What Empire Protection does

Empire Protection Inc. is a privately held Canadian private security and risk management firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, with co-founders Mitesh Shah (CEO) and Neil Persaud (COO) leading operations supported by Vlad Neata as Protective Services Manager. The company delivers intelligence-led executive and personal protection, secure transportation, corporate and uniformed security, event security management, protective intelligence and digital risk services, and risk consulting and training (including active-threat response, CPR/Stop the Bleed, and workplace violence prevention). Engagements are anchored in pre-engagement threat and risk assessment, open-source intelligence, advance route planning, and crisis/incident management frameworks, with operators trained roughly 80% beyond Ontario PSISA licensing requirements and supervised under tiered deployment.

The underlying operational platform combines a methodology stack (OSINT-driven threat assessment, advance planning, tiered operator deployment) with a secure mobile reporting platform that supports time-stamped observations, images, and video plus QR/NFC patrol accountability. The technology is positioned as enabling real-time visibility for clients rather than as a standalone product; there are no disclosed APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities.

Empire Protection sells exclusively through consultative enterprise field sales with all engagements initiated via a confidential intake form or 24/7 secure phone line and handled under NDA, with quote-based pricing that is not publicly disclosed. Revenue derives from professional-services contracts with three primary customer segments: executives and high-profile individuals, corporate and institutional organizations, and event organizers and venues. The firm claims global service reach from its Toronto base, though no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors are referenced in available materials.

Name

Empire Protection

Legal name

Empire Protection Inc.

Website

https://empireprotection.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Empire Protection is a Toronto-headquartered private security firm providing intelligence-led executive protection, corporate and event security, protective intelligence, and risk consulting, serving executives, corporations, and event organizers under NDA-first, consultative engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Security Services

NAICS

Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services (56161), Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612), Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Protection & Close Protection Services (IMAIAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Protection Intelligence & Threat Management (Protective Intelligence) (BPAKABAI), Event-Based Close Protection (Appearances, Red Carpets, Public Engagements) (BPAKABAD), Secure Transportation & Protective Driving (Armored / Convoy) (BPAKABAH), Security Assistance & Executive Protection (THACANAF)

Keywords

• Executive protection services
• Corporate security services
• Event security management
• Secure transportation services
• Protective intelligence consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Mississauga

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Security & Protection Services: Professional services revenue from executive protection, secure transportation, corporate security, uniformed security, event security management, protective intelligence, and risk consulting/training engagements. Services are delivered under written agreements with confidential intake processes. Revenue appears project/contract-based rather than subscription.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Empire Protection delivers intelligence-led private security and risk management services from its Toronto headquarters with global reach. The firm provides close protection for executives and high-profile individuals, vetted secure transportation, structured corporate and uniformed security for institutions, planning-driven event security management, protective intelligence and digital risk services (OSINT), and scenario-based risk consulting and training. All engagements begin with a confidential consultation and are executed by vetted operators under NDA using a real-time mobile reporting platform.

Product overview

Empire Protection offers a unified portfolio of seven core security and risk management services organized around an intelligence-led operational philosophy. The core offerings include Executive & Personal Protection (close protection), Secure Transportation, Corporate Security, Uniformed Security, Event Security Management, Protective Intelligence & Digital Risk, and Risk Consulting & Training. These services are delivered through vetted, trained security personnel operating from a Toronto headquarters with global reach, and are supported by specialist training programs including Active Threat/Shooter Survival Training, CPR & Emergency First Aid, and Workplace Violence Prevention. The company emphasizes pre-planning as the foundation of protection, integrating physical security with open-source intelligence and digital risk assessment across all engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive & Personal Protection Discreet, intelligence-led close protection for executives, public figures, family offices, and high-profile individuals covering domestic and international operations, tailored to the principal's lifestyle, routines, and risk environment.
• Secure Transportation
• Corporate Security
• Uniformed Security
• Event Security Management
• Protective Intelligence & Digital Risk
• Risk, Consulting & Training
• Concierge Security

Quantifiable outcome

• Pre-planning constitutes 80% of effective protection
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pinkerton: Global investigative and protective services firm offering executive protection, corporate security, due diligence, and protective intelligence — a near-1:1 service-line overlap with Empire Protection's portfolio.
• Blackbird Security: Canadian security firm providing uniformed guards, mobile patrol, concierge, and event security across major Canadian cities. Direct competitor for Empire's uniformed, event, and corporate security service lines in Canada.
• AS Solution: Denmark-based specialist in executive protection and secure transportation with global deployment. Comparable as a boutique EP-led firm serving HNW and corporate principals with international reach.
• GardaWorld: Montreal-headquartered global security services firm offering executive protection, secure transportation, corporate security, and event security. Most directly comparable peer given Canadian origin, overlapping service portfolio, and similar enterprise and HNW client base.
• International Security Management (ISM): Global executive protection and secure transportation firm operating across multiple continents. Comparable as a multinational EP specialist competing for the same HNW and corporate client engagements.

Broad incumbents

• G4S: Global security and protective services firm offering guarding, EP, and event security as part of an integrated services platform. Comparable as a multinational incumbent with embedded enterprise relationships.
• Allied Universal: Largest North American security services provider with national accounts capability across guarding, event, and protective services. Represents the scale-bound incumbent that can underbid boutique EP specialists on multi-site contracts.
• Securitas: Global security services giant offering guarding, mobile patrol, and protective services as part of a broad portfolio. Represents the well-capitalized incumbent that competes for the same enterprise RFPs Empire targets.
• Control Risks: Global risk consultancy with protective services, intelligence, and security consulting capabilities. Comparable as a higher-margin incumbent in the protective intelligence and consulting segment.
• Kroll: Global risk and investigative services firm offering due diligence, protective intelligence, and security consulting — directly comparable to Empire's protective intelligence and risk consulting offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/empireprotectioninc
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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