Built for guard hours across sites and rate bands, with contract, site, and license references. Print it, fill it in by hand, or save it as a PDF — no sign-up required.
A blank, print-ready form with the security services job fields already laid out. Use your browser's print dialog and choose "Save as PDF" to keep a digital copy.
| Description | Qty | Unit | Rate | Amount |
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| Subtotal | |
| Discount | |
| Tax | |
| Deposit received | |
| Balance due |
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Every invoice needs the same commercial basics. What separates a security services invoice is the job detail that proves what was done — the part generic templates leave out.
In ServiceInvoicing these become a reusable schema, so they appear on every new invoice automatically.
Security companies usually bill guard services per guard-hour, with different rates for unarmed and armed officers and premiums for overtime, holidays, and short-notice requests. Contracts set weekly coverage hours and post orders. Mobile patrols are billed per patrol or monthly, alarm and video monitoring are monthly recurring fees, and event security is billed per officer-hour, often with a minimum shift.
Contract guard services are usually invoiced weekly, biweekly, or monthly in arrears based on hours worked, on net 15 or net 30. Event security often requires a deposit, and monitoring is billed monthly in advance.
Clients compare invoices with their own records of when a guard was on site. Reference timesheets or patrol logs.
List the holidays that carry premium rates in the contract and mark them on the invoice.
Note incident reports filed during the period so the client sees the work behind the hours.
Here is the same template filled in for a typical security services job, so you can see how the line items and job fields work together.
A printed template is fine for a one-off. For repeat customers, a free account saves your business details, client addresses, and security services job fields once — and tracks who has paid.
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Beyond the standard details — your business information, the client's details, a unique invoice number, dates, itemized lines, and the balance due — a security services invoice should carry the job detail your customers and any inspector or adjuster expect: service type, location type, coverage hours per week, contract start date, contract end date, armed guard. Recording those on the invoice itself keeps the paperwork with the job.
Security contracts fix rates, hours, and post orders for a term. Recording the contract period shows which terms apply to the hours billed and flags when a renewal or rate change takes effect.
Yes. Armed officers require extra licensing and insurance and cost more. Separate lines with their own rates show what the client is paying for and match how most contracts are written.
Guard and monitoring services are taxable in some states and exempt in others; equipment sales are usually taxed as goods. Keep guard hours, monitoring, and equipment on separate lines.
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