About Us
Mobile Locksmith Team Gallery
Locally Owned and Operated
Serving Gainesville and North Central Florida with pride since 1979.
Your Neighborhood Locksmith Shop
Visit our full-service shop on Archer Road for key duplication, rekeys, safes, and more.
Real Locksmith Work, Every Day
From rekeys and repairs to access control and hardware installs — this is what we do.
Fully Equipped Mobile Vans
Our locksmiths come prepared with everything needed to handle the job on-site.
Our Staff
Our staff is made up of knowledgeable professionals — each with their own specialty and expertise. All of our staff members are qualified in general locksmithing, and they can meet all of your automotive, commercial, and residential locksmith needs.
Our History
Mobile Locksmith was founded by John H. Blackburn Sr. in 1968 in West Taghkanic, New York. At the time, it was called A Country Lock Shop. It was one man, one van. After moving to Gainesville, Florida, with his wife in 1979, John H. Blackburn Sr. reopened his business as Mobile Locksmith, earning a reputation as an honest and dependable choice for residents of Gainesville and the surrounding areas.
In 1983 and with the business growing, John H. Blackburn Sr. convinced his son John H. Blackburn II to not reenlist in the United States Marine Corps and to come to Gainesville and begin growing a family business: two men, one van.
Our company has grown significantly, opening a location on Archer Road, running as many as five dispatched units at a time, and showing Gainesville the value of hard work and years of experience.
Since the beginning, Mobile Locksmith has been about integrity, craftsmanship, and the old-fashioned notion of the American Dream.
Fast Facts
- Since 2001, we have been located at the fork of Archer Road and SW 16th Avenue.
- Our original shop was located in Archer Square at 3511 SW Archer Road (where Kohl’s is currently). It opened in 1986.
- Our shop contains over 90,000 key blanks! When Gainesville hardware stores can’t find the key you have, they usually send you our way.
- If you take your locks off your house yourself and bring them into our shop, you can save yourself a service call fee!
- If you bring your antique locks into the shop, we are often able to help find or make keys for them.
- If you buy a new lock from us, we rekey it to your existing key for free.
- We unlock over 1,000 cars per year.