Commercial Locksmith across greater Los Angeles, Ventura County & the Bay Area.

This page is the overview of our commercial locksmith work: what it covers, how a call runs, the hardware involved and what sets the price.

Commercial Locksmith work covers storefront and office lockouts, Grade 1 hardware, master key and restricted key systems, exit devices, door closers and access control.

We dispatch across greater Los Angeles, Ventura County, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area; see the city pages for local detail. The dispatch line at (888) 492-0666 is answered around the clock.

• Entry hardware and lockouts: Office Lockout, Commercial Lock Installation, Storefront Lock Repair & Replacement, Mortise Lock Installation & Repair and Door Closer Installation & Repair. Storefront deadlatches and hookbolts, Grade 1 levers, mortise bodies and the closers that keep doors latching.
• Key control: Master Key Systems, Restricted Key & IC Core Systems and High-Security Commercial Locks. Who opens which doors, and who is able to copy a key.
• Electronic access: Access Control Systems, Keyless Entry Systems and Magnetic Lock & Electric Strike Installation. Keypads, card and fob readers, mobile credentials, electric strikes and maglocks.
• Egress and life safety: Panic Bar / Exit Device Installation. Exit devices on required egress doors, installed with listed hardware.
• Cabinets and safes: File Cabinet Locks and Safe Installation & Repair. Desk, file and cabinet locks, plus safe opening, servicing and anchoring.
• By property type: Restaurant Locksmith Service, Retail & Storefront Locksmith and Property Management Locksmith. The same hardware, organized around how restaurants, retailers and managed buildings actually operate.

Each of these has its own page with what is included, what to have ready and the questions people ask about that job.

1. Call (888) 492-0666 with the business name, address and suite. Say what is failing or what you want changed, and how many doors are involved.
2. The dispatcher confirms who is authorizing the work. The business owner, a manager on record or the property manager; tenants in leased space may need the landlord's permission for exterior doors.
3. The technician assesses the door, frame and hardware. That includes whether a door is a required exit, fire-rated or on an alarm or access-control circuit.
4. You get a written quote, per door where it is multi-door work. Nothing is drilled, swapped or wired before you approve it.
5. The work is installed and tested from both sides. Exit devices are checked for free egress, closers for full latch, and key systems against a keying chart.
6. You receive the receipt and any key-control records. For master key or restricted systems that includes the chart of which keys open which doors.

Commercial doors are built around duty cycle, code requirements and key control rather than looks.

• Grade 1 cylindrical and mortise levers for office and storefront doors.
• Storefront hardware: aluminum-door deadlatches, hookbolts and pivots of the Adams Rite type.
• Exit devices (panic bars) and fire-rated hardware on required egress doors.
• Door closers, which decide whether a door actually latches behind people.
• Electric strikes, maglocks and electrified levers tied to keypads, readers or an access-control panel.
• Interchangeable cores (SFIC and LFIC) and restricted keyways so a lost key can be swapped out in minutes and keys cannot be copied without authorization.
• Brands you will commonly see include Schlage, Sargent, Yale, Von Duprin, Adams Rite, Best, Medeco, LCN and Norton.

Here is what moves the price up or down.

• Number of doors and openings: multi-door work is quoted per door and brings the per-door figure down.
• Hardware grade and listing: Grade 1 levers, fire-rated exit devices and storefront hardware cost more than light-duty parts.
• Key control: restricted keyways and interchangeable cores add per-cylinder cost in exchange for control over who copies keys.
• Electrified hardware: electric strikes, maglocks and readers involve power, wiring and sometimes your alarm or IT vendor.
• Time of day: after-hours work is confirmed on the phone before a technician is sent.

Once the dispatcher knows the lock, door or vehicle, they can give you a range on the phone. The technician confirms a written quote before any work starts, and if you decide not to proceed at that point, you say so then.

Payment is by Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and you receive an itemized receipt listing what was done.

We dispatch across greater Los Angeles, Ventura County, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area; see the city pages for local detail. For commercial locksmith work, the city pages list ZIP codes, nearby communities and any local access notes.

Greater Los Angeles includes the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, the South Bay, the San Gabriel Valley, the Gateway Cities, the Santa Clarita Valley and the Antelope Valley. Ventura County includes the Conejo Valley and the coastal cities. In the Bay Area we cover Silicon Valley, the Peninsula and the southern East Bay.

For commercial locksmith work, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.

One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.