Wholesale Commercial Monitoring

Consolidate Your Commercial Security Monitoring 

Managing security across 50 or more locations can quickly become complicated. Different alarm vendors, monitoring agreements, equipment, billing structures, and service arrangements can make it difficult to understand what you're paying for and whether your systems are being managed consistently. 

 

Huntington Security Systems' wholesale commercial monitoring program is designed for commercial enterprises with 50 or more locations or sites across the United States. The program brings burglar alarm, fire alarm, EMS, and video verification monitoring services under a more centralized and organized approach, with potential monitoring cost savings of 30% to 50%, depending on the customer's existing services and account structure. We work with each company to evaluate its current security infrastructure, analyze existing monitoring agreements, identify savings opportunities, coordinate account transfers, and provide ongoing service and support. 

 

Understanding Your Security Infrastructure 

Before consolidating monitoring services, it's important to understand what is currently installed across your properties. Large companies often have different security equipment and monitoring arrangements from one location to another. This can happen when businesses acquire new properties, remodel existing facilities, open new locations, or let individual construction and operations teams select vendors. 

Huntington Security Systems begins by developing a comprehensive profile of your company's security systems and locations. This can include: 

• Number and location of stores or facilities 
• Existing alarm and security equipment 
• Current monitoring providers 
• Corporate security hardware specifications 
• Compliance with company security standards 
• Planned remodels and new construction 
• Existing service and maintenance arrangements 

 

Understanding the differences between locations allows our team to develop a monitoring approach that provides greater consistency across your organization while accounting for the equipment already in place. 

 

Alarm Contract Analysis 

When multiple monitoring providers are involved, each account may have different pricing, renewal dates, contract terms, and service requirements. Managing those agreements individually can make it hard to determine when and how to transition each account. We can analyze your existing alarm and monitoring contracts to clarify your current obligations and costs. The analysis can help identify: 

 

• Current monitoring costs by location 
• Contract renewal and expiration dates 
• Service and maintenance agreements 
• Equipment lease charges 
• Additional recurring fees 
• Recommended account transfer timelines 

 

This information provides a roadmap for transitioning accounts while accounting for existing contractual obligations. 

 

Identifying Opportunities for Cost Savings 

For companies with dozens or hundreds of locations, small recurring expenses can add up significantly. Invoice monitoring may include charges for different services, reports, equipment leases, maintenance agreements, and other fees that vary by location. We review these costs as part of the consolidation process to identify services that may no longer be necessary or are not being fully utilized. For example, some businesses continue paying for recurring reports they rarely review or use. Others may have maintenance agreements that no longer provide meaningful value. By separating the actual monitoring requirements from additional recurring charges, companies can gain a clearer understanding of their true security costs. 

 

Once we identify existing services and expenses, we can compare them with the wholesale commercial monitoring program and provide a customized cost analysis. 

 

Program pricing is developed on a case-by-case basis. The program requires a minimum of 50 alarm accounts to be added within the first three months of approval. 

 

Transferring Your Accounts 

Moving a large number of security accounts does not have to mean replacing the systems already installed at each location. Our Operations Department works with a designated member of your team to coordinate the transition. When needed, our nationwide affiliate technicians can reprogram existing alarm panels to communicate with the new central station monitoring center. If equipment is faulty, locked out, incompatible, or due for an upgrade, we can identify the issue and provide replacement equipment at discounted rates when appropriate. Installation and reprogramming services are provided at a cost-conscious rate to make the transition as straightforward as possible. 

 

You Maintain Ownership of Your Systems 

Your company retains ownership and control of its security hardware and alarm accounts. The program does not require equipment leases or long-term equipment commitments. Monitoring services are billed month to month, providing a straightforward structure for ongoing monitoring. 

 

Ongoing Service and Maintenance 

Once accounts have been transferred, security systems still require service when equipment fails, systems need adjustments, or a location requires technical support. Huntington Security Systems provides service on an as-needed basis, so customers don't need to enter additional maintenance agreements to receive support. Labor rates can be structured based on the customer's overall account profile and the geographic locations of its properties. This approach helps keep recurring costs focused on the services your company actually needs. 

 

The Benefits of Monitoring Consolidation 

Consolidating commercial monitoring services can provide more than a lower monthly monitoring bill. Centralizing accounts gives companies a clearer view of their security infrastructure and can simplify alarm management across multiple locations. 

 

Potential benefits include: 

• 30%–50% potential savings on monthly monitoring fees, depending on the existing account structure. 
• Elimination of unnecessary or underutilized services. 
• Centralized alarm and account management. 
• Simplified communication for after-hours and on-call personnel. 
• Consolidated reporting across company locations. 
• Visibility into openings, closings, false alarms, break-ins, and other alarm activity. 
• More consistent management of alarm monitoring across locations. 
• Continued ownership and control of security hardware and accounts. 
• Month-to-month monitoring without equipment leases or long-term commitments. 

 

One Monitoring Strategy Across Your Organization 

For companies operating dozens or hundreds of locations, managing security account by account can create unnecessary complexity. Our wholesale commercial monitoring program lets you bring those services into a more organized structure while keeping the systems and equipment that make sense for each property. From the initial systems profile and contract analysis through account transfers and ongoing service, Huntington Security Systems works alongside your team throughout the process. 

 

If your company manages 50 or more locations, contact Huntington Security Systems to discuss your current monitoring structure and determine whether consolidation could make sense for your organization.