Private company

Pond Security Service

Logo: Pond Security Service GmbH, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Pond Security Service is a limited liability company registered in Germany, founded in 1983.1 It is headquartered in Erlensee.1

Die Pond Security Service GmbH (Eigenschreibweise: POND) ist ein privater Sicherheitsdienstleister, der am 1. Januar 1983 von Daniel Mac Pond, einem ehemaligen Angehörigen der US Army, gegründet wurde. Das Unternehmen mit Sitz in Erlensee im Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hessen stellt Personal, Beratung und weitere Sicherheitsdienstleistungen für Unternehmen und Institutionen zur Verfügung. Zur Aufgabe der Pond Security gehören Anlagen wie Forschungszentren, Kernkraftwerke, Banken und Kasernen. Mit rund 3.000 Mitarbeitern und einem Umsatz von ca. 312,2 Millionen Euro (2023) ist Pond heute im Bereich von Sicherheitsdienstleistungen eines der umsatzstärksten Sicherheitsunternehmen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.2 From the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 1983Founded1
  • HeadquartersErlensee, Germany1
  • Websitewww.pond-security.com
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI3912006Y8RNCQ713MX343
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressRückinger Straße 12, 63526 Erlensee, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Hanau, HRB 38503

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 1983Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$2.1B 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$69.2M$69.2M
2025$133.5M$133.5M
2024$117.0M$117.0M
2023$134.9M$134.9M
2022$138.8M$138.8M
2021$123.8M$123.8M
2020$130.2M$130.2M
2019$100.4M$100.4M
2018$97.1M$97.1M
2017$93.0M$93.0M
2016$90.5M$90.5M
2015$43.8M$43.8M
2014$140.9M$140.9M
2013$106.8M$106.8M
2012$98.2M$98.2M
2011$144.9M$144.9M
2010$173.9M$173.9M
2009$89.0M$89.0M
2008$78.4M$78.4M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Feb 1, 2014$252.5M from Department of State: Us mission germany contract award igf::ot::igf6 To POND SECURITY SERVICE GMBH Award SAQMMA14C0161
  2. Jan 1, 2008$131.7M from Department of the Army: Stationary guard armed7 To POND SECURITY SERVICE GMBH Award 0037
  3. May 25, 2011$125.7M from Department of the Army: Germany-wide armed guard services8 To POND SECURITY SERVICE GMBH Award 0015
  4. May 7, 2013$104.4M from Department of the Army: Stationary guard armed9 To POND SECURITY SERVICE GMBH Award 0U07
  5. Aug 31, 2010$97.1M from Department of the Army: Armed guard services10 To POND SECURITY SERVICE GMBH Award 0014