Event security in Orlando
Six kinds of event coverage, each staffed by licensed Florida officers under one agency license. Most dates use more than one: a trade show buys dock coverage and badge check, a festival buys crowd management and a backstage post.
Event security services in Orlando
Six kinds of event coverage, each staffed by licensed Florida officers under one agency license. Most dates use more than one: a trade show buys dock coverage and badge check, a festival buys crowd management and a backstage post.
Convention and Trade Show Security
Nexus Security Firm staffs show floors, docks and badge checkpoints for conventions and trade shows across Orange County under FDACS agency license B 1900066.
Learn more →Concert and Festival Security
Nexus Security Firm staffs gates, bag check, barricade lines, bar positions and load-out for concerts and festivals across Orange County under FDACS agency license B 1900066.
Learn more →Corporate Event Security
Nexus Security Firm staffs corporate meetings, conferences, product launches, sales kickoffs and annual gatherings across Orlando hotels and meeting venues under FDACS agency license B 1900066.
Learn more →Private Event and Wedding Security
Nexus Security Firm staffs weddings, receptions, milestone parties and private gatherings at Orlando venues, estates and vacation properties under FDACS agency license B 1900066.
Learn more →Crowd Management and Access Control
Nexus Security Firm staffs gates, queues, credential checkpoints and zone boundaries for Orlando events under FDACS agency license B 1900066.
Learn more →VIP and Backstage Security
Nexus Security Firm staffs backstage boundaries, green rooms, talent arrivals, meet-and-greet lines and VIP areas for Orlando events under FDACS agency license B 1900066.
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Why planners book this agency
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A Florida agency license with a number you can check
Nexus Security Firm holds FDACS Class B agency license B 1900066, and every officer posted at your event carries a Florida Class D license, with a Class G added where the post is armed. You can verify all of it through the FDACS Division of Licensing public lookup before you sign, which is the same check a venue or an insurance carrier runs. Ask every bidder for an agency number. A company that describes itself as licensed and cannot produce the number has told you something.
A Class D license requires 40 hours of FDACS-approved training and is valid two years (FDACS Division of Licensing).
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Post counts built from your floor plan and your doors
Staffing is worked out from the room: how many entrances, how many of them are credentialed, where the loading dock sits, what the venue lists as capacity, and how the crowd moves between sessions or sets. That produces a post-by-post plan with a head count and hours against each position, so you can see where the money goes and cut a post you decide against. A supervisor is assigned to the event and attends the posts, and incidents are documented with the documentation going to you.
The convention center supports 28,000 jobs and $4.6B in annual economic impact (OCCC / Orange County).
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The rate is explained before you commit to it
Event coverage in Central Florida runs roughly $24 to $34 an hour unarmed and $32 to $46 armed. That range comes from Florida guard wages of about $14 to $18 unarmed and $18 to $26 armed (ZipRecruiter, Salary.com and Indeed, 2026) and an industry bill rate of 1.5 to 2 times the wage (Belfry Software, 2026). Overnight hours, holidays, armed posts and short-notice dates sit high in the band. Where a thinner coverage pattern would serve your event as well, we say which posts to drop.
Officer pay is about 70 percent of the bill rate, with roughly 10 percent indirect cost (Belfry Software, 2026).
Questions that come up before a post is set
Choosing coverage
How many officers does my event need?
It comes from doors and head count more than from guest list size alone. A single-entrance corporate reception for 200 can run on two officers, while a festival with four gates, a bar program and a barricade line can need twenty at the same attendance. The count we build names each post, so you can see what each one covers and remove any you decide against.
What does event security cost in Orlando?
Central Florida event coverage runs roughly $24 to $34 an hour unarmed and $32 to $46 an hour armed. Florida guard wages run about $14 to $18 unarmed and $18 to $26 armed (ZipRecruiter, Salary.com and Indeed, 2026), and industry bill rates run 1.5 to 2 times the wage (Belfry Software, 2026). Overnight hours, holidays, armed posts, short-notice dates and single-shift bookings sit at the top of the band.
Do we need armed officers?
Most events do not. Arming follows the actual risk at the post: cash on site, a person with a standing threat concern, or a venue requirement. A Class G armed license carries 4 hours of firearms requalification every year of the two-year cycle (FDACS Division of Licensing), and the higher rate reflects that. We will tell you when an unarmed post covers the same ground.
How far ahead should we book?
As soon as the date and the venue are set, because that is when post counts can still change the budget. Large convention dates and peak-season weekends fill first. Short-notice dates are taken as well, and dispatch is staffed 24 hours a day, every day, with the understanding that short notice sits high in the rate band.
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