List of Tattoo Shops in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 16,942 tattoo shops in the USA, one in every 3,770 US companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 1 firm employs 50 people or more. One in twenty-three tattoo shops is based in Portland, Las Vegas, Houston, Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Below you find the largest tattoo shops in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

16,942 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies16,9421 in3,770 US companiesCities3,542Largest cityPortland 164Sole traders8%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (81%)Email67%Phone97%Website85%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Eternal Tattoos INC.	USA	Brighton	7987 Lochlin Dr	Livingston	48116-8329	*****.com	1982	$2,232,085	40	Corporation	8	800477669
2	Atomic Tattoos, L.L.C.	USA	Largo	9041 Ulmerton Rd	Pinellas	33771-5312	*****.com	2001	$2,150,110	13	Corporation	22	L09000078464
3	Colombus INC	USA	Columbus	1419 Demorest Rd	Franklin	43228	*****.com	2006	$1,839,248	29		N/A	N/A
4	American Tattoo Society LLC	USA	Fayetteville	5439 Yadkin Rd Ste 118	Cumberland	28303-3159	*****.com	2017	$1,063,293	9	Corporation	N/A	1628115
5	Henna Industries LLC	USA	Mesa	65 S Sycamore	Maricopa	85202-1143	*****.com	2011	$1,055,525	2	Corporation	7	L17061167
6	Club Tattoo Hd, LLC	USA	Mesa	1839 S Alma School Rd Ste 230	Maricopa	85210-3026	*****.com	1995	$980,984	21	Corporation	N/A	L20350060
7	Kingpin Tattoo Supply, LLC	USA	St. Petersburg	9715 International Ct N	Pinellas	33716-4807	*****.com	2016	$955,581	25	Corporation	2	6040698
8	Villianarts, INC.	USA	Philadelphia	1631 Meadow St	Philadelphia	19124-3323	*****.com	2008	$935,537	10	Corporation	N/A	P19000088057
9	Hellcat Tattoo, INC.	USA	Franklin	129 Commons Dr	Macon	28734-4798	*****.com	2003	$844,756	10	Corporation	N/A	P03000121822
10	7 Shades Of Gray LLC	USA	Oak Park	438 S Ridgeland Ave	Cook	60302-4001	*****.site	2017	$830,624	7	Corporation	N/A	06552455
11	The Apollo Tattoo Studios INC	USA	Santa Monica	2625 Main St	Los Angeles	90405-4001	*****.com	2023	$745,661	4	Corporation	N/A	5682521
12	Mad Rabbit Tattoo, INC.	USA	Los Angeles	683 Imperial St Pmb 6	Los Angeles	90021-1320	*****.com	2018	$704,296	5	Corporation	N/A	4481939
13	Studio Thirteen INC	USA	Cocoa	100 Harrison St Ste 301-A	Brevard	32922-7936	*****.com	2016	$688,185	6	Corporation	N/A	P16000029314
14	Fusion Ink, LLC	USA	March Arb	14427 Meridian Pkwy Ste B	Ca	92518-3015	*****.com	2013	$658,573	6	Corporation	N/A	201301810035
15	Evolution Tattoo Gallery LLC	USA	San Antonio	7475 W Military Dr Ste 109	Bexar	78227-2969	*****.xyz	2019	$647,237	3	Corporation	N/A	0803299947
16	Inkless, LLC	USA	Lakewood	445 Union Blvd Ste 200	Jefferson	80228-1209	*****.com	2023	$641,872	1	Corporation	N/A	20231829854
17	Blk Cat Tattoo Company, LLC	USA	Odessa	2708 Golder Ave	Ector	79764-7318	*****.com	2017	$635,290	5	Corporation	N/A	0802510539
18	Urban Ink Society, LLC	USA	Raleigh	4441 Six Forks Rd Ste 106-241	Wake	27609-5729	*****.com	2017	$618,377	4	Corporation	N/A	1571184
19	Lost Galleries LLC	USA	New Port Richey	6123 State Road 54	Pasco	34653-6004	*****.com	2015	$608,566	4	Corporation	N/A	L15000121967
20	Ink Godz Tattoos LLC	USA	St. Petersburg	5208 66th St N	Pinellas	33709-3137	*****.com	2018	$604,841	2	Corporation	N/A	L18000035282
21	Bella Piercing LLC	USA	Gahanna	159 N High St	Franklin	43230-3028	*****.com	2019	$600,000	12	Corporation	N/A	4368039
22	Inkaholik Tattoos, INC.	USA	Miami	8367 Bird Rd	Miami-dade	33155-3353	*****.com	2007	$589,785	7	Corporation	3	P07000073667
23	Iron Age Studios INC.	USA	Saint Louis	6309 Delmar Blvd	St. Louis City	63130-4721	*****.com	1994	$587,680	7	Corporation	N/A	00394564
24	Ace's High Tattoo, INC.	USA	West Palm Beach	5946 Okeechobee Blvd	Palm Beach	33417-4324	*****.com	2005	$584,231	10	Corporation	5	P05000101370
25	Diablo Tattoo Company	USA	Austin	2310 S Lamar Blvd Ste 103	Travis	78704-5166	*****.com	2010	$574,574	1	Corporation	N/A	0801306854

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 16,924 US tattoo shops with a known headcount, 16,484 (97%) have one to four people, 395 have five to nine, 44 have ten to 49 and 1 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (13,524, 81%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1016,879 100%
Small 10 to 4944 0.3%
Medium 50 to 2491 <0.1%
Large 250+0 0.0%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

305

firms were entered in 2026.

How many tattoo shops are there in the USA?

Tattoo shops in the USA

16,942

21 October 2026

There are 16,942 tattoo shops in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 3,770 US companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (305 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 16,527 98%
Head offices: 165
Branch offices: 250

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 7299.

8,249 of the 16,942 are corporations and LLCs (49%); 1,287 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest tattoo shops in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Portland, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Atomic Tattoos - Tampa Bay is the largest tattoo shop in the USA by headcount. 1 firm employs 50 people or more; 1 employ 100 or more.

1Clearwater100 staff
2Brighton40 staff
3Columbus29 staff
4Fort Collins26 staff
5Mesa21 staff
6San Diego20 staff
7Kahului20 staff
8Abington20 staff
9Nashville19 staff
10Raleigh17 staff

By employee size · 16,924 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	16,484	97%
5-9	395	2%
10-19	38	0.2%
20-49	6	<0.1%
50-99	0	0%
100-199	1	<0.1%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 6 have 20 to 49; 1 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	13,524	81%
$100K-$500K	3,121	19%
$500K-$1M	31	0.2%
$1M-$5M	5	<0.1%

81% under $100,000; 5 between $1M and $5M; 0 above $5M.

Tattoo shops in Portland

Portland has 164 tattoo shops, <0.1% of all 247,947 Portland companies and 149% above the national share. Nearly all Portland firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 10 new firms were entered in 2026, 1 dates from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 162 · 99%
5-9: 2 · 1%
10-19: 0 · 0%
20-49: 0 · 0%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 8 · 5%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
Corporations and LLCs: 92 · 56%
Other or none: 64 · 39%

Of the US total: 1.0%
Of all Portland companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 2.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 10
Entered 2025: 6
Of USA's 2026 entries: 3.3%

Old

Before 1990: 1 · 0.6%
1990 or later: 163 · 99%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.6%

Reachable

Email: 102 · 62%
Phone: 153 · 93%
Website: 155 · 95%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 122 · 74%
$100K-$500K: 42 · 26%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 0 · 0%

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Where in the USA?

Portland has the most tattoo shops in the USA (164), ahead of Las Vegas (147), Houston (145), Brooklyn (142) and Los Angeles (142). Together the five hold one in twenty-three of them. Relative to their size, Portland, San Diego and Las Vegas have the most: 1.6 to 2.5 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

3,542 US cities have at least one tattoo shop; 345 have ten or more; 1,491 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Tattoo shops per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.03. Portland has 2.5 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,093 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	405	2%
Maricopa	313	2%
Orange	276	2%
Clark	220	1%
San Diego	212	1%
Jefferson	201	1%
Harris	199	1%
Ct	196	1%
Cook	193	1%
Miami-Dade	184	1%

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 119 agriculture companies for every tattoo shop in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Agriculture Companies	2,023,961	19%	94%
Architects	79,769	47%	81%
Farmers	26,221	71%	83%
Tattoo Shops	16,942	85%	97%
Animal Shelters	4,320	94%	75%
Animal Feed Suppliers	3,032	61%	50%

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in thirteen US tattoo shops work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Half are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders1,2878%
Partnerships1390.8%
Corporations and LLCs8,24949%
No form on record or other7,26743%

Single-site: 98%
Head offices: 165
Branches: 250

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 0 US tattoo shops from before 1900, 3 from before 1950 and 157 from before 1990.

1949
1. San Diego
1952
1. Philadelphia
1961
1. St. Petersburg
1962
1. Madison
1966
1. Cincinnati
1968
1. Providence

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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1990

157

US tattoo shops date from before 1990

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

305 tattoo shops were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 598 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

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1,0002023
8102024
5982025
3052026 so far

300 of this year's 305 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Grand Rapids5 staff
2Oklahoma City4 staff
3Colorado Springs2 staff
4Houston2 staff
5Charleston2 staff

How reachable are they?

Tattoo shops are easier to reach than the average US company: 97% list a phone number and 85% a website.

Email11,279 67%
Phone16,390 97%
Website14,413 85%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many tattoo shops are there in the USA?

There are 16,942 tattoo shops in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 3,770 US companies.

Which is the largest tattoo shop in the USA?

Atomic Tattoos - Tampa Bay in Clearwater, with 100 staff. By revenue Eternal Tattoos in Brighton leads with $2.2 million a year.

Which US city has the most tattoo shops?

Portland, with 164, ahead of Las Vegas (147), Houston (145), Brooklyn (142) and Los Angeles (142).

How many tattoo shops are there in Portland?

164, which is <0.1% of all 247,947 Portland companies and 149% above the national share.

How big is a typical tattoo shop?

Small. 97% of the 16,924 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US tattoo shops sole traders or companies?

One in thirteen (1,287) are sole traders, 0.8% are partnerships and 49% (8,249) are corporations and LLCs.

How many tattoo shops started in 2026?

305 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 598 in 2025. 300 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest tattoo shop in the USA?

Master Tattoo Art Studio in San Diego, 1949, followed by Eddie's Tattooing in Philadelphia (1952) and Kingpin in St. Petersburg (1961). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers tattoo shops?

Our platform filters them on SIC 7299 (miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 16,942 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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