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A A Safe & Lock Co
712 Soquel Ave Santa Cruz, CA
831-423-5415
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| 2. |
A Plus Locksmith
5192 Dorcey Ln San Jose, CA
408-927-7729
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| 3. |
A-1 Locksmith Service
359 Beach Rd Burlingame, CA
650-594-0822
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23 ratings |
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| 4. |
A-A Lock & Alarm
1251 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA
650-326-9020
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92 ratings |
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| 5. |
A-Crane Locksmith
2671 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA
866-265-6257
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13 ratings |
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| 6. |
AAA Locksmiths
6743 Space #30 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA
925-828-5066
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13 ratings |
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| 7. |
ABC Locksmith
3410 18th St San Francisco, CA
415-864-1124
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10 ratings |
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| 8. |
AHM Security
2300 Stanwall Dr #B Concord, CA
925-887-5600
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15 ratings |
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| 9. |
Alameda Locksmith
2301 Encinal Ave Alameda, CA
510-521-5503
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17 ratings |
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| 10. |
All City Locksmith
161 Del Vale Ave San Francisco, CA
415-495-7217
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16 ratings |
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| 11. |
Allied Lock & Key
1122 Saratoga Ave San Jose, CA
408-554-8333
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47 ratings |
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| 12. |
Armor Locksmith
14 Locust Mill Valley, CA
415-388-1315
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32 ratings |
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| 13. |
Armor Locksmith
35 Washington Ave Point Richmond, CA
510-235-8013
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29 ratings |
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| 14. |
Art's & Security Locksmith
1742 2nd St Livermore, CA
925-443-5166
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30 ratings |
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| 15. |
Baker's Lock & Key Service
2951 Union Ave San Jose, CA
408-377-9210
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40 ratings |
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| 16. |
Bay Lock & Key
7311 Village Pkwy Dublin, CA
925-829-4050
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12 ratings |
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| 17. |
Bomac's Locksmith
1147 Alpine Rd #A Walnut Creek, CA
925-935-5071
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74 ratings |
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| 18. |
Brass Key Locksmith
220 Mount Hermon Rd #A Scotts Valley, CA
831-438-4904
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20 ratings |
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| 19. |
Centerville Locksmith
3516 Peralta Blvd Fremont, CA
510-793-0438
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24 ratings |
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| 20. |
Concord Locksmith
2228 Concord Blvd Concord, CA
925-689-1534
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11 ratings |
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| 21. |
Cousin's Locksmiths & Engraving
730 Bancroft Rd #D Walnut Creek, CA
925-938-8852
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10 ratings |
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| 22. |
Crown Lock & Safe
3615 Balboa St San Francisco, CA
415-221-9086
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65 ratings |
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| 23. |
Dad's Locksmith & Security
150 E Linda Mesa Ave Danville, CA
925-820-5747
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55 ratings |
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| 24. |
Daly City Locksmith & Security
6692 Mission St Daly City, CA
650-992-2451
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| 25. |
Dependable Lock & Hardware
1257 San Carlos Ave San Carlos, CA
650-595-5625
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| 26. |
Divisadero Lock & Hardware
1649 Divisadero St San Francisco, CA
415-673-5300
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11 ratings |
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| 27. |
Don's Key & Lock
3277 Mission St San Francisco, CA
415-826-8926
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31 ratings |
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| 28. |
Fairfield Safe & Lock
811 Missouri St Fairfield, CA
707-426-3000
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11 ratings |
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| 29. |
Foothill Locksmiths
595 E Lewelling Blvd Hayward, CA
510-278-2583
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70 ratings |
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| 30. |
Foster Brothers Security Systems
555 S Murphy Ave Sunnyvale, CA
408-736-4500
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64 ratings |
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| 31. |
Frank's Lock Shop
1931 W San Carlos St San Jose, CA
408-293-2230
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| 32. |
Glenview Key & Lock
4197 Park Blvd Oakland, CA
510-530-6141
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146 ratings |
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| 33. |
Hall's Safe Lock & Alarm Co
1724 Springs Rd Vallejo, CA
707-645-8890
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| 34. |
Kenville Locksmiths
1010 Center St Santa Cruz, CA
831-423-3252
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20 ratings |
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| 35. |
Key Factory
200 Serra Way #36 Milpitas, CA
408-263-3775
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11 ratings |
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| 36. |
Key Kraft
1585 Church St San Francisco, CA
415-285-0134
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11 ratings |
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| 37. |
Key Shack Locksmiths
1089 San Pablo Ave Albany, CA
510-524-8609
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81 ratings |
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| 38. |
Keylo Locksmith
973 Laurel St San Carlos, CA
650-591-1575
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36 ratings |
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| 39. |
Kwik Key Lock & Safe
1949 W El Camino Real #A Mountain View, CA
650-965-2997
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32 ratings |
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| 40. |
Lew's Peninsula Lock & Key
2215 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA
650-322-5397
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15 ratings |
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| 41. |
Lock World
2955 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA
415-221-4050
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19 ratings |
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| 42. |
Locksmith Central
3977 24th St San Francisco, CA
415-665-5398
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| 43. |
Marc's Lock & Key
15349 Los Gatos Blvd #C Los Gatos, CA
408-354-5020
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25 ratings |
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| 44. |
Metro Locksmiths
2045 Divisadero St San Francisco, CA
415-673-5050
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41 ratings |
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| 45. |
Millbrae Lock
311 El Camino Real Millbrae, CA
650-583-5698
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16 ratings |
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| 46. |
Mountain View Door Closer Key & Lock Service
171 Castro St Mountain View, CA
650-968-3323
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59 ratings |
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| 47. |
Novato Lock & Key
7395 Redwood Blvd Novato, CA
415-892-9111
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32 ratings |
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| 48. |
Orchard City Lock & Safe
2254 S Bascom Ave Campbell, CA
408-879-9840
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| 49. |
Pajaro Valley Lock Shop
1024 Freedom Blvd Watsonville, CA
831-722-6540
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13 ratings |
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Redwood Lock & Key
5625 State Farm Dr #2 Rohnert Park, CA
707-585-9505
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10 ratings |
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| 51. |
Reed Brothers Security
4432 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA
510-652-2477
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106 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Locksmiths Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Locksmiths.
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Totally great! I will use them again as needed........
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Subscriber from SAN LORENZO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
excellent shop and people.......
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Subscriber from HERCULES, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Very good service. They arrived on time and didnt charge for the initial assessment of..........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
These are super competent, master locksmiths. They really know their business. Every time I have..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
These folks know what there doing. I have building lock sets that are master keyed...........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Sarco is a true gentleman, does great work and has reasonable prices........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
VERY Good work, knowledgealbe.......
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
We had a guy named Will, who was very efficient and polite, although quiet --..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Very cooperative. Were will to install locks I purchased on-line instead of their more expensive..........
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Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
On time and tidy. Good at helping keep costs down........
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Keys always work and I have never had to return.......
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Very inexpensive........
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Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Staff very nice and helpful. Relatively inexpensive (compared to past experience with other locksmiths)........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Only one staff person lacks communication skills, the rest are great, work is always done..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Locksmith was very helpful in advising suggestions on how to keep the future costs down........
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Gave advice on least costly option to solve lock and door hardware problem even though..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
This place was great! Very friendly and thorough advice. I felt that I got a..........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Came right over, got us out of a fix opening a huge antique safe that..........
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Subscriber from PORTOLA VALLEY, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Considerable expertise........
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Subscriber from CUPERTINO, CA wrote about a local locksmith:
Felt it was a fair price for work done........
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