G4S: The Outsourcing Monster by Numbers
G4S is one of the huge companies that governments love to outsource their public services to.
Numerous scandals and gaffes, such as overcharging on its electronic tagging contract in the UK, have not put many public authorities off from writing cheques for this outsourcing and security behemoth.
Here are some of the interesting numbers that define the Crawley-based global business.
620,000
The firm's total headcount, making it the largest employer on the London Stock Exchange.
125
The number of countries it operates in.
£3.2bn
G4S's total market value.
£7.3bn
Global turnover for 2012 alone.
£516m
Profit before interest, taxation and amortisation for the same year.
£88m
The cost of failing to meet London 2012 Olympics security staffing contract, after it had to pay money back to the UK government.
£108.9m
Repayment to the UK Ministry of Justice for overcharging taxpayers on the electronic tagging contract.
773
How many complaints G4S received in 2010 from the immigration detainees it was responsible for holding at its three detention centres. It was a rise of 240 on the year before. Only 130 were logged as fully or partially substantiated, said the BBC which revealed the figures.
£1.18m
The payoff for former chief executive Nick Buckles, who oversaw what he described as the "humiliating shambles" of the botched London 2012 security contract, when he quit the firm in May 2013.
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