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Name Number of ratings Checkbook's top rating () Firm's price index score What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"
for quality for price
1. AAA Alarm Systems
Niles, IL
847-966-5494 		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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2. ADT Security Services
111 Windsor Dr
Oak Brook, IL
630-572-1200 		485 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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3. Alarm Detection Systems
1111 Church Rd
Aurora, IL
630-844-6300 		66 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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4. Alert Protective Service
3833 N Cicero Ave
Chicago, IL
773-685-8383 		28 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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5. American Eagle Security
6844 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, IL
708-430-2626 		13 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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6. Broadview Security
All locations combined

800-725-3537 		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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7. Bulldog Security
1480 Old Deerfield Rd #22
Highland Park, IL
847-432-9900 		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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8. Centry Security
339 Egidi Dr
Wheeling, IL
847-410-0000 		26 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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9. D & I Electronics
24802 W Caton Farm Rd
Plainfield, IL
815-436-6003 		22 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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10. Fox Valley Security Systems
30 N Airlite St
Elgin, IL
847-931-7711 		16 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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11. Kesco Security
Evanston, IL
847-869-1954 		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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12. Keyth Technologies
1575 Oakwood Ave
Highland Park, IL
847-433-0000 		61 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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13. M & R Electronic Systems
408 W Campus Dr
Arlington Heights, IL
847-398-6240 		10 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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14. Maximum Security Systems
7340 15th St #3
Forest Park, IL
708-366-6663 		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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15. Monitronics International
All locations combined

800-447-9239 		18 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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16. Norshore Alarm
28085 N Ashley Cir #106
Libertyville, IL
847-367-7370 		15 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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17. Protection One
2505 S Finley Rd #240
Lombard, IL
800-438-4357 		24 ratings Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms.
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Home Security Firms in the Chicago Area
CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Home Security Firms Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Home Security Firms.

  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local security system installer: I think that it is Sentry Security - check spelling. Company has changed hands once..........
  • Subscriber from GLENVIEW, IL wrote about a local security system installer: I am a Security Consultant. I have worked with the Owner, George Laegeler, CML. His..........
  • Subscriber from WESTERN SPRINGS, IL wrote about a local security system installer: Good quality systems and installation work. Decent prices. Very helpful in trouble shooting a telephone..........
  • Subscriber from GLEN ELLYN, IL wrote about a local security system installer: Excellent work - hard to believe they are not already on the list........
  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local security system installer: Used company at my old house and had them install at new. Knowledgeable staff, great..........




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