Channellock

Channellock Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
FoundedEvansburg, Pennsylvania (present day Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania), United States (1886 (1886))
FounderGeorge B. DeArment
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
ProductsHand tools and automotive accessories
Number of employees
400
Websitewww.channellock.com auto.channellock.com

Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools and automotive accessories. It is best known for its pliers—the company manufactures more than 75 types and sizes of pliers—particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers. Its pliers have distinctive sky-blue handle grips; the company has been using the same trademarked shade of blue since 1956.

It also produces cutting pliers, linemen's pliers, long nose pliers, adjustable wrenches, screwdrivers, nutdrivers and special-purpose pliers, as well as multi-function tools for the fire service and other first responders. According to the company, as of 2021, all of its pliers were manufactured at one of its two facilities in Meadville, Pennsylvania. However, not all products sold by the company are produced in the United States; products such as screwdrivers and ratchet wrenches are produced in Canada, Taiwan, or China.

Channellock has started making automotive accessories including headache racks, bike racks, ladder rack systems, UTV racks, and sled decks under the name Channellock® Auto as of February 18, 2025.