How listings are verified

To be listed, a locksmith must have all of these

• A real base in the area. A shop, a showroom or a home base in Lehigh or Northampton County, or a neighbouring town in the service area. Mobile-only businesses qualify; a mailbox or a virtual address does not.
• A phone number the business itself answers, with a 484, 610 or 215 area code tied to the business, not a forwarding number bought for advertising.
• A name that has been in use for years and appears consistently across their website, Google listing, BBB profile and any trade memberships.
• A public track record: a website or an established Google listing, reviews over several years, and no pattern of bait-and-switch complaints at the BBB or the Attorney General.
• Honest service claims. Pennsylvania does not license locksmiths, so a listing that claims a state license is checked and corrected before it goes up.

What is checked, and how

Each entry is built from the business’s own website first, then compared with its Google Business Profile, the BBB, the ALOA member locator and trade directories. Addresses are checked on a map and phone numbers are matched against the business’s own website. The date of the last check appears on each listing. Shops are told when they are listed and asked to confirm their details.

What is not a criterion

Price, advertising spend, whether the shop is friendly to the person running this site, whether it competes with him, and whether it links back here. Listings cannot be bought, and no shop is asked for anything in return.

Ordering and search

When you search a zip code or town, the site shows every listed shop whose published service area includes that county, ordered by straight-line distance from the shop’s base. The full list is alphabetical. There is no featured position.

Removal

A listing comes down if the business closes, moves out of the area, changes hands and stops answering, or if a documented pattern of the practices described in the scam guide emerges. The business is told why and can respond.

Getting listed

If you run a locksmith business that meets the criteria and is not here, send your details: legal name, base address, phone, website, how long you have operated and where you work. Expect a phone call.