Baldinos Lock and Key Service, Inc. has provided quality products and services to our customers since 1961. Our focus is on the many new and exciting security products available today, backing them up with strong technical support and the quality service you deserve. With our friendly and knowledgeable staff to help guide you through the purchase and installation of a security package, you will have the assurance that the protection of your family or business is our most important objective.
Baldinos Lock and Key, Inc. was founded by Albert M. Baldino in 1961. What started as a hobby of interest, has expanded to employ over 100 highly trained employees, technicians and experts to service 18 lockshops, a locksmith wholesale supply distributorship and an Electronic Division.
In 1961, Mr. Baldino completed a correspondence course to sharpen his locksmith skills, with the objective of establishing his lifelong dream of owning and operating a business of his own. While continuing to work as an airline mechanic for United Airlines during the 4:00 p.m. to midnight shift, Baldinos Lock and Key Service, Inc began to blossom during the day. For two years from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., it truly was a family business, as Mr. Baldino, his wife, Doris, and sons Mark and Gary worked in a little shed under the backyard treehouse to establish the new lockshop.
As the business grew, Mr. Baldino left his position as airline mechanic to devote his full attention to the now burgeoning Baldinos Lock and Key, Inc.
Although the first commercial space for Baldinos was no wider than two double doors and 16 feet deep, business continued to grow rapidly.
A larger location was established in Springfield, Virginia, with another shop to follow in the newly opened Tyson's Corner Shopping Center. Baldinos was able to claim the distinction of being the first lockshop in the nation to locate in a shopping mall setting!
After graduating from college, both sons returned to the locksmith