How We List and Rank Locksmiths

The short answer. Locksmith Listing is a free directory of 9,745 locksmith businesses across the United States. We are not a locksmith and we do not do locksmith work. Paid Premium listings show first and are tagged Premium. Every other listing is ordered by the same rules, and no one can pay to change them.

Who Runs This Site

Locksmith Listing is an independent directory that has been online since 2020. We list businesses, write free guides for customers and run free courses for the trade. When you call a business listed here, you are dealing with that business and not with us.

How Listings Are Ordered

City and category pages sort listings in this order.

1. Premium listings. These are paid. 3 businesses hold a Premium listing today, and each one carries a gold Premium tag.
2. Verified listings. The phone number we hold matches the one on the business's own live public profile. 7,424 of 9,745 listings are verified.
3. Original members. Businesses that have been listed since the directory launched. 4,540 listings carry this tag.
4. Review standing. A score that weighs the star rating against how many reviews stand behind it. A 5.0 from three reviews does not beat a 4.8 from four hundred. We use it only to sort and never show it.
5. Hours and address. A listing with published hours comes before one without, then a listing with a street address.
6. Name. Last of all, A to Z, so the order stays the same from one day to the next.

A listing lower down is not a bad business. It is one we have less proof about so far.

Does Anyone Pay to Rank?

Yes, in one place only. The Premium plan on the plans page puts a business at the top of its city and category pages, and the three Premium listings also appear on the homepage. That is the only paid placement. Verified tags, badges, review standing and the top rated picks on the homepage are not for sale.

What the Tags and Badges Mean

• Premium. A paid placement.
• Verified. The phone number matches the business's own live public profile.
• Original member. Listed since the directory launched.
• 24 Hour. The business's published hours say it is open 24 hours every day.
• Permanently closed. The business's own profile says it has closed.
• Safety Screened. An identity check. The phone matches the business's own claimed profile, the profile is not marked closed, and an address or website backs it up. It is not a license, insurance or background check.
• Top Rated. At least 4.6 stars from at least 25 public reviews, and in the top quarter of its own city.
• Elite Pro. Safety Screened and Top Rated, with at least 150 reviews and published hours.

Badges show only on listings whose owner has claimed the listing or holds a Premium placement. The full rules for each badge are on the awards page.

Where the Listings Come From

Many listings first appeared on the original Locksmith Listing directory, which ran from 2021 to early 2025. When that site went offline, we rebuilt it in August 2026 from archived copies of its pages, then checked each business against its own live public profile. Businesses that had closed were removed and duplicates were merged. We have since added more locksmiths found the same way.

The name, phone, address, hours, rating and review count on a listing come from the business's own public profile. Details about services, years in business or licenses come from the business's own website, and each one names the page it came from. We do not copy review text. To read reviews, follow the link on a listing to the place they were written.

Owners can claim a listing to correct it, add photos and answer questions, or ask us to take it down. A person checks every claim before it goes live.

How We Keep Call Centers Off

Some companies pose as local locksmiths. They run one website under many names, list addresses they do not work from, answer every call at one center and pass the job to whoever is nearby. The price you hear on the phone is rarely the price you pay. We take these off the directory.

We read each business's own website and compare it against every other listing. A listing comes off when its own site says it is a pay per call or referral service, or when one site and one set of phone numbers sit behind many unrelated names in different cities. A thin listing alone does not count, because plenty of honest one van shops have small footprints. Chains with named branches, such as franchises, stay.

The (866) number at the top of each page is our own line, and it connects you to a local locksmith. The number on a listing goes to that business. If you own a business we removed by mistake, use the contact page and we will look again.

What We Do Not Check

We do not check licenses, insurance or criminal records, and a listing is not a recommendation. Before you let anyone work on your locks, read how to check if a locksmith is licensed and get the total price in writing.

How to Report a Wrong Listing

If a phone number, address or business is wrong, call (866) 348-4652 or use the contact page. Tell us the business name, the city and what is wrong. If you own the business, the claim form lets you fix your own listing. A person checks every change before it goes live, and we can remove a listing that is wrong or closed.

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