Dan Fowler founded The Lock Shop in 1985 after being an apprentice for in Bloomington. 

Our shop was originally located next to our buddy Pete's in Morton until 1992, when we moved to Peoria.  We kept our Morton telephone number for our customers there.  We've also kept our pricing for our Morton customers as though we were still there.

In 1998 we opened our current location at 404 N Western Ave in Peoria .

Here at The Lock Shop we strive to keep up with the ever changing technology.  The automotive industry alone has changed so much since we opened our doors that some of our competitors don't even want to do auto work anymore.  For that reason, and the fact that a lot of our clients are automotive based, we've tooled up to continue making keys for cars, trucks and motorcycles.