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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. 5 Star Security
PO Box 99
Bluemont, VA
540-554-8415 		50 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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2. ABC Burglar Alarm Systems
1532 Pointer Ridge Pl #A
Bowie, MD
301-249-9200 		17 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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3. ADT Security Services
All locations combined

866-746-7238 		855 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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4. Alarm Associates
6666 Luster Dr
Highland, MD
301-854-0100 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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5. Allied Alarm Specialists
PO Box 6238
Alexandria, VA
703-329-8660 		70 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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6. Anti-Crime Lock & Alarm Co
15205 Bunchberry Ct
Gaithersburg, MD
301-279-0991 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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7. Astech Security
1616 Postal Rd
Chester, MD
410-643-3611 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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8. Broadview Security
All locations combined

800-725-3537 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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9. Burtel American Home Security
2655 Duke St
Alexandria, VA
703-461-8100 		44 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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10. Custom Security
13904 Wanegarden Dr
Germantown, MD
301-428-3298 		13 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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11. Dominion Security Systems
6705 Oak Dr
Alexandria, VA
703-765-2244 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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12. Fire Burglary Alarms Inc
12321 Wilkins Ave #A
Rockville, MD
301-231-0555 		50 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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13. Guardian Alarm
PO Box 509
Germantown, MD
301-972-1545 		16 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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14. Guardian Protection Services
8475 Helgerman Ct
Gaithersburg, MD
301-330-1399 		69 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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15. Guardian Protection Svc
174 Thorn Hill Rd
Warrendale, PA
412-788-2580 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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16. Hofheimer Security & Telephone Systems
Alexandria, VA
703-820-0808 		39 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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17. Homesafe Security Systems
1215 Greenwood Rd
Baltimore, MD
888-466-3723 		20 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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18. Interamerican Security
4817 Randolph Rd
Rockville, MD
301-770-7117 		173 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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19. Maximum Security
1702 Picadilly Rd
Crofton, MD
301-261-3600 		33 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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20. Monitronics International
All locations combined

800-447-9239 		10 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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21. N & D Security
4625 Old Dominion Dr #101
Arlington, VA
703-243-0499 		59 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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22. National Security
10410 Main St
Fairfax, VA
703-273-5555 		53 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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23. Petitbon Alarm
2125 Baldwin Ave #10-B
Crofton, MD
301-858-0820 		14 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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24. Police Patrol Security Systems
PO Box 1123
Dumfries, VA
703-441-2153 		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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25. Potomac Security Systems
9821 Kendale Rd
Potomac, MD
301-767-0039 		174 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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26. Protection One Alarm Monitoring
3921 Vero Rd #B
Baltimore, MD
410-247-7701 		15 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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27. Sentry Installation
15940 Derwood Rd
Rockville, MD
301-670-1008 		39 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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28. Splaine Security Systems
3829 Plyers Mill Rd
Kensington, MD
301-942-6262 		71 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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29. Ultra Guard
PO Box 5598
Derwood, MD
301-570-0700 		20 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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30. Vector Security
9800 Patuxent Woods Dr #B
Alexandria, VA
703-360-1900 		109 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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31. Vector Security
9800 Patuxent Woods Dr #B
Columbia, MD
800-688-0150 		217 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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32. Vintage Security
8220 Stayton Dr #A
Jessup, MD
301-596-7663 		38 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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33. Willingham Security
PO Box 7
Libertytown, MD
301-933-6755 		15 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local home security firms.
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Home Security Firms in the Washington DC 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 FAIRFAX, VA wrote about a local security system installer: I appreciated their install promptness following a break-in. I like that they stay on top..........
  • Subscriber from GERMANTOWN, MD wrote about a local security system installer: Very good service for reasonable cost........
  • Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote about a local security system installer: All Alarm is great and truly believes in good customer service at fair prices. I..........
  • Subscriber from GAINESVILLE, VA wrote about a local security system installer: This is a very responsive company........
  • Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote about a local security system installer: A really good local area company that we have been using for over 15 years...........
  • Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local security system installer: We switched from ADT to Brinks, afer the ADT rep came to us with a..........
  • Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local security system installer: Great guys and nice work. They wont try to sell you something you dont need........
  • Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local security system installer: Ditto to all of the rave reviews. The Sales rep was also the installer and..........
  • Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local security system installer: Solid.......
  • Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local security system installer: ASG already provided the security alarm for my husbands business, so we asked them for..........
  • Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about a local security system installer: Signed up with Broadview, now merged with ADT. Broadview rep did a great job of..........
  • Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote about a local security system installer: Great Company.......
  • Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local security system installer: We have had the system for five years, so comments are about service only. They..........




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