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Who We Are

American Lock & Key has been loyally serving the city of Richmond, Virginia and many surrounding areas for over 30 years. We have grown into a well-established and trustworthy full service Richmond locksmith organization that can help anyone with all locksmith needs from simply unlocking your vehicle, home, or business to supplying and servicing safes, commercial grade hardware, architectural hardware, and all of your automatic door needs.

Barry Wilson is the owner of American Lock & Key, a quality assured professional and reliable Richmond Locksmith company. We are a licensed locksmith company with the Department Of Criminal Justice DCJS # 11-3052. We are centrally located at 2110 Spencer Rd in Richmond Virginia 23230.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to ensure you feel secure at home, in your car, and at work. We look forward to helping you out in your time of need, our expert installers are licensed and professional – ready 24/7 for commercial, residential, safe, automatic door, and automotive work. We are confident we can help you with any service request you may have.

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Our Latest Locksmith Reviews

American Lock & Key

4.8

Based on 291 reviews

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I can't say enough how great this group is! My car key broke off in the ignition on Tuesday. When I called, the technician who answered the phone was very empathetic and helpful! Barry diligently worked to retrieve the broken half of my key from the ignition and removed it after 15-20 mins and cut me two new keys. I thought that I would have to buy a new ignition switch, but that wasn't the case and for that, I am very grateful! Thank you for everything!

Nisha J.

David G. is professional and considerate. My key was broken off in the ignition, David made it seems effortless to get it out and make a new key. He was very nice and considerate. I would recommend American Lock and Key for your business needs.

F Cosby

Actually just saved me over $100 by suggesting a trick that allowed me to unlock the door myself. Highly recommend this guy!

Calvin Washington

The service was great my tech went above and beyond to get my car straight will recommend anyone to come here

Quinton Owens

"Great service and fair pricing, excellent experience!"

Ronnie Jalloh

Atmosphere was amazing. I went to get a key replacement because I thought my key fob was done for but he was able to use my chip and recreate my key. I also bought a new key and it was even faster than the replacement. I was amazed at the fast and respectful service I received. A lot of smiles and laughs while still getting the job done. 10/10 Recommend

Sean’Asia Spradley

I’m not normally a reviewer, but David from American Lock and Key gets 6 out of 5 stars. A house key was stolen on a Saturday afternoon. He offered to rekey the house as soon as he finished a current job. He was timely, communicative, responsive, friendly, and efficient. The great weekend service was much appreciated.

Todd St

They are wonderful. Max is AWESOME!

SuperMom 4Sure

Call them! These people are absolutely amazing, knowledgeable and professional. They were able to fix in 2 hours something that Hyundai could not in years. Their prices are reasonable and the service and quality of work they provide, far surpasses anyone's expectations.

Naty Grd

We bought a place with an unusual, DIY-installed lock in the sliding glass door with only one key. Lowe’s and Ace didn’t have the blank, so we came to American. The friendly gentleman who helped us was initially stumped but took finding the blank as a challenge. He said there are 40,000 key types in North America, and they carried “several thousand” of the most common types. After looking through a thick book and on the computer for over 10 minutes, he finally found it: it was the blank to a 1962 Volvo/Jaguar! He then made 4 flawless keys in under 2 minutes. He said he bet they’d probably had that box for at least 30 years and probably had the only box in the state - I believe him! Great, friendly professional service - go see American for all of your lock and security needs!

Kelly McCleary

Our Professional Credentials & Affiliations

ALOA

American Lock & Key is an ALOA certified member # 21019. ALOA is the largest locksmith Association in the USA and all members have in-depth indepth background check and must be fully licensed to be members.

Dept. Of Criminal Justice

We are licensed with the Dept. Of Criminal Justice #11-3052.

NASTF

American Lock & Key is a member of the National Automotive Service Task Force. Members are highly trained and have access to all the resources necessary to service today's high tech vehicles.