Home Depot Key Copy Prices and the Keys It Can Cut
A Home Depot key copy for a standard house key costs under $3 to about $4, going by shopper reports on Home Depot’s listing. At the key counter, the blank’s price includes the cutting.
Many stores also have a self-serve Minute Key kiosk for house, office and padlock keys. It takes cards or cash, gives no change, and refunds a copy that doesn’t work within 30 days.
Fobs and chip car keys are separate jobs. An InstaFob copy of an apartment fob costs $25 to $35, and chip car keys go through Minute Key’s car key service or a locksmith.
Key Copy Prices at Home Depot
Home Depot doesn’t publish key copy prices. On homedepot.com its key blanks are store-only items with no online price, so you see the number at the counter or on the kiosk screen.
At the counter, you pay for the blank and nothing else. Hillman, which makes the blanks Home Depot sells, said so in an answer on Home Depot’s listing for the #66 Kwikset blank: “The price of the key blank includes cutting.”
Shoppers on the same listing have put numbers to it. One paid under $3 for a typical deadbolt key in May 2023, and another wrote that October that copies had gone up to “very close to $4 per key.”
| Copy | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Standard house key | Under $3 to about $4 |
| Apartment or office fob | $25 to $35 |
| Car key kit with remote | $60 to $100 |
| Minute Key car key | Up to 50% below dealer |
The house key range comes from those 2023 shopper answers, so treat it as a ballpark rather than a quote. The fob range is InstaFob’s own, the kit range is from SlashGear’s September 2025 report, and the car key figure is Minute Key’s claim.
Minute Key Kiosk or the Key Counter
Home Depot gives you two ways to copy a key, and they work differently.
Self-Serve Kiosk
The Minute Key kiosk runs on its own. You put your key in, the machine identifies the type, and you choose a design and how many copies you want. Copies take a few minutes.
Minute Key accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, debit cards and cash. If a copy doesn’t work, its FAQ promises a full refund through the company’s customer service form within 30 days of purchase.
Minute Key’s kiosks take cash but don’t give change, according to the company’s FAQ. Pay by card, or have the exact amount in bills.
Key Counter Cutting
At the key counter, an associate cuts a Hillman blank on the store’s machine. That’s the route for keys the kiosk doesn’t list, such as cabinet keys and older metal car keys.
Homedepot.com lists Hillman blanks for Kwikset, Schlage and Titan locks, Master padlocks, National and Corbin cabinet locks, and some Ford and GM cars. There are colored and character keys too, from Mickey Mouse and Star Wars to NCAA teams.
For a plain house key, I’d try the counter first, since you pay only for the blank. The kiosk earns its spot on a busy weekend or late in the evening, when finding a free associate takes longer than the copy itself.
Keys Home Depot Can Copy
The kiosk handles the common house keys, and the counter covers the less common ones, as long as the store stocks the blank.
| Key | Where to copy it |
|---|---|
| Kwikset, Schlage or Weiser house key | Kiosk or counter |
| Master padlock key | Counter, some kiosks |
| Decorative or team design | Kiosk or counter |
| Cabinet key | Counter |
| Metal car key, no chip | Counter, if stocked |
| Chip car key or remote | Order at the kiosk |
| Apartment or gym fob | InstaFob station |
| Do Not Duplicate key | Refused at the kiosk |
Minute Key lists the kiosk’s keyways as Kwikset KW1 and KW10, Schlage SC1, Weiser WR3 and WR5 in some areas, plus Baldwin and Titan. Only some machines cut the Master Lock M1 padlock key.
Car Key Copies
Home Depot can cut some car keys, but programming a chip is a different service.
For an older car with a plain metal key, the counter may have the blank. Chip keys are harder, and SlashGear’s September 2025 look at Home Depot’s key service said the store is unlikely to help with transponder or smart keys, because copying them takes specialized equipment.
Home Depot does sell a B-111PT transponder blank for some GM vehicles, rated 4.6 stars from 189 reviews in a September 2025 copy of the listing. One reviewer wrote that programming it by the instructions worked fine.
Ordering a Spare at the Kiosk
Minute Key kiosks can order a spare for most cars, remotes included. Minute Key’s page for a Home Depot store in Atlanta lays out three paths, and two of them start at the kiosk, where you scan your working key and order the spare.
Search your year, make and model on Minute Key’s site first. If your car isn’t listed, the company doesn’t stock that key yet.
SlashGear also points to the car key kits Home Depot sells: an uncut key attached to a remote, for about $60 to $100. Many get poor reviews, and you cut and pair the key yourself. Keep the receipt, since most items fall under the 90-day window in Home Depot’s return policy.
Copying an Apartment or Gym Fob
Some Home Depot stores also copy RFID fobs with InstaFob, a Minute Key service that a store associate runs. An InstaFob copy costs $25 to $35 and takes one to two minutes.
InstaFob copies low-frequency fobs and cards, which it puts at roughly 90% of the market. Some high-frequency fobs can’t be copied, and an associate can test yours in under 30 seconds.
- Only the tap-to-enter function copies. Buttons on a fob don’t carry over.
- Car fobs aren’t supported. Those go through Minute Key’s car key service.
- Copies work off your original’s code. If the building deactivates the original, every copy stops working too.
InstaFob says its copies average a quarter of what property managers charge. I’d still read the lease first, as InstaFob itself advises, since a building that cancels your fob cancels the copy with it.
Do Not Duplicate and High-Security Keys
Minute Key’s kiosks refuse keys stamped Do Not Duplicate.
Its FAQ also answers no for school, high-security, public institution and other restricted keys, and says the machine is only for keys you’re authorized to copy.
At least one locksmith’s site claims Home Depot’s staff and machines will usually copy Do Not Duplicate keys. Minute Key’s own rules say otherwise for its kiosks. For a restricted or high-security key, go to a locksmith or to whoever manages the lock.
Finding a Kiosk and What to Bring
Key cutting is a standard service. In a June 2026 copy of Home Depot’s store locator data covering 10 stores in New York and New Jersey, all 10 listed key cutting.
Kiosks and fob stations vary more. As SlashGear noted, homedepot.com doesn’t make kiosks easy to find, but the Minute Key locator does. Enter a ZIP code, and each store shows whether it offers key copy, fob copy and car key copy.
Both the kiosk and the counter run on store hours. Many stores open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday with shorter Sundays, so check your store’s Home Depot hours before a late trip.
Bring the key itself. Hillman has told shoppers on Home Depot’s listing that you need the key to make a copy. If you’ve lost your only key, that’s a job for a locksmith or a new lock.
