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Commercial Locksmith Oxford Shops Offices and Landlords
Locks, lockouts, master key suites and exit hardware for Oxford shops, offices, workshops and rental portfolios, with an itemised invoice on every job and work booked around your trading hours.
Get a commercial locksmith quote
Tell us what you need and we will call you straight back. Calling is quickest: 07520 644 595. Photos by WhatsApp: 07466 695655
Shops, offices and HMOs
Single units on Cowley Road to multi-door offices and shared houses.
Master key suites
Designed from £195 so each key opens only the doors it should.
Before or after trading
Lock changes timed for early mornings, evenings or Sundays.
Invoice for your accounts
Itemised by door and part, ready for a landlord file or insurer.
Dave Oxford Locksmith is a commercial locksmith in Oxford for shops, offices, workshops, letting agents and landlords, with a 24 hour service from our North Oxford base and city arrivals usually within 10 to 30 minutes. Commercial lock changes start at £75 to £115 plus the lock, and an office or shop lockout costs £89 to £129.
We change locks when a key holder leaves, design master key systems, fit keypads to staff doors and repair fire exit hardware. Every visit ends with an itemised invoice. This page sits within our wider locksmith services across Oxford, and it focuses on premises where more than one person holds a key.
Which Oxford businesses use a commercial locksmith?
Most of our business work comes from four kinds of customer, and each one has a different priority. Knowing which one you are helps us quote the right job the first time.
Shops and cafes
High street units on Cornmarket, Cowley Road, Summertown and Headington usually run an aluminium shopfront with a hookbolt deadlock, plus a rear fire exit and sometimes a roller shutter. The worry is speed: you need to open tomorrow morning. See our guide on what to do if you lose your shop key.
Offices and studios
Small offices around Oxford Business Park, Botley Road and the city centre often have a mix of timber doors, a communal entrance and a server or stationery cupboard. Staff turnover is the main reason we are called.
Landlords and HMOs
Shared student and professional houses in East Oxford, Jericho and Headington need room locks, a front door that meets the tenancy agreement and quick changes between tenants.
Workshops and units
Industrial units at Osney Mead and on the edge of Kidlington and Bicester tend to have steel personnel doors, padlocked gates and shutters.
Changing locks when a key holder leaves
The most common commercial call we get is simple: someone has left the business and the key did not come back. Your insurer may expect the locks to be changed when keys are unaccounted for, so check your policy wording.
On most shop and office doors this means swapping a euro or oval cylinder, which takes around 20 to 40 minutes a door. Where a mortice sashlock or a rim nightlatch is fitted, we either replace the lock or, if it is in good condition, rekey the existing lock so old keys stop working without buying new hardware. A rekey costs £45 to £65 per lock.
If several doors are affected, it is usually cheaper to fit cylinders that all work from one key, or to use the change as the moment to set up a proper master key system. We will price both options so you can compare them on paper.
How a master key system works for a growing business
A master key system lets each person carry one key that opens only the doors they need, while a manager key opens everything. Our master key systems page goes into planning, key levels and costs in more depth. For a five door office, that might mean the cleaner opens the entrance and kitchen, staff open the entrance and their own room, and the director opens all five including the comms cupboard.
Survey
We walk the building, count doors and note the lock type on each one, including cupboards and gates.
Key plan
You tell us who needs access where. We draw up a chart showing each key level, so you can see it before anything is ordered.
Supply and fit
Cylinders are made to the chart and fitted in one visit where possible. Design is £195 to £395 plus £45 per lock.
Key register
You receive a key list by door and holder. Restricted profile cylinders can be specified so copies need your authorisation.
Master keyed cylinders can still be TS007 3 star or anti snap rated, so you do not have to trade security for convenience on the front door.
Keypads, access control and fire exits
Where too many keys are in circulation, a code lock on the staff entrance or stockroom is often the cleanest fix. Mechanical push button locks need no power and suit back offices and kitchens, while electronic keypads give you codes you can change when someone leaves. We fit and repair keypad door locks, with fitting at £145 to £195 plus the keypad.
Full electronic access control with fobs, magnetic locks and software is a different trade. We can advise on the door hardware side and tell you honestly when an access control installer is the better choice.
Any door on an escape route has to open from the inside without a key. If a keypad, lock or bolt would stop that, we will say so and suggest compliant fire exit door hardware instead. Panic bars and push pads are fitted from £225 to £345 plus hardware.
Office lockouts and break-in callouts
If you are locked out of a shop or office, we aim to open the door without damage first. Before we start, we check that you have authority to enter: a lease, a business card with ID, or a call to the owner or landlord is normally enough. This protects you as much as us.
After a break-in
Call the police first and get a crime reference. We can then make the door safe, change the cylinder and leave the premises lockable the same day. Make safe work costs £89 to £189 plus materials, and the itemised invoice can go straight to your insurer.
Damaged shopfront frames, dropped doors and worn floor springs are covered on our commercial door repair page.
Commercial locksmith work for Oxford landlords and agents
Landlords and letting agents use us for turnaround work between tenancies: cylinder changes on front and back doors, new bedroom locks in HMOs, replacing lost mailbox keys and fitting thumbturn locks where the licence or fire risk assessment asks for keyless escape from a room.
We can collect keys from an agent office, attend an empty property and post the new keys back, with photos of each lock fitted on request. For possession cases, read how we handle lock changes after a lawful eviction. Our article on locksmiths for landlords and letting agents covers the wider picture.
Fixed quotes, invoices and out of hours work
Send a WhatsApp photo of the door edge and the lock face to 07466 695655 and we can usually price the job before travelling. The figure we agree on the phone is the figure on the invoice, and if we find something unexpected, such as a seized lock case behind the cylinder, we stop and agree the extra with you first.
- Prices include VAT and labour, with parts listed line by line.
- Travel is free within 5 miles of central Oxford.
- Work can be booked before opening, after closing or at weekends.
- Lock repairs are no fix, no fee.
For the complete list of charges, see our Oxford locksmith prices.
Commercial locksmith prices in Oxford
Ranges include VAT and labour, parts are shown separately, and your exact figure is agreed before we set off.
| Service | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial lock change | £75 to £115 | Plus lock £40 to £150, per door |
| Office or shop lockout | £89 to £129 | Authority to enter checked first |
| Master key system | £195 to £395 design | Plus £45 per lock |
| Keypad lock fitting | £145 to £195 | Plus keypad £80 to £250 |
| Fire exit hardware | £225 to £345 | Plus hardware £150 to £450 |
| Shop shutter lock | £185 to £265 | Plus lock £85 to £200 |
| Lock rekey | £45 to £65 per lock | Old keys stop working |
| Break-in repair or make safe | £89 to £189 | Plus materials |
| Cabinet and drawer locks | £59 to £95 | Plus lock |
| Extra keys | £8 to £25 per key | Cut to your new cylinders |
Prices include VAT and labour. Parts are listed separately. See the full Oxford locksmith price list.
