The market study behind this site checked the Portuguese and English results for the main terms and found nobody publishing a price. These come from public listings and cost pages instead, and each one is named underneath. They are a measuring stick, not an offer.
Typical range according to public listings and price pages — indication, not a quote. Sources: an OLX locksmith listing for Algés, the published Bricovitor call-out reference, Zaask's lock-replacement guide and Fixando's page for fitting locks and safes, all read in August 2026.
The spread on this trade is wide — the fitting figures alone run from €25 to €480 with an average around €162. Three things explain almost all of that gap, and none of them is the locksmith deciding how desperate you sound.
Slipping a latch, picking a cylinder and drilling one out are three different amounts of skill and time. The cheapest outcome is also the one that leaves your lock working, which is why it is worth asking what will be tried first.
Labour is fairly predictable; hardware is not. A basic cylinder and a snap-resistant one are a different line on the invoice, and on an old door the lock body may not exist off the shelf at all.
Nights, weekends and holidays carry a premium in this market, on top of the call-out that most independents charge for turning up. One published reference puts that call-out at €30; ask whether it comes off the bill if the work goes ahead.
The research flags overcharging as a real risk in this trade — a low number on the phone and a much larger one once the door is open. Ask these and that particular trick stops working.
Where these figures come from. The door-opening range reflects a public OLX listing for the Algés area, the call-out reference of €30 comes from a published Portuguese price page, the €60–250 for replacing a lock is Zaask's cost guide, and the fitting figures — average €162, spread €25–480 — are Fixando's page for installing locks and safes. All were read in August 2026 and all are labelled as estimates in the research behind this site, not as verified quotes.
Nothing on this page is an offer. Your price comes from the locksmith once they have seen the door.
Prices are not flat across the metro area. The Cascais and Estoril line runs at the top of the published ranges — bigger properties, better hardware, more travel between jobs. The outer south bank and the Sintra line sit lower on paper, but travel time comes back on for anybody crossing the river or the serra to reach you.
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No, and the distinction matters. They are ranges other people have reported paying, published so that you can recognise a number that is out of line. Your price comes from the locksmith after they have looked at the door.
Because the two things that decide the cost — the lock and the state of the door — are invisible from a phone call. What you can and should get is a firm range with the call-out included, plus a commitment that anything beyond it gets your approval first.
Cash on its own is normal in this trade. Cash instead of an invoice is not. Ask for a factura with your NIF regardless of how you pay; without it you have no guarantee, nothing for an insurer and no proof the business exists.
Ask what is excluded. A price well under the published ranges usually leaves out the call-out, the IVA, the cylinder itself, or all three. Compare what is included before you compare totals.
Often yes, and it can genuinely be cheaper. Two conditions: measure it properly, and accept that the guarantee on the part is then yours rather than the locksmith's. Say up front that you are supplying it, so the labour is priced accordingly.
It should not, and this is precisely why the numbers are on this page in the first place. Quote the range you read here when you ask for a price. It is remarkable how well a specific figure works as a conversation.
Ranges are only a sanity check. Send a picture of the actual lock and door and a locksmith can give you something you can decide on.
Describe the door and get a price from somebody who has looked at it. Free and without obligation.