We’ve helped dozens of security installation and manufacturing companies that are seeking capital for a variety of purposes including recapitalizations, management-led buyouts, industry consolidations and internal growth. Our experience navigates them through the maze of research and preparation needed to find and close mutually profitable mergers and acquisitions.
Our mission is to provide the highest quality care and value to our customers’ businesses and drastically improve their operating performance through our consulting strategy.
We’ve helped dozens of security installation and manufacturing companies that are seeking capital for a variety of purposes including recapitalizations, management-led buyouts, industry consolidations and internal growth. Our experience navigates them through the maze of research and preparation needed to find and close mutually profitable mergers and acquisitions.
Our mission is to provide the highest quality care and value to our customers’ businesses and drastically improve their operating performance through our consulting strategy.
Ron Davis is well known and readily recognized as one of the most knowledgeable people in the security industry. He is the President of Davis Mergers and Acquisitions Group, the industry’s longest running “broker” or “finder,” exclusively representing the sellers of electronic security companies and integrators. Along the way, he has been recognized for his many achievements:
Ron Davis is the man who has helped hundreds of Alarm and Integration industry professional understand how to get from here to there, and then what to do about it!
One of the firm’s original founders, Beverly has most recently been associated with Security Associates, as its Director of Human Resources. Beverly brings to the company a knowledge of the industry and knows how to work with alarm dealers. She is well acquainted with the administration of programs needed to help dealers achieve funding, obtain management and marketing support, as well as assist in Davis Group’s work in buyouts, acquisitions and mergers.
A security industry veteran of over 30 years, Steve Rubin built and sold his own alarm company before working with Ron Davis to build one of the most successful Central Stations and Dealer Networks in the country. In that capacity, Steve brought on thousands of alarm dealers with nearly 400,000 subscribers. During this time, Steve purchased 27,000 subscribers from several security alarm dealers throughout the country. He knows what buyers want and applies his experience to ensure that sellers are well prepared. Steve’s other roles include Management, consulting for Marketing and Operations, and as a seminar instructor for NBFAA local and state associations. He has consulted with hundreds of alarm company owners, troubleshooting problems and building on their strengths. Steve is uniquely qualified to help you build or sell your alarm company.
Kelly Bond comes with nearly 25 years of experience in the security industry, having spent several years with Brivo, a software-as-a-service company providing cloud-based access control. At Brivo, she focused on Dealer strategy and financial programs as their VP of Dealer Development. Prior to that, Kelly spent over a decade as Senior Vice President of Business Development at Alarm Capital Alliance (ACA), an industry leader in alarm company and alarm account acquisitions. At ACA she was responsible for increasing company growth through acquisition and driving the overall business-to-business development strategy.
Kelly currently serves on the Steering and Nominations committees of SIA’s Women In Security Forum and is the National Scholarship Task Force Chair for the Electronic Security Association (ESA).
Ron Davis is well known and readily recognized as one of the most knowledgeable people in the security industry. He is the President of Davis Mergers and Acquisitions Group, the industry’s longest running “broker” or “finder,” exclusively representing the sellers of electronic security companies and integrators. Along the way, he has been recognized for his many achievements:
Ron Davis is the man who has helped hundreds of Alarm and Integration industry professional understand how to get from here to there, and then what to do about it!
One of the firm’s original founders, Beverly has most recently been associated with Security Associates, as its Director of Human Resources. Beverly brings to the company a knowledge of the industry and knows how to work with alarm dealers. She is well acquainted with the administration of programs needed to help dealers achieve funding, obtain management and marketing support, as well as assist in Davis Group’s work in buyouts, acquisitions and mergers.
A security industry veteran of over 30 years, Steve Rubin built and sold his own alarm company before working with Ron Davis to build one of the most successful Central Stations and Dealer Networks in the country. In that capacity, Steve brought on thousands of alarm dealers with nearly 400,000 subscribers. During this time, Steve purchased 27,000 subscribers from several security alarm dealers throughout the country. He knows what buyers want and applies his experience to ensure that sellers are well prepared. Steve’s other roles include Management, consulting for Marketing and Operations, and as a seminar instructor for NBFAA local and state associations. He has consulted with hundreds of alarm company owners, troubleshooting problems and building on their strengths. Steve is uniquely qualified to help you build or sell your alarm company.
Kelly Bond comes with nearly 25 years of experience in the security industry, having spent several years with Brivo, a software-as-a-service company providing cloud-based access control. At Brivo, she focused on Dealer strategy and financial programs as their VP of Dealer Development. Prior to that, Kelly spent over a decade as Senior Vice President of Business Development at Alarm Capital Alliance (ACA), an industry leader in alarm company and alarm account acquisitions. At ACA she was responsible for increasing company growth through acquisition and driving the overall business-to-business development strategy.
Kelly currently serves on the Steering and Nominations committees of SIA’s Women In Security Forum and is the National Scholarship Task Force Chair for the Electronic Security Association (ESA).
Ron Davis is well known and readily recognized as one of the most knowledgeable people in the security industry. He is the President of Davis Mergers and Acquisitions Group, the industry’s longest running “broker” or “finder,” exclusively representing the sellers of electronic security companies and integrators. Along the way, he has been recognized for his many achievements:
One of the firm’s original founders, Beverly has most recently been associated with Security Associates, as its Director of Human Resources. Beverly brings to the company a knowledge of the industry and knows how to work with alarm dealers. She is well acquainted with the administration of programs needed to help dealers achieve funding, obtain management and marketing support, as well as assist in Davis Group's work in buyouts, acquisitions and mergers.
A security industry veteran of over 30 years, Steve Rubin built and sold his own alarm company before working with Ron Davis to build one of the most successful Central Stations and Dealer Networks in the country. In that capacity, Steve brought on thousands of alarm dealers with nearly 400,000 subscribers. During this time, Steve purchased 27,000 subscribers from several security alarm dealers throughout the country. He knows what buyers want and applies his experience to ensure that sellers are well prepared. Steve’s other roles include Management, consulting for Marketing and Operations, and as a seminar instructor for NBFAA local and state associations. He has consulted with hundreds of alarm company owners, troubleshooting problems and building on their strengths. Steve is uniquely qualified to help you build or sell your alarm company.
Kelly Bond comes with nearly 25 years of experience in the security industry, having spent several years with Brivo, a software-as-a-service company providing cloud-based access control. At Brivo, she focused on Dealer strategy and financial programs as their VP of Dealer Development. Prior to that, Kelly spent over a decade as Senior Vice President of Business Development at Alarm Capital Alliance (ACA), an industry leader in alarm company and alarm account acquisitions. At ACA she was responsible for increasing company growth through acquisition and driving the overall business-to-business development strategy. Kelly currently serves on the Steering and Nominations committees of SIA’s Women In Security Forum and is the National Scholarship Task Force Chair for the Electronic Security Association (ESA).
Our involvement in hundreds of acquisitions and/or divestitures for over 30 years have provided us with proven knowledge that can help today’s seller better evaluate the opportunities and understand the questions that should be answered before making a decision. The following checklist describes some of the issues alarm company sellers should consider:
What will happen if you sell, or if you don’t sell? Are you frustrated? Is this an upcycle or a downcycle in your career? How would you feel deep down inside?
Look at your company through the eyes of a potential buyer.
Your team should include the business “broker,” attorney, financial specialist and the administrator.
Is it a stock sale or an asset sale (more common and certainly the preferred method by most buyers).
The “broker” finds a potential buyer, negotiates a price, and agrees upon the general terms of a Letter of Intent.
The multiple is agreed upon and the LOI is prepared. Multiples being paid in the alarm industry today may surprise you.
Once the LOI has been accepted, the lawyer negotiates with the other side the terms and conditions of the transaction while other due diligence is undertaken.
Contracts are reviewed and agreed upon and a date is set for the closing.
This is the time where money is transferred in to the seller’s account, and it is also the time of a potentially big letdown.
The seller goes off and enjoys the rest of his life!
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