Private company

Verisure

Logo: Verisure, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Security company based in Malmö, Sweden

Verisure P.L.C. (formerly known as Securitas Direct) is a security company based in Versoix, close to Geneva in Switzerland and active in 17 countries in Europe and South America and provides security services to 5.7 million families and businesses. Hellman & Friedman is currently the main shareholder in the group but announced plans to take the company public in October 2025.2 It is part of Verisure PLC.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1988Founded1
  • Industrysecurity industry1
  • HeadquartersVersoix1
  • Founded inSweden1
  • Websitewww.verisure.com
  • Slogan“We protect what matters most”1
  • Legal formAktiebolag3
  • LEI549300N4W45PST8EVZ403
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBox 392, 201 23 Malmö, Sweden3
  • Registered withSwedish Companies Registration Office, 556222-90123

Verisure P.L.C. (formerly known as Securitas Direct) is a security company based in Versoix, close to Geneva in Switzerland and active in 17 countries in Europe and South America and provides security services to 5.7 million families and businesses. Hellman & Friedman is currently the main shareholder in the group but announced plans to take the company public in October 2025.2

Corporate structure

Verisure is part of a group headed by Verisure Midholding AB. 5 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Verisure Midholding AB Subsidiary · Malmö, Sweden
    • Verisure Holding AB Malmö, Sweden
      • Verisure Malmö, Sweden
    • VERISURE Subsidiary · Brussel, Belgium
    • VERISURE SECURITY Subsidiary · Brussel, Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • Motion sensor
  • burglar alarm
  • burglar alarm control panel
  • business & home security
  • crime prevention equipment
  • fire alarm system
  • home alarm system
  • home security
  • panic button
  • security alarm
  • security camera
  • shock detector
  • siren
  • smart home
  • smart lock
  • smoke detector
  • telemonitoring
  • video surveillance

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Securitas Direct1

Timeline

  1. Oct 7, 2025Acquired Acquired by Verisure PLC1
  2. Sep 18, 2022Parent Directly consolidated by Verisure Holding AB3
  3. 1988Founded Founded in Sweden1

Sources

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