The Lock Doctor

Business Description

Specialties: Specializing in: - Locks & Locksmiths - Safes & Vaults - Keys - Bank Equipment & Supplies Established in 1992. The Lock Doctor Corporation was formed on Oct 1, 1993 by the merging of two independent locksmith companies. The one company, Valle Vista Hardware, was started by Bob Turner in the spring of 1978. After a few years of business, the hardware store started a mobil locksmith service. The retail and mobil service began to grow. The other company, The Lock Doctor, was started by Rick Carlson in January of 1990. Rick established his business in a small room next to a local barber shop. In 1990 Bob sold the hardware business and started a mobil locksmith service called Summit Lock & Key. Rick and Bob were both feeling the need to expand past thier one person operations. They needed either employees or a partnership. On October 1, 1993 Bob & Rick merged their two operations into one business, The Lock Doctor, Inc.