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Jim’s Lock & Safe is a family-owned locksmith and safe shop in western Kansas City, Kansas, which dates its founding to 1930 — making it, on its own account, the oldest locksmith business still operating in the metro. It works residential, commercial and automotive locks, sells and services safes, cuts keys, and installs master-key and electronic access-control systems from a shop at 2005 N 77th Street.

Description

Jim’s Lock & Safe is an independent locksmith shop on the far west side of Kansas City, Kansas, off Leavenworth Road in the 77th Street corridor. It presents itself as a family-owned business operating continuously since 1930 and serving the Kansas and Missouri sides of the metro, with a named service area covering Merriam, Edwardsville, Bonner Springs, Westwood, Roeland Park and Mission on the Kansas side.12

The shop covers the full conventional locksmith range rather than specialising: house lockouts and rekeying, commercial door hardware and master-key systems, car keys and transponder work, key duplication, and electronic access control. It also sells, moves, opens and services safes — the safe side of the trade being the reason for its SAVTA affiliation, which is a narrower and less common credential than the general ALOA locksmith membership.12

Jim Peters is identified as the owner, and has been described as working in the locksmith trade since 1983.3 How Peters connects to the 1930 founding — whether by family succession or by purchase of an older business and its name — is not established by any source located in this pass, and should not be assumed. “

Goods and services

  • Residential locksmith — lockouts, rekeying, lock repair and replacement12
  • Commercial locksmith — door hardware, master-key systems13
  • Automotive locksmith — car lockouts, keys13
  • Safes — sales, installation, service and opening12
  • Key duplication13
  • Electronic access control systems12
  • 24-hour emergency service13

History

The business dates itself to 1930 and describes itself as family-owned across that span.12 No newspaper account, historical-society record or corporate filing establishing the 1930 date was located in this pass, and the founder is not named anywhere the Compiler could find. A claim of 96 years of continuous operation is a significant one and is carried here as the business’s own assertion, not as verified fact. “

Jim Peters is the present owner and is described as having entered the locksmith trade in 1983.3 A separate Kansas City, Kansas business, Jim’s Locksmith, Inc. (BBB file opened 1993, business start date 1977, officers Mark and Sheila Harris), is a distinct entity with a confusingly similar name and should not be conflated with this one.4

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Jim’s Lock and Safe — official “About” page — asserts: founded 1930; family-owned; owner Jim Peters; address 2005 N 77th St., Kansas City, KS 66109; phone (913) 334-5467; hours Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. with 24/7 emergency service; residential, commercial and automotive locksmith work, safe sales and service, key duplication, access control; ALOA and SAVTA membership; service area including Merriam, Edwardsville, Bonner Springs, Westwood, Roeland Park and Mission, Kansas. (Fetched 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  2. Jim’s Lock and Safe — official home page — asserts: “Kansas City’s trusted locksmith and security specialists since 1930. Family-owned”; current address; the service list (residential, commercial, automotive, safes, key duplication, electronic access control). Confirms the site is live and maintained as of the 2026-08-14 fetch. Freshest evidence of current operation. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. Three Best Rated — Kansas City, KS locksmiths listing, Jim’s Lock and Safe Service, Inc — asserts: owner Jim Peters; in business since 1930; address 2005 North 77th Street, Kansas City, KS 66109; hours Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., closed weekends; car lockout, lock repair and replacement, key duplication, safe sales, master key systems; ALOA and SAVTA certification. This is a third-party directory, not press; it is the only non-first-party source located that names the owner. Also the source for Jim Peters having been in the locksmith industry since 1983. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  4. Better Business Bureau — business profile, Jim’s Locksmith, Inc., Kansas City, KS — asserts: a separate Kansas City, Kansas locksmith entity named Jim’s Locksmith, Inc., BBB file opened 1993-09-13, business start date 1977-01-01, officers Mark Harris (President) and Sheila Harris (Vice President). Cited here only to establish that this is a different business from Jim’s Lock & Safe Service, Inc. ↩

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On the record — ks.city/registry/jims-lock-and-safe · record updated 2026-08-14