# AI Vetting for Guarding Firms

*/Opportunities/AI_Vetting_for_Guarding_Firms*

## Opportunity Linked I C P

**Icp**: [Private Security Firm](/CompanyTypes/Private_Security_Firm)

## Opportunity Linked Problem

**Problem**: Physical Security Workforce Management

## Opportunity Market Sizing

_Illustrative — target and order-of-magnitude estimate figures, not an achieved track record (this Thing is concept-stage)._

**S A M**: ~$300-500M (targeting ~5,000 US and UK mid-market to enterprise regional security firms)
**S O M**: ~$15-40M
**T A M**: ~25,000 global private security and guarding firms × ~$60k/yr average spend on high-volume screening and compliance operations ≈ $1.5B
**Growth Rate**: ~10-15%/yr, driven by chronic 100%+ annual guard turnover rates and tightening state-level licensing compliance mandates
**Paid Comparable Spend**: ~$40k-150k/yr per firm spent on fragmented background check APIs, manual state guard-card verification labor, and recruiter headcount managing high-turnover pipelines

## Neighborhood

### Entrant startups

- [Manirms](/Startups/Manirms) — is entrant in · Startups

### What it addresses

- [Physical Security Workforce Management](/Problems/Physical_Security_Workforce_Management) — addresses · Problems

### Applies thesis

- [Private Security Firm](/CompanyTypes/Private_Security_Firm) — applies thesis · CompanyTypes