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The 19,977 credentialed guards and the largest firms

Dossier
Operational and cargo security22-seguridad-operativa.md
Domain
Cargo theft, extortion and private securityseguridad-operativa
Room
Security/seguridad
Audited
Audited

19,977 agents held valid credentials as of 31 Jul 2026 (289 listed providers plus 3 investigators and 16 escorts registered in a personal capacity; the "TOTAL 19977" row of DIGESSP's official PDF). The largest employers of credentialed agents: Alfa Uno, S.A. (3,458), Wackenhut de Guatemala (2,789), Seguridad y Vigilancia El Ébano (1,674), VISEGUA (867) and ALCORSA (335). This is the formal floor, not the real size of the market: the total number of formal and informal guards, and the guard-to-police ratio, could not be recovered from a citable source.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

Agentes con credencial vigenteDIGESSP
19,97731-jul-2026
Alfa Uno / Wackenhut / El ÉbanoDIGESSP
3,458 / 2,789 / 1,674 credenciales31-jul-2026

Caveat

formal floor; total universe of guards has no source

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Alfa Uno, S.A.The largest employer of accredited private security agents: 3,458 credentials in force as at 31 July 2026 (DIGESSP register).Supplier
  • Wackenhut de GuatemalaThe second-largest employer of accredited agents: 2,789 credentials in force as at 31 July 2026 (DIGESSP register).Supplier
  • Seguridad y Vigilancia El ÉbanoThe third-largest employer of accredited agents: 1,674 credentials in force as at 31 July 2026 (DIGESSP register).Supplier
  • VISEGUAA private security firm with 867 agent credentials in force as at 31 July 2026 (DIGESSP register).Supplier
  • ALCORSAA private security firm with 335 agent credentials in force as at 31 July 2026 (DIGESSP register).Supplier

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