aktiebolag 1 industry security headquarters malm sweden 1 area served europe south america products alarm services for business customers and consumers 2 website www.securitas direct.com securitas direct is a security company based in malm sweden and active in 12 countries in europe and south america . it was listed at nasdaq omx stockholm in 2006 when it was distributed to the shareholders of securitas ab . in 2008 the company was bought by esml intressenter ab and delisted . 1 2 3 in 2011 esml sells securitas direct to bain capital and hellman & friedman . verisure is the new name of securitas direct s consumer branch and the company name in chile brazil finland and peru . from 1 january 2014 it s also the company name in norway sweden belgium and the netherlands . in the remaining countries the company name is securitas direct but will eventually change to verisure . the swedish unit addressing the business segment holds the name securitas direct and will not change to verisure . in a judgment from april 2015 the district court of amsterdam the netherlands ruled that the direct canvassing doorstep selling directly to consumers with alarm systems and associated multiyear pac subscriptions one of the primary commercial practices of verisure securitas direct is unlawful towards consumers . 4 references edit a b c shareholders . securitas direct . 2008 10 28 . retrieved 2011 02 24 . a b our offer . securitas direct . 2008 05 09 . retrieved 2011 02 24 . annual report 2006 pdf . securitas . retrieved 2011 02 24 . http daskapital.nl 2015 06 rechtswinkel zet huisaanhuisbo.html this swedish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title securitas direct & oldid 701138989 categories companies based in malm security companiesswedish brandsswedish company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olsuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 22 january 2016 at 18 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view