WA-based electronic surveillance provider Intelligent Monitoring Group to acquire Western Advance

Intelligent Monitoring Group (IMG), an ASX-listed WA-based provider of monitored security and IoT solutions, has announced its intent to acquire Western Advance Pty Ltd, a provider of security services in WA.

IMG has agreed to pay $4.5 million for the company, funded from operational cash flows, with the acquisition expected to be immediately earnings accretive.

Western Advance describes itself as specialists in electronic security, surveillance and threat detection solutions, and has solutions for industries ranging from oil and gas and airports and ports through to commercial and building security, healthcare and critical infrastructure.

IMG is made up of direct business ADT Australia and New Zealand (‘ADT’); industry partnerships-focused business Signature Security Group (‘Signature’); and wholesale business Intelligent Monitoring Solutions (‘IMS’).

"Western Advance will join the Intelligent Monitoring Group, working alongside ADT within their commercial security vertical, continuing the delivery of specialist electronic security to the Oil and Gas sector, adding this important side of commercial security delivery to their services,” Western Advance MD Michael Pugh told techpartner.news.

"Western Advance will continue to provide the service, quality and products we have become known for, with the security and support of Australian security leaders, Intelligent Monitoring Group." 

IMG has also been contacted by techpartner.news for comment.

Another M&A-related announcement included in the company’s preliminary FY25 results was IMG’s plan to consolidate its ownership of Mammoth Security Pty Ltd by acquiring the remaining shares from Adeva vendors.

As a result, the Signature arm of the business will launch its ‘Signature Partner Program’ in late August, designed for wholesale customers to access IMG's resources and scale their video monitoring solutions.

In FY25, IMG saw revenue increase 43.6% to $174.8m, gross margin increase 9.7% to $51.3m and Adjusted EBITDA increase 19.3% to $38.3m.

The company said that among its highlights for 2025 were four strategic acquisitions in the commercial security space, along with a reformulation of its operating structure to set the business up to capture the “incredible growth opportunity” that it sees driven by the application of AI video systems to security.

“With the hard work of restructuring and refinancing completed, and with the team and operating structure we now have in place, I am very excited about the future for our business," said Peter Kennan, chairman of IMG.