Phoenix and the Valley, no charge to you
A Phoenix locksmith, with the full price before any work
Keys on the seat of a car baking in a July lot, the last key gone, or a house you closed on last week? We put you in touch with one independent lock business that covers your ZIP. It tells you its registered name and an all-in price before anyone picks up a tool.
- Search the company on the Corporation Commission's eCorp while you wait.
- Fixr's national bands: $50 to $175 to get into a house, $80 to $150 for a car. Price table
- We are paid by the lock business, never by you. Who we are
- Price on the phoneA single figure with the drive in it, given before the van leaves.
- A company to searchWith no state locksmith license, the eCorp registration is your check.
- Your ID gets checkedProof the house or car is yours comes before any door is opened.
- Drilling is a last resortOrdinary deadbolts and knob locks almost always pick open intact.
On the wrong side of the door?
Reach us first, then work through this list.
- A child or a dog in the car? Dial 911 before anything else, whatever the month. In a National Weather Service test, a shut car reached 94.3°F in just over 2 minutes. Firefighters handle that. Arizona's hot car law.
- Is it a rental? Across the Phoenix ZIPs we chart, 46% of households rent, and the leasing office or manager usually keeps a spare and an emergency number.
- Find shade, then get a number. Ask for the company name and one dollar figure that includes the drive. Between May and September, wait somewhere cool rather than on hot concrete.
Car keys locked inside? Check your auto policy and any motor club for roadside coverage. Car lockouts. Tight budget? Ways in that cost nothing.
Jobs we route
Locksmith services in Phoenix
Houses, vehicles, shops and offices. Each page explains the work and lists published price bands.
- Home and apartment lockoutsLocked out of the house or the apartment. Non-destructive entry first.
- Car lockoutsKeys locked in the car at a trailhead or in a July parking lot.
- Car locksmithOpening the car and making keys, done where it is parked.
- Car key replacementDown to zero keys. A new chip key or push-button fob, paired to the car.
- Key fob replacement and programmingA fob that died or went missing. Programming at the car.
- RekeyingOld keys stop working, the locks stay. The first job after a move.
- Lock changes and deadboltsWorn or sun-cooked hardware swapped out, and deadbolts where there are none.
- Keypads and smart locksCodes instead of keys, and what a west-facing door in August does to them.
- Key copiesSpares for the house and the mailbox, and chip keys for the car.
- Mailbox locksLost mailbox keys and cluster box locks, and who is responsible for them.
- Commercial locksShops, offices, master key systems and access changes after staff leave.
- Safe opening and repairLost combinations and dead keypads on home and office safes.
- After-hours lockoutsStuck outside after dark or on a holiday, and what to ask first.
- Locksmith pricesSurvey ranges for each common job, so you can judge a quote.
- Heat and lock troubleCoin cells that quit in June, keypads in full sun, bolts that drag in August.
Four Valley numbers
Why lock calls here look the way they do
37
days at 110°F or above per year at Sky Harbor (2016 to 2025 average), against 17 a year in 1995 to 2004; 2024 logged 70. That heat drains fob batteries and turns a locked car into an emergency (NOAA).
9,364
vehicle thefts reported to Phoenix police in 2023, close to 26 daily, 1.7 times the US rate. The 2025 figure was 5,932 (FBI).
46%
of households rent across our 41 Phoenix ZIP codes, and 31% arrived in 2020 or later, each leaving keys with someone else (Census ACS 2020-2024).
71%
drop in Phoenix burglaries from 2010 (15,626) to 2025 (4,525), though the per-resident rate is still 1.4 times the country's (FBI).
Figures are our own analysis of federal data, current to October 29, 2026. Check your ZIP or see how we built it.
The process
One request, one local locksmith business
- Tell us the problem. Reach us by phone or text or through the form. Give the ZIP, say what is locked, and say how soon.
- One Valley lock business gets in touch. You hear the company's registered name and a single dollar figure with the drive already counted.
- Yes or no is yours. Nothing starts until you agree, and a door price above the phone price is grounds to send them away.
Price bands
What lock work usually runs
The figures at right are national survey ranges. No one has measured a Valley average, and none of these is an offer. The business that takes your job owes you its own single figure up front.
For a lockout, that figure must cover the trip. A phone quote of $19 or $29 "to come out" is the fee alone, so ask what you will pay once the labor is added. The trick behind tiny quotes.
| Survey | Work | National price band |
|---|---|---|
| Fixr cost guide, 1/2025 | Getting back into a house | $50 to $175 |
| Fixr cost guide, 1/2025 | Opening a locked car | $80 to $150 |
| Fixr cost guide, 1/2025 | Rekeying | $70 to $160 per job Each added cylinder: roughly $20 to $30 |
| Fixr cost guide, 1/2025 | Replacing locks | $150 to $550 |
| Fixr cost guide, 1/2025 | Replacement car key | $70 to $250 |
| KBB, 7/2025 | Push-button smart key | $200 to $400 |
| Fixr cost guide, 1/2025 | Showing up: trip or service-call charge | $25 to $100 trip; $100 to $200 service call |
The license question
Arizona doesn't license locksmiths. Here is what you can check.
Arizona's licensed trades live in Title 32 of the Revised Statutes, a long list that runs from barbering to contracting with no locksmith chapter anywhere in it. The City of Phoenix has no local license either. So when a Valley ad promises a "licensed" lock tech, the license is usually an ROC contractor license, which covers building work and says nothing about opening your front door. Your phone call is the screening, and these five questions do most of it.
- What is the company's registered name? Then look it up on eCorp.
- What is the full price, labor and trip together?
- Will you check my ID, and can I see yours?
- Will you try picking before you drill?
- Will the itemized invoice carry the company name?
Guides
Read this before the van arrives
What Valley callers ask us most, from fair prices and scams to the license question, rentals, car theft and summer heat.
- What a locksmith costs in PhoenixPublished price ranges for the common jobs, and what moves the number.
- Does Arizona license locksmiths?No. What to check instead before anyone touches your lock.
- What proof a locksmith should ask forID, lease, registration: why a careful locksmith checks first.
- How to spot a locksmith scamThe low phone quote, the unmarked car and the lock that suddenly needs drilling.
- Is this locksmith quote fair?The trip fee and the labor, line by line.
- Can't afford a locksmith?Free ways back in, and when to call 911 instead.
- Child or pet locked in a hot carThat is a 911 call. What Arizona law lets a bystander do, and why minutes matter here.
- What Phoenix heat does to locks and fobsDead fob batteries, keypads in full sun and deadbolts that bind in August.
- Locked out of a Phoenix apartmentFour in ten Phoenix households rent. The landlord, the leasing office and when a locksmith makes sense.
- Rekey after you move inWho else has a key to your new place, and what to change first.
- Car stolen or keys takenPhoenix's car theft peak, and the key and lock work after a theft.
- Dealer or locksmith for a car key?Where a replacement key or fob costs less, and when only the dealer can do it.
Coverage
Phoenix and the Valley cities next door
Inside the city: the downtown core and Arcadia, west to Maryvale, south past South Mountain to Ahwatukee, north through Deer Valley to Desert Ridge. Outside it: Tempe, Mesa and Chandler on the east side, Scottsdale to the northeast, Glendale on the west.
- Downtown Phoenix85004, 85003
- Midtown and Uptown85012, 85013, 85014
- Garfield and the Capitol area85006, 85007
- Arcadia85018
- Biltmore and Camelback East85016
- North Phoenix and Desert Ridge85050, 85054, 85024, 85032
- Deer Valley and North Gateway85027, 85023, 85085, 85083
- Maryvale85031, 85033, 85035, 85037
- South Phoenix and South Mountain85040, 85041, 85042
- Ahwatukee85044, 85048, 85045
- MesaMesa city
- TempeTempe city
- ScottsdaleScottsdale city
- GlendaleGlendale city
- ChandlerChandler city
Questions people in Phoenix ask
How much does a locksmith cost in Arizona?
There is no Arizona price survey, so the national ones have to stand in: Fixr puts the average locksmith job at about $150, with most between $100 and $200 (January 2025). Fixr's ranges are $50 to $175 to get back into a house, $80 to $150 for a car and $70 to $160 for a rekey job. Across the Valley the drive is a big variable, since a van based in Ahwatukee has a long way to go to reach Deer Valley. Ask for a single number with the trip folded in.
What is the average call out fee for a locksmith?
Fixr's national range for a trip fee is $25 to $100. A service-call minimum runs $100 to $200. Nights and holidays bring an after-hours charge of $150 to $250 on top. Whatever the fee is, it belongs inside the phone quote. When someone says $19 or $29 and goes quiet, you have heard the trip charge, and the labor will show up at the door.
Why is a locksmith so expensive?
Most of the bill pays for getting someone to you, ready to work, at whatever hour you call. The lockout might take five minutes, but behind it is a stocked van, a drive across a metro that runs from Glendale to Mesa, and a phone answered after the shops close. Car keys add the part itself, a programmed chip or fob: Kelley Blue Book prices a push-to-start key at $200 to $400. A high quote deserves a second opinion. A suspiciously low phone quote is the bigger danger.
How much does a locksmith cost in Phoenix?
Phoenix has no published price list of its own, so we lean on national surveys. Fixr puts the average locksmith job at about $150, with most between $100 and $200 (January 2025). By Fixr's figures, a house lockout is $50 to $175, a car lockout $80 to $150 and a rekey $70 to $160 per job. Get the total on the phone, with the trip in it, before a van is on the road.
Are locksmiths licensed in Arizona?
No. Arizona has no state locksmith license. Title 32 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, which sets up every licensed profession from barbers to contractors, has no chapter for locksmiths, and Phoenix doesn't add one. The one state license that can touch lock work is a contractor license from the Registrar of Contractors: under A.R.S. 32-1121, a job of $1,000 or more in parts and labor, or one that needs a building permit, generally calls for a licensed contractor. A lockout or a rekey is nowhere near that. What you can check is the business itself: its name on the Arizona Corporation Commission's eCorp search, a written total before work, and an itemized invoice with that name on it.
Can a locksmith reprogram my key fob?
On most cars, yes. A mobile locksmith with the right programmer pairs a new fob or chip key at the curb, and can delete a lost one from the car's memory. Fixr's range for that programming is $50 to $200. Certain recent and luxury models remain dealer-only. Say the exact model and year on the call and you will hear whether they can do it before anyone sets out.
Back inside, and no surprise on the bill
You talk to a single Valley lock business and hear its price before it touches the lock.