The Brink's Company
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| Traded as | : BCO S&P 600 Component |
| Industry | Logistics, Security |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Founder | Perry Brink |
| Headquarters | 1801 Bayberry Court Richmond, VA 23226 |
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Number of locations
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650 branches and 7,800 vehicles in 150 countries |
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Key people
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Douglas A. Pertz (President & CEO) |
| Products | Armored transport, Safes |
| Revenue |
 US$3.942 billion (FY 2013)
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US$171.7 million (FY 2013)
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US$56.8 million (FY 2013)
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| Total assets |
US$2.498 billion (FY 2013)
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| Total equity |
 US$408 million (FY 2011)
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Number of employees
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134,000 (Dec 2011) |
| Website | www |
The Brink's Company is an American security and protection company headquartered outside of Richmond, Virginia, United States. Its core business is Brink’s Inc.; it spun off its Brink’s Home Security operations into a separate company (Broadview Security) in 2008. The Brink’s brand and reputation span around the globe. In 2013, its international network serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs approximately 70,000 people. Operations include approximately 1,100 facilities, and 13,300 vehicles. The company emerged from the Pittston Company and changed its name to the Brink’s Company in 2003.
Brink’s is popularly known for its bullet-resistant armored trucks which carry money and valuable goods (once used to transport the Hope Diamond from an auction to the buyer's home). Brink’s is a provider of security services to banks, retailers, governments, mints and jewelers. Founded in 1859 by Perry Brink of Chicago, Illinois, Brink’s business evolved from local armored transportation services to providing corporate financial logistics and international secure transportation.
In 1962, Brink's was acquired by Pittston, a coal company. Burlington Air Express was acquired in 1982. Brink's Home Security was started in 1983. Pittston sold off its coal assets in the 2000s and renamed the company Brink's. The home security unit was also spun off.
A significant portion of Brink's business is conducted internationally, with 82% of $3.9 billion in revenues earned outside the United States in 2013. The majority of Brink’s consolidated revenues in 2013 was earned in operations located in nine countries, each contributing in excess of $100 million of revenues. The 2013 revenues from these countries totaled $3.0 billion or 79% of consolidated revenues. These operations, in declining order of revenues, were the U.S., France, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, Colombia, Argentina and the Netherlands.
In January 2012, Brink's acquired Kheops, SAS, a provider of logistics software and related services in France, for approximately $17 million. This acquisition gave the company proprietary control of software used primarily in cash-in-transit and money processing operations in France.
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