About
About us
A private security company from Nice, dedicated to the protection of people.
The company
1831 PRÉTORIEN is a simplified joint stock company (SAS) registered in Nice. It has operated since July 2025.
Its field is close protection, together with the security consulting that prepares it.
1831 PRÉTORIEN was founded and is managed by former members of the French Foreign Legion. Its name recalls 1831, the year the Legion was created. The founders bring the Legion’s discipline, rigour and loyalty to every mission.
Our expertise is strongest in Europe and South America, and we can operate worldwide.
Our standards
- Leadership by former French Foreign Legion members
- Agents holding the professional card issued by the CNAPS
- Preparation and risk assessment before every mission
- Modern equipment and proactive planning
- Strict compliance with Book VI of the French Internal Security Code
Discretion
Discretion is part of the service. We never publish client names or images.
Mission details stay with the team that needs them. Our agents work quietly, so you can live and work as usual.
CNAPS licensing
In France, private security is regulated by the CNAPS, the Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité, under the Ministry of the Interior.
A company needs an operating authorisation. Each agent needs a professional card.
1831 PRÉTORIEN holds operating authorisation n° AUT-006-2124-09-09-20250998257.
This authorisation confers no public authority powers. Our agents are private security professionals. They are not police officers.
Learn more on the CNAPS website.
Legal information
- Company name
- 1831 PRÉTORIEN
- Legal form
- SAS (simplified joint stock company)
- Share capital
- 1 000 €
- Trade register
- RCS Nice 989 019 013
- SIREN
- 989 019 013
- SIRET
- 989 019 013 00014
- VAT number
- FR02989019013
- Activity code (NAF)
- 80.10Z, private security activities
- Registered office
- 19 avenue des Diables Bleus, 06300 Nice, France
- President
- Nilton Braga da Cunha
- Director of publication
- Nilton Braga da Cunha
- CNAPS operating authorisation
- AUT-006-2124-09-09-20250998257
- CNAPS decision
- n° AUT-S1-2025-09-09-A-00091013 of 25 September 2025
- Authorised activity
- Close protection (protection physique des personnes)
- Regulatory framework
- Book VI, French Internal Security Code
- Activity start
- 1 July 2025
Autorisation d’exercice CNAPS n° AUT-006-2124-09-09-20250998257
L’autorisation d’exercice délivrée par le CNAPS ne confère aucune prérogative de puissance publique à l’entreprise ou aux personnes qui en bénéficient.
The operating authorisation issued by the CNAPS confers no public authority powers on the company or on the persons who benefit from it.
Tell us where you will be.
Share your dates and your city. We reply personally and in confidence.
- Registered office19 avenue des Diables Bleus, 06300 Nice
- Emailcontact@pretorien.com