The industries we work in
From education to mining and corrections, find out more about the industries that benefit everyday from Gallagher's integrated security, business efficiency and continuity solutions.
The Gallagher Security Story
Gallagher is a privately held company, proudly powering innovative technology solutions from New Zealand to the world.
As a family business, people are at the heart of what we do.
Front to back: Sir William Gallagher; an early iteration of the Gallagher electric fence; founder of Gallagher Group, Bill Gallagher Senior Our history
Our story began in Hamilton, New Zealand way back in 1938 with a horse named Joe.
When Joe took too much of a liking to using a car as a scratching post, his owner, Bill Gallagher Senior, started looking for a solution. He devised a cunning electrical circuit that delivered a harmless – but startling - shock whenever the horse rocked the vehicle. It quickly cured the problem and sparked the idea for the world’s first electric fence.
85 years later, we're still headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand with a team of 1300 people worldwide collaborating with our customers, our partners, and our communities to fulfil our purpose: to protect what matters most with our world-leading security solutions.
Building for today, designed for tomorrow
Today, Gallagher Security is a global leader in integrated technology solutions that unlock customer value through the power of our people and products. Our award-winning technology is trusted by government, defense, commercial, industrial, healthcare, transportation, mining, and educational organizations in 140 countries.
Our team designs and manufactures a comprehensive suite of security software and hardware - including integrated access control, intruder alarm, and perimeter solutions – all on site at our global headquarters. We’re painting the future of what’s possible. From making sure people go home safely to their families each night, to enabling organizations to be more efficient, productive, and profitable. Our intelligent technology can be scaled and customized to deliver tailored business outcomes across simple, enterprise, and high security sites.
Empowering over 20,000 security customers worldwide, Gallagher solutions are used to simplify life on campus within the education sector, keep staff and patients safe in healthcare, ensure the highest security requirements are met for government sites in the Five Eyes alliance, safeguard critical infrastructure within the utilities industry, and ensure uninterrupted movement for transport and logistics.
Security is just the beginning.
Global Security Leader
Trusted to protect sites in more than 140 countries, with over 20,000 customers worldwide
Government Approved Provider
Relentless Innovator
15% of annual revenue invested into Research and Development
Compliance and Certification
ISO 9001:2015 quality management
ISO 27001:2013 information security
SOC Type II accredited
Our values
Here at Gallagher, we live our values. They define how we interact with our people, our distributors, our customers, and the community. Our purpose is to protect what matters most, and our values help us do this.
Sustainability - Our Commitment
The journey toward a sustainable future is one that Gallagher Security is proud to be stepping toward, with purpose and intent, in every market and in every country, in which we do business.
We may not change the world overnight, but we believe that a concerted and consistent commitment to the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility will, over the longer term, deliver rewards and results that really do count.
