America may be the land of opportunity, but companies searching for contract security services find their options limited today. In this era of security company consolidation, large European corporations have acquired many American-owned companies; as these American-owned companies have disappeared, so, too, has the American style of personal, customer-focused service for which they were known. Gone as well is that unique understanding of the American security market that only experienced American security professionals have. Impersonal service and "one-size-fits-all" solutions have become the norm, the only option.