Best bank security companies in the US (2026)

We verify each agency's active license with the security regulator in its own state, confirm general-liability and workers'-comp insurance, and review its financial-sector experience and references from comparable bank, credit-union, and operations-center clients. Only agencies that clear that bar are shown to you, so wherever your branches are, every option you compare is already qualified to staff a banking location in that market.

Rates vary by metro. Unarmed branch officers generally run about $27 to $58 per hour and armed officers about $50 to $105 per hour nationally, lower in the South and Southwest and higher in coastal metros and dense downtowns. The exact rate depends on shift length, coverage hours, officer experience, and whether the post is armed, with vault, armored-coordination, headquarters, and overnight ATM coverage tending toward the higher end and standard daytime lobby presence sitting lower.

Licensing is regulated state by state, and each agency Calvis matches you with holds its own active license in the state where it operates, for example the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Private Security Bureau, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), or the New York State Division of Licensing Services (NYS DOS). Armed officers carry the additional state firearms or commissioned credential their work requires. Calvis itself is not a licensed security provider. We connect you with independently-licensed agencies and verify each one's state credentials as part of our vetting.

Yes. Many agencies we vet across the country staff armed officers who hold the additional state credentials required for financial work and who are experienced coordinating with armored-car carriers in both crowded urban settings and long suburban routes. You can request armed coverage for high-cash branches, vault transfers, and night deposits, keep unarmed deterrence at lower-risk locations, or standardize the mix across a national network when you compare agencies.

Calling around means cold-contacting agencies market by market and taking their licensing, insurance, and financial-sector claims on faith, a slow problem that multiplies fast for multi-branch institutions. Calvis lets you compare multiple pre-vetted bank security agencies side by side in any metro, with licensing confirmed, references checked, and rates transparent, so you reach a qualified shortlist in days instead of weeks, and still hire each agency directly yourself.