitor/co-player for representativeness.

Regional players

• BSIA (British Security Industry Association): UK trade association for the private security industry. Closest geographic analogue outside France, representing security firms in regulatory advocacy, training, and standards — a useful peer for benchmarking membership services and sector representation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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