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What we hold: Security guarding, Germany

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Security delivery models

On-site guarding against remote monitoring for one site: the annual cost of each, the payback of the set-up and what each option leaves exposed. Hybrid is remote monitoring with hours still guarded on site above zero.

Remote side

Fully remoteHybrid, day shift guarded

Guard pay starts at the public wage floor of each country. Wage floors are cost-model inputs, not contract prices.

SiteCountry

IT loadMWGross aream²Controlled entrances

Guarding today

Guard postsHours a dayhDays a weekdaysGuard pay€/hGross hourly pay at the public wage floor for the country: a cost-model input, not a contract price.Employer charges%Social contributions and other non-wage costs on top of pay.People per 24/7 postpeopleFrom the normal week, paid leave and public holidays.

Remote monitoring

Hours still guarded on sitehA day shift or reception kept on site, if any.CamerasDetectorsResponse timeminMobile patrol or keyholder after a verified alarm.

All the inputs

Normal weekh a weekPaid leavedays a yearPublic holidaysdays a yearAbsence%Contractor overhead and margin%Guard response on siteminCamera, each€Detector, each€Installation%Equipment lifeyearsAnalytics a camera€ a yearMonitoring fee€ a monthCall-out€Call-outs a yearPower a cameraWElectricity€/MWhInsurance premium change€ a year

Incidents a year and cost of each

Intrusiona year€ each% guard avoids% detectedmin, response window

Tailgatinga year€ each% guard avoids% detectedmin, response window

Vandalisma year€ each% guard avoids% detectedmin, response window

Medicala year€ each% guard avoids% detectedmin, response window

Fire, first responsea year€ each% guard avoids% detectedmin, response window

What each option leaves exposed

By incident class: the share of the loss each option avoids, how fast someone responds, the hours covered and the expected cost a year from the inputs above.

Guarding: one person a shift; an absence or an incident elsewhere on site leaves the post uncovered.
Remote: the network link and power to the cameras; a cut link needs a local alarm path and a person who can be sent.

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Public prices read 18 Oct 2026.

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ScienceShot. (2026). Check a quote against public prices [Online calculator]. https://scienceshot.com/procurement

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