We verify each agency's active license with the Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau, which regulates security companies and personal-protection officers in Texas, confirm general-liability and workers'-comp insurance, and review close-protection training, the Texas Personal Protection Officer credential where relevant, and references from comparable Austin clients. Only agencies that clear that bar are shown to you.
Best bodyguard companies in Austin (2026)
Finding the best bodyguard company in Austin means protecting principals in a city where tech wealth, major festivals, and rapid growth collide. A startup founder leaving a downtown high-rise, a touring artist during SXSW or ACL, and a venture investor moving between West Lake estates and the airport each present a distinct protection problem, and the right agency reads festival-crowd dynamics as fluently as it reads a quiet residential detail. Austin's combination of high-profile events, a dense and growing downtown core, and high-net-worth households in the hills makes close protection here both event-driven and privacy-driven at once.
Calvis is not a security agency and is not itself licensed. Instead, we vet and match independently-licensed personal-protection and executive-protection agencies across the Austin metro so you can compare qualified options in one place. We screen each agency's Texas licensing, insurance, close-protection training, and track record with comparable Austin clients, then connect you directly with the ones that fit your needs and budget. You stay in control of who you hire. We make sure every agency you see has already cleared a real bar.
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The Austin market
Inside bodyguard and personal protection in Austin
58
vetted agencies serving the metro
5
specialties covered
Austin's personal-protection market swings hard around its event calendar. SXSW, ACL, and a packed festival season create surge demand for artist, executive, and VIP close protection, where officers manage dense, fast-moving crowds across downtown venues and the Sixth Street corridor. Outside event weeks, the baseline is tech-driven: founder and executive transport between downtown towers, the Domain, and Austin-Bergstrom, plus rising threat-and-harassment cases tied to public-facing tech and crypto figures. Residential coverage concentrates in West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, and the gated communities around Lake Austin, where officers coordinate with estate staff and existing camera systems. Stalking and domestic-threat protection routes toward the Travis County courthouse complex downtown. The city's rapid growth and influx of high-net-worth newcomers have outpaced many residents' security planning, so agencies here often build a protection program from scratch rather than augment an existing one.
By specialty
Matched to
what you need.
Security needs aren't one-size-fits-all. The Austin network spans these bodyguard and personal protection specialties — tell us what you need and we match you to the agencies built for it.
Festival & Touring-Artist Protection
Close-protection details for artists, executives, and VIPs during SXSW, ACL, and festival season. Officers advance venues, manage backstage and crowd transitions, and own the high-exposure arrival and exit points where festival density peaks.
- Ideal for
- Touring artists, festival VIPs, and executives during major event weeks
- Coverage
- Sixth Street, Zilker Park, Moody Center, downtown festival venues
Founder & Executive Transport
Protection drivers and a detail officer covering the curb-to-door moments for tech founders and executives. Officers plan routes between downtown towers and the Domain, advance destinations, and manage airport transitions discreetly.
- Ideal for
- Tech founders, executives, and investors moving across the metro
- Coverage
- Downtown towers, the Domain, Austin-Bergstrom International, Lake Austin offices
Estate & Residential Protection
Standing residential coverage for hill-country estates, coordinating with household staff and camera systems. Officers manage gate and visitor access, screen deliveries, and run discreet overnight presence at primary and lake-area homes.
- Ideal for
- High-net-worth households and family offices in the hills and lakefront communities
- Coverage
- West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Lake Austin estates, Tarrytown
Threat Assessment for Public-Facing Figures
Protective coverage paired with a documented threat assessment for tech, crypto, and public-facing principals facing harassment or doxxing. Officers map online-to-physical threat patterns, harden the home and routine, and coordinate court appearances.
- Ideal for
- Public-facing tech and crypto figures, executives facing targeted harassment
- Coverage
- Travis County courthouse complex, downtown offices, residential neighborhoods
Private Event & Appearance Security
Discreet close protection for private parties, launches, and corporate functions where the guest list is sensitive and visible security would change the tone. Officers screen arrivals, manage VIP movement, and stay low-profile inside the event.
- Ideal for
- Private hosts, startups, and corporate teams running invitation-only functions
- Coverage
- Downtown venues, hill-country estates, lakefront properties, the Domain
How we vet
A real bar,
not an ad auction.
Every agency in Austin clears the same four checks before it can take bodyguard and personal protection work. Licensing is verified through the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Private Security Bureau.
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State licensing verified
Every agency holds an active state security license. We confirm it before any agency can take work.
02
Active insurance on file
Current general-liability (and where applicable, workers' comp) coverage is verified, not assumed.
03
Background-checked officers
Agencies field licensed, background-checked guards — the people who actually show up on site.
04
Tracked reliability record
Shift-reliability is measured on the platform. Agencies that no-show or slip on coverage are removed.
Pricing
What bodyguard and personal protection costs in Austin
Unarmed officers
$30–46/hr
Standard posts, patrol, and monitoring. Recurring contracts are typically priced below on-demand rates.
Armed officers
$55–88/hr
Coverage where an armed presence is warranted. Rates vary with risk profile and shift length.
Final pricing depends on site, hours, number of officers, and whether you need a static post or mobile patrol. Get a firm quote by requesting a match above.
FAQ
Common
questions
Unarmed close-protection officers in Austin typically run about $45 to 80 per hour and armed officers about $70 to 125 per hour, with the rate depending on detail size, hours, experience, and whether you need festival-crowd or secure-transport coverage. Single-officer drives sit lower, while multi-officer festival and 24-hour residential details run higher, and event weeks like SXSW carry premium pricing.
Yes. Every agency Calvis matches you with holds its own active license through the Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau, which regulates security companies and Personal Protection Officers in Texas. Calvis itself is not a licensed security provider. We connect you with independently-licensed agencies and verify that licensing as part of our vetting.
Yes. Many Austin agencies we vet plan around the festival calendar and can scale a single officer up to a multi-officer detail for SXSW, ACL, and other surge weeks, with officers experienced advancing dense downtown venues and managing backstage-to-stage crowd transitions. Booking early matters, since protection capacity tightens fast during major event weeks.
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