Group 4 (company)

Group 4
Company typePrivate
IndustrySecurity
Founded1968
Defunct2000
FateMerged with Falck
SuccessorG4S
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Jörgen Philip-Sörensen, (Chairman)

Group 4 was a security business operating primarily in the United Kingdom and latterly worldwide. The company was established in 1968, bringing together four British security businesses. It was involved in a series of controversies, including prisoner escapes, in the 1990s.