Tyco International Ltd. reverse took over a smaller security services company named ADT Limited in 1997 and formed a new subsidiary named ADT Security Services. The Brink’s Company spun off Brink’s Home Security in 2008 and re-branded it as Broadview Security. Tyco International Ltd. is acquiring Broadview Security in a transaction that will bring together two of the largest names in home and commercial security and Broadview will merge and operate under ADT Security Services. This is American.

Groupe Vidéotron Ltée. acquired a few companies with the intention of using its cable network for purposes other than television broadcasting in 1987 and incorporated a new subsidiary under the name Protectron in 1988. Wellspring Capital Management LLC acquired Protectron in 2001 and Protectron became the largest privately owned Canadian electronic security company. In 2002, Protectron acquired the Canadian subsidiary of Protection One, the second-largest security company in the United States. The business has been part of Reliance Comfort Limited Partnership since 2005. In 2007, Reliance purchased VOXCOM Security Systems, a leading national provider of security-monitoring services in Canada and Voxcom was re-branded as Reliance Protectron. This is Canadian.

Alarm Force manufactures, installs and monitors its own security systems using its own proprietary technology, without outsourcing any of the processes. This is a unique Canadian.