Security guard and private investigative services industry data

Data on Ontario’s licensed security guards, private investigators and the registered agencies which employ them.

The data includes the number of licensed: * security guards * private investigators * dual licensees (security guard and private investigator) * security guard businesses * private investigator businesses * dual businesses that employ security guards and private investigators * other registered employers of security guards and private investigators

Individuals and businesses that have had their licenses revoked, suspended, or expired are not included. Counts reflect information available as of the last business day in December of each year.

Note: This dataset may be updated periodically to reflect new submissions, amendments or corrections. For details on data updates and version history, please consult the available metadata such as data dictionary and supporting documentation.

Version 1.0. Data as of January 29, 2025. The dataset follows the UTF-8 encoding standard.