2016
First van on shift
About Redline Lock & Key
Redline started in 2016 with one van parked in Logan Square and a phone that got answered at 3am. Today nine vans cover every neighborhood from Rogers Park to Beverly, and the phone still gets answered at 3am, by a dispatcher in our Milwaukee Avenue shop, not a call center.
Every tech is a Redline employee with an Illinois locksmith license, a background check, and a photo you receive by text before the van arrives. We quote flat prices on the phone and we open doors without wrecking locks: drilling is the last resort, not the first move.
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9
Vans citywide
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2,100+
Jobs logged in 2025
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100%
Techs licensed in IL
Job log
What Chicago says
LOG 01★★★★★
Dispatcher stayed on the line while I waited in the cold and the tech called out his ETA twice. Professional from ring one.
Robert T.Rogers Park, Chicago
LOG 02★★★★★
Our cafe got hit overnight. Redline had new commercial locks and reinforced plates on both doors before we opened at 7.
Elena M.Pilsen, Chicago
LOG 03★★★★★
Quoted $95 on the phone for a rekey, charged $95 at the door. Six locks, one key, done in an hour.
James W.Hyde Park, Chicago