Best locksmiths near Sydney

Best locksmiths near Sydney, ranked

1. 1Martin Place Locksmiths for 24-hour lockouts and master key systems

   24/7Mobile0.3 km from Sydney

   Martin Place Locksmiths has been trading for over fifteen years and runs its emergency lockout line day and night across the week. Response is advertised at 15 to 40 minutes for most of the city, with support vehicles on call. Its stock covers lock brands such as Lockwood, Legge, Dorma and Ezset, and the work spans deadlocks, knob sets, lever handles and cabinet locks. Commercial key jobs need the building's signatory to approve the cut first. One customer had a duplicate key made the same day.

2. 2Key Solution Locksmiths for fire door locks, fobs and car keys

   24/7MobileCar keys0.4 km from Sydney

   Key Solution Locksmiths works from a mobile van fitted with keypad programming gear, and its base is 0.4 km from the centre. Its service area reaches east as far as Randwick and Coogee, passing Banksmeadow on the way. Emergency call-outs are listed as open round the clock, Monday to Sunday, with after-hours phone answering. Car keys cut and programmed start at $22, and come with a 12-month warranty. Customers praise its handling of tricky jobs, such as a faulty fire door lock.

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   3Mister Minit Pavilion on George for house keys, spare car keys and remotes

   Car keys0.8 km from Sydney

   Mister Minit Pavilion on George is a kiosk inside Pavilion on George Plaza, in George Street, 0.8 km from the middle of the city. Shoppers can get house keys, spare car keys and specialty keys cut here, plus remotes and security padlocks. The kiosk trades on weekdays until 5:30pm, so plan a key copy for a weekday. Lock repairs, lockouts, safes and rekeying are not offered, and the same shop also mends shoes and watches. Phone ahead to confirm it can cut your type of key.

4. 4CBD Locksmiths for safes, vaults and fast 24/7 mobile calls

   24/7MobileLicensed0.3 km from Sydney

   From a base at Chifley Square, CBD Locksmiths sends its mobile van across the city and inner suburbs, 0.3 km from the centre. Vault and ATM safes are a specialty, and it installs SCEC approved locking systems alongside commercial lock work. The firm presents its round-the-clock mobile line as quick, with sales, service and installation offered at all hours. Clients praise clean, careful workmanship, and one had three pin locks put in at a home in a single visit. No licence number appears on its listing.

5. 5Hildebrandt Locksmith for spare keys and master key systems in Surry Hills

   24/7Licence publishedBased in Surry Hills1.8 km from Sydney

   Hildebrandt Locksmith, based on Elizabeth Street in Surry Hills, is 1.8 km from the centre and gives its licence as 407839570. Its counter handles spare keys and restricted unit keys, which are ordered through an online form. Office staff also set up master key systems for offices and buildings. Round-the-clock lockout and lock repair work is listed, while the office itself keeps weekday hours from 8am to 5pm. Visitors recall a spare key made within the hour and a short-notice appointment.

6. 6Bells Locksmiths for lockouts at night and emergency lock repairs

   24/7LicensedBased in Woolloomooloo1.2 km from Sydney

   Bells Locksmiths keeps a shop on William Street in Woolloomooloo, 1.2 km from the centre, and no mobile service is listed. Lockouts and emergency lock repairs are handled through the night, weekends and public holidays included. Rekeying after lost or stolen keys is a regular job, along with deadlocks, high-security cylinders and window locks. Master key systems and access cards are supplied. Feedback from recent months highlights fast night-time visits and being kept informed en route.

Compare locksmiths near Sydney

Hours, licence and distance from the centre sit side by side in the table below.

24/7* : listed as open 24 hours, but the business doesn't say 24/7 itself. Distance in a straight line from the middle of Sydney. Ratings show from 5 Google reviews.

How we picked locksmiths near Sydney

Nearly every firm listed sits in town, so proximity hardly moves the order. Customer comments count by volume, then round-the-clock or mobile service, a published licence, and a range of work covering lockouts, keys and safes. A key-cutting counter with no lockout service sits below a firm that attends them. Nothing outside what each listing states was weighed.