A consumer research publication focused on one goal: giving US residents the data they need to hire a locksmith at a fair price.
Our research team contacts locksmiths as ordinary consumers, documenting every quoted price component. We verify licenses, cross-check market rates, and update our data twice yearly to reflect current pricing.
Every price figure, consumer tip, and regional data point on this site is produced through a defined research process.
We call locksmiths in each market as a real consumer requesting a specific service. We document the trip fee, labor rate, parts cost, and any surcharges quoted -- verbatim.
Every locksmith surveyed in a licensed state has their license number checked against the state's public licensing database. without proper credentials operators are excluded from our data.
We survey a minimum of 5 locksmiths per metro area -- including local owner-operators and national dispatch network affiliates -- to capture the full range of consumer pricing.
Readers submit their own locksmith experiences via our contact form. Validated experiences are incorporated into our regional and service-type data sets.
All data and consumer tips are reviewed for accuracy before publication. We cite the date of each data set so readers know when prices were last verified.
Price data is refreshed every 6 months. Significant market changes (post-pandemic labor costs, new state licensing requirements) trigger out-of-cycle updates.
Consumer experiences improve our research. If you have a locksmith pricing story -- good, bad, or ugly -- we want to hear it.
