Key Cutting Services

Ace Hardware Key Services

Oak Brook, United States

Ace Hardware Key Services is the key cutting and locksmith services division of Ace Hardware Corporation, the largest hardware retail cooperative in the United States headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. Ace Hardware operates over 5,000 stores across all 50 states and globally, with most locations providing in-store key cutting services for house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, and basic automotive keys. Many Ace Hardware locations also offer transponder key programming, lock rekeying services, and stock major lock brands including Schlage, Kwikset, Master Lock, and Yale for residential and small commercial customers.

Canadian Tire Key Services

Toronto, Canada

Canadian Tire Key Services is the in-store key cutting and locksmith hardware division of Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX: CTC.A), one of Canadas largest retailers headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Canadian Tire operates over 500 stores across all Canadian provinces, with most locations providing in-store key cutting services for house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, and basic automotive keys. Stores stock major lock brands including Kwikset, Schlage, Weiser, Master Lock, and Yale, plus Canadian Tires private MotoMaster automotive keys, providing residential customers with key cutting, lock installation hardware, and security upgrades nationwide.

Doraville Locksmith

Toronto, Canada

Doraville Locksmith and Key Service is a Toronto-based independent key cutting and locksmith service serving the Greater Toronto Area with traditional and high-security key cutting expertise. The company specializes in standard residential keys, dimple keys, restricted Mul-T-Lock and Medeco keys, Abloy disc-detainer keys, mortice keys, vintage and antique keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, and commercial master key system duplicates. Doraville Locksmith employs registered keysmiths trained on Silca and Ilco professional cutting machines and provides on-site mobile key cutting service for commercial customers across the GTA who require duplicate keys for large facilities.

Home Hardware Stores

St. Jacobs, Canada

Home Hardware Stores Limited is one of Canadas largest home improvement retail cooperatives, founded in 1964 and headquartered in St. Jacobs, Ontario. The cooperative operates over 1,000 dealer-owned Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, and Home Furniture stores across all Canadian provinces, with most locations providing in-store key cutting services for house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, and select automotive keys. Home Hardware stores stock major lock brands including Kwikset, Schlage, Weiser, and Master Lock for residential customers seeking key cutting, lock rekeying, and security hardware in communities across Canada.

Kaba Ilco

Rocky Mount, United States

Kaba Ilco is the worlds largest manufacturer of key blanks, key cutting machines, and transponder keys, founded as Independent Lock Company in 1925 and now part of dormakaba Group. Headquartered in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the company manufactures over 30,000 different key blank styles supporting virtually every lock manufactured globally. Kaba Ilco supplies professional locksmiths, automotive locksmiths, hardware retailers, and self-service kiosk operators with key blanks, key cutting machines including the Futura series for automotive locksmiths, transponder programming equipment, and complete locksmith shop equipment.

Lowes Key Services

Mooresville, United States

Lowes Key Services is the in-store key cutting and locksmith hardware division of Lowes Companies (NYSE: LOW), the second-largest home improvement retailer in the United States headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina. Lowes operates over 1,700 stores across the US and Canada, with most locations providing in-store key cutting services through Minute Key kiosks and traditional employee-operated key cutting machines for house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, and basic automotive keys. Lowes stores stock major lock brands including Kwikset, Schlage, Defiant, and Yale for residential customers seeking lock installation and security upgrades.

Minute Key

Boulder, United States

Minute Key is the largest self-service key cutting kiosk operator in the United States, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The company operates over 4,500 fully automated Minute Key kiosks at major US retailers including Walmart, Lowes, Kroger, and Meijer, providing 24/7 self-service residential key duplication in approximately one minute per key. Minute Key offers house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, and select commercial keys with no employee assistance needed and 100% satisfaction guarantee. The company also operates the KeyMe app (acquired) for digital key storage and mobile locksmith dispatch.

Minute Key

Boulder, United States

Minute Key is the largest self-service key duplication company in the United States, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The company operates over 4,500 self-service key duplication kiosks at major US retailers including Walmart, Lowes, Kroger, Meijer, and 7-Eleven. Minute Key kiosks duplicate residential keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, gym locker keys, and select transponder car keys in approximately 30 seconds with no employee assistance required. The company is now a subsidiary of Hillman Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: HLMN) and uses patented robotic key cutting technology with payment by credit card or contactless options.

Mister Minit Canada

Toronto, Canada

Mister Minit Canada operates key cutting and shoe repair concessions in major Canadian shopping centres and Walmart Supercentres across Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta. The company provides while-you-wait key duplication for house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, cylinder keys, and select restricted high-security keys, plus engraving services for pet tags and personal items, watch battery replacement, watch strap replacement, and shoe repair services. Mister Minit Canada operates dozens of locations across major Canadian cities providing convenient mall-based key cutting services to consumers and small businesses.

Mr Minit UK

United Kingdom

Mr Minit UK is a British high street key cutting and shoe repair chain operating concessions in major retailers including Asda, Tesco, and Sainsburys supermarkets across the United Kingdom. Founded in Belgium in 1957 and now part of the Cobbler Concepts group, Mr Minit provides key cutting services including house keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, cylinder keys, and high-security restricted keys, plus engraving services, watch battery replacement, watch repairs, and shoe repairs. The company operates over 250 UK locations providing while-you-wait service typically completing key cutting in 5 minutes.

Replacement Keys UK

United Kingdom

Replacement Keys UK is one of the United Kingdoms leading online key replacement and cutting specialists, providing nationwide UK postal key cutting services. Customers post their original key or provide a key code, and Replacement Keys cuts and dispatches replacement keys for filing cabinets, lockers, garages, sheds, ignition keys, mailbox keys, padlocks, window locks, and bespoke restricted keys. The company stocks over 5,000 key blank types and serves residential, commercial, fleet, and educational customers across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland with typical 1-2 day turnaround and tracked Royal Mail delivery on all orders.

The Hillman Group

Cincinnati, United States

The Hillman Group (NASDAQ: HLMN) is the leading distributor of fasteners, key duplication, engraving, and personal protection products to retail markets in North America, founded in 1964 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company operates the in-store key duplication services at Home Depot, Lowes, Tractor Supply, Ace Hardware, and other major retailers across the United States and Canada, providing employee-assisted key duplication for house keys, padlock keys, transponder car keys, and specialty keys. Hillman acquired Minute Key and operates over 100,000 retail key duplication points combined.

Timpson Key Cutting

Manchester, United Kingdom

Timpson Key Cutting is the key cutting division of Timpson, the United Kingdoms largest high street locksmith, key cutting, shoe repair, and photo services chain founded in 1865. Operating over 2,000 locations across the UK including standalone shops, Timpson Locksmiths mobile vans, and supermarket concessions in Sainsburys and Morrisons stores, Timpson cuts house keys, mailbox keys, padlock keys, restricted keys, and basic automotive keys while customers wait. Stores also offer key engraving, key tags, and bespoke key cutting for unusual or older lock systems with same-day service at every UK location.

Timpson Key Cutting

Manchester, United Kingdom

Timpson Key Cutting is the United Kingdoms largest key cutting service operating across more than 2,000 Timpson stores and concessions in Sainsburys and Morrisons supermarkets nationwide. Established as part of the Timpson family business founded in 1865, the service provides key duplication for house keys, mortice keys, cylinder keys, padlock keys, mailbox keys, garage door keys, and high-security restricted keys. Timpson cuts keys typically while-you-wait in 5 minutes or less, offers car key duplication including transponder programming for many makes, and provides nationwide same-day service at thousands of UK locations.