Allied Universal Named to Forbes List of America’s Best Companies

Allied Universal, the world’s largest security and facility services company, has been named to the 2026 Forbes list of America’s Best Companies honoring overall excellence. Allied Universal is the only provider of physical security services to make the list.

“This distinction recognizes the extraordinary work our team does every day to help protect America’s people, businesses and communities,” said Steve Jones, global chairman and CEO of Allied Universal. “It is a testament to our people and their professionalism, commitment and focus that drives our success, as well as the trust and confidence our customers have in us.

We will continue to invest in our teams, technology and culture to help deliver the highest level of service and help enhance safety in communities across the globe.”

Both private and public U.S.-based companies, as well as foreign-based companies with a U.S. subsidiary, were considered for the list.

Companies were chosen based on 100 different metrics across 11 categories such as financial performance, media opinion, customer sentiment, employee ratings and more. Companies were evaluated and selected by leading research firms such as Crunchbase on business trajectory, SignalAI on media sentiment, Glassdoor on employee impressions, and HundredX on customer ratings, as well as others.

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