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Custom Driveway Gates, Built Heavy Right Here in Kalamazoo

Steel, aluminum, wrought iron, and wood gates designed for your property, fabricated in our own shop, and installed by our crew. Strong enough to protect your family. Good-looking enough to stop traffic.

Gate broken? We fix gates too, even ones we didn’t build →

Built in our Kalamazoo shop

Licensed & fully insured

1-year parts warranty

We fix gates we didn’t build

What can we help you with?

New gate

I want a custom gate

A driveway gate designed around your home, farm, or business. Swing, slide, or cantilever, with or without an automatic opener. Most custom projects land between $5,000 and $20,000.

Repair

My gate needs fixing

Stuck gate, dead opener, broken hinge, or remotes that quit? We repair all brands and styles within about an hour of Kalamazoo, even if we didn’t build it.

Gates for every property

Every gate is designed for your opening, your style, and how you’ll use it, then built with quality steel in our Southwest Michigan shop.

Custom arched steel driveway gate with cut-out address sign

Custom Driveway Gates

Arched, flat-top, monogram, privacy, and estate gates in steel, aluminum, iron, or wood.

Commercial gate opener repair near Kalamazoo

Gate & Opener Repair

Fast, honest repair for gates and openers we didn’t build, too.

Solar gate opener control box installed on a post

Openers & Access Control

LiftMaster and Ghost Controls openers, solar kits, keypads, intercoms, and cameras.

Commercial aluminum slide gate at a business parking lot

Commercial & Security

Slide and cantilever gates that secure lots, yards, and facilities.

Farm driveway gate with solar opener in rural Michigan

Farm & Ranch Gates

Heavy-duty gates for long drives, pastures, and equipment that won’t sag.

Black steel picket gate and fence installed at a home

Matching Fencing

Finish the look with fencing designed to match your new gate.

Plasma cutting a custom monogram for a driveway gate in the Great Lakes Gates shop
CAD drawing of a custom gate design
Why Great Lakes Gates

We don’t resell gates. We build them.

Most companies order a gate from a catalog and bolt it up. We draw yours in CAD, cut and weld it in our own Kalamazoo shop, and install it with our own crew. One team, start to finish, which means a better gate and a fairer price.

  • Truly custom: your initials, family name, address, ranch brand, or business logo cut right into the steel
  • Built heavy: quality steel frames and hardware sized for Michigan winters
  • Fair pricing: customers regularly tell us our quotes come in well below the big fence companies
  • Local and accountable: a Kalamazoo family business, licensed, insured, with a 1-year parts warranty
  • Full service: openers, solar, keypads, intercoms, cameras, and repairs down the road

Recent work

A few of the gates we’ve designed, built, and installed.

Custom arched black steel gate with cut-out family name and address sign
Custom steel ranch entrance gate with round logo emblem
Black arched steel driveway gate with G monogram in Kalamazoo, MI
White ornamental steel double driveway gate with custom decorative design
Wood plank driveway gate with steel frame installed in Michigan
Modern gray privacy slide gate with white railing at a Kalamazoo, MI home
White aluminum commercial slide gate securing a business parking lot
Double black steel swing gate on a wooded driveway
Black steel swing gate across a residential driveway

From idea to driveway in 4 steps

1

Free consult & quote

Tell us about your property and send a few photos. We’ll talk through style, size, material, and automation, and give you a clear price.

2

Custom design

We draw your gate to scale so you can see exactly what you’re getting, monogram and all, before any steel gets cut.

3

Built in our shop

Your gate is cut, welded, and finished in our Kalamazoo shop. No catalog, no middleman.

4

Installed & automated

Our crew sets the posts, hangs the gate, and wires the opener, keypad, or intercom. Then we show you how it all works.

Born and raised in Kalamazoo

A local builder who loves a good first impression

Great Lakes Gates was started in 2023 by a Kalamazoo native who has been building things his whole life. He married his high school sweetheart, and their two kids are in color guard and marching band right here in town.

He loves what a gate does for a home: you pull up, and the whole property looks finished, secure, and one of a kind. Since 2023 our team has built and installed dozens of gates across Michigan and the Midwest, and we treat every one like it’s going on our own driveway.

Great Lakes Gates welder fabricating a custom steel gate in the Kalamazoo shop

Where we work

Custom gate builds: anywhere within about 4 hours of Kalamazoo, including Grand Rapids, Lansing, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Holland, St. Joseph, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Toledo, Chicagoland, and Indianapolis. Bigger projects? We’ll travel.

Repairs and service: within about an hour of Kalamazoo.

Reviews

We’re a young company that lives on word of mouth. See what customers say on Google, and if we’ve built or fixed your gate, we’d be grateful for a review.

Common questions

Most of our custom gates run between $5,000 and $20,000 installed. Size, material, design detail (like monograms and cut-outs), and automation all affect the price. We’ll give you a clear quote after a quick conversation and a few photos. See our full cost guide.

Steel, aluminum, wrought iron, and wood, or a combination like a steel frame with wood infill. We’ll help you pick what fits your style, budget, and maintenance preference.

It depends on your driveway slope, how much room you have, and snow. Swing gates are classic, slide gates save space, and cantilever gates ride without a ground track, which is great in Michigan winters. We’ll recommend the best fit on your quote call.

Yes. We install LiftMaster and Ghost Controls openers, solar kits for properties without power, keypads, intercoms, remotes, cameras, and automatic exit sensors.

For new gate builds, yes. We regularly work within about 4 hours of Kalamazoo across Michigan and the Midwest. For repairs we stay within about an hour.

Yes. All parts carry a 1-year warranty, and we’re fully licensed and insured.

Let’s build the gate you’ve been picturing

Send us a few photos of your driveway and an idea of what you like. We’ll come back with a design direction and a straight price.

Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm · Kalamazoo, MI