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SimpliSafe to Join Everon Owner GTCR’s Security Holdings

GTCR’s deal for SimpliSafe is unpacked with analysis from Kirk MacDowell and Elizabeth Parks covering strategy, competitive responses and the shift toward add-on services and market adjacencies.

Elizabeth Parks, president of Parks Associates, frames the acquisition as validation of growth runway in residential security. “It’s notable that SimpliSafe has transitioned from one private equity owner to another, a clear signal that investors see more growth potential as the company broadens its reach,” she said. Parks’ firm tracks 8,000 U.S. internet households each quarter and reports adoption at multi-year highs:

  • 48% of U.S. households had a security solution in Q2 2025, up from 38% in July 2022.
  • Security system ownership rose from 31% (2022) to 34% (2025), while device-only adoption doubled from 7% to 14%.
  • 35% of households subscribed to a paid security service in 2025, up from 30% in 2022; device-tied paid services climbed from 5% to 9%.

SimpliSafe ranks third among self-installed system brands — behind Ring Alarm and ADT— and third among professional monitoring providers — behind ADT and Ring — according to Parks Associates’ research. She added that the “next wave” of growth will be driven by add-on services beyond traditional intrusion: in 2025, 61% of system owners expressed interest in fire and gas safety monitoring, 59% in vehicle monitoring, 57% in water-leak monitoring, with more than half citing interest in advanced video analytics and cloud storage.

Parks also noted adjacency opportunities GTCR may evaluate across its portfolio. With amenity technology entrenched in multifamily housing — and security systems offered by 39% of luxury and 24% of non-luxury property owners — SimpliSafe could eventually explore offerings tuned for that segment.

“Increasingly, the security system itself is becoming the hub that connects and controls other devices and the attached services in the home,” Parks said.

From the article, "SimpliSafe to Join Everon Owner GTCR’s Security Holdings" by Rodney Bosch

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