VIZILOK

Employee size

2-10

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Brooklyn, NY

Founded

2012

Born from a Brooklyn founder’s experience with people knocking on an occupied restroom door, VIZILOK makes privacy locks and levers with clear occupancy indicators for public restrooms. Its patented ADA design is built for quick installation and high-traffic use, and the company says its locks have been installed in more than 120,000 restrooms across the United States. VIZILOK is a Brooklyn-based MWBE certified by New York City and New York State as a minority- and women-owned business enterprise.

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