NAICS 561612
Security Guards and Patrol Services
Sector: Administrative and Support Services
SBA size standard
$29.0M
Top buying agencies
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- General Services Administration
Open opportunities in NAICS 561612
Updated August 24, 2026157active solicitations
Most active buyers
- Department of Veterans Affairs44
- Department of Defense35
- Department of Homeland Security26
- Department of State23
- Interior, Department of the9
Most common set-asides
- Unrestricted65
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set Aside40
- No Set aside used19
- Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)18
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)5
Counts reflect active contract opportunities ingested from SAM.gov and refresh daily. Figures move as solicitations are posted, amended, and closed.
Description
Establishments primarily engaged in providing guard and patrol services, including armed and unarmed protective services for federal facilities.
Common uses in federal contracting
- Federal building and installation guard services
- Access control and screening
- Armed protective security officer (PSO) contracts
How to use this NAICS
Add NAICS 561612 to your SAM.gov entity profile to be identified as a provider in this industry. If you are a small business under the $29.0M size standard, you qualify for small-business set-asides in this code.
See our guide to federal set-asides for a walk-through of which programs you can stack on top of this NAICS.