State ranking · Alabama
The 10 best tattoo shops in Alabama
The best tattoo shops in Alabama, ordered by an adjusted Google rating that weighs review counts: shops with 25+ reviews, one listing per address, nobody paid for a place. How the ranking works.
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Saint & Sinners Tattoo Studio
5.0· 767 reviewsAuburn, AL1642 S College St, Auburn, AL 36830
Fine LineJapanese / IrezumiBlack & GreyWalk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs - 02
Til Death Do Us Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio
5.0· 370 reviewsFlorence, AL4190 Cloverdale Rd, Florence, AL 35633
Walk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCover-Up TattoosCustom Tattoo Designs - 03
Old Familiar Tattoo Company
5.0· 333 reviewsMobile, AL6 S Conception St, Mobile, AL 36602
Walk-ins WelcomeCustom Tattoo Designs - 04
Next Tatt2 Birmingham
5.0· 314 reviewsBirmingham, AL130 41st St S #103, Birmingham, AL 35222
American TraditionalRealism / PortraitPiercing ServicesCover-Up TattoosCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline Booking - 05
Art-I-Facts Tattoo Gallery
4.9· 2,000 reviewsHuntsville, AL4820 University Dr NW Suite 34, Huntsville, AL 35816
Aftercare ProductsPiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline BookingBy Appointment Only - 06
Nostalgia Ink Tattoo
5.0· 197 reviewsFoley, AL8097 AL-59, Foley, AL 36535
Japanese / IrezumiBlack & GreyRealism / PortraitPiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs - 07
The Empire Tattoo Company
4.9· 666 reviewsFoley, AL3800 S McKenzie St #4, Foley, AL 36535
Fine LineJapanese / IrezumiBlack & GreyRealism / PortraitWalk-ins WelcomePiercing Services - 08
Black Sheep Custom Tattoos and Piercings
4.9· 354 reviewsFoley, AL103 W Berry Ave, Foley, AL 36535
Black & GreyWalk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline Booking - 09
Gypsy Muse Tattoo
4.9· 255 reviewsSheffield, AL3928 N Jackson Hwy, Sheffield, AL 35660
Piercing Services - 10
Symbolic Ink Tattoo Studio
4.8· 858 reviewsFoley, AL7857 AL-59, Foley, AL 36535
Fine LinePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs
Method
How the best tattoo shops in Alabama are ranked
Shops are ordered by a Bayesian-adjusted rating: (n × rating + 348 × 4.79) ÷ (n + 348), where n is the shop's Google review count, 348 is the median review count across the directory and 4.79 is the directory-wide mean rating. Only shops with at least 25 reviews qualify; ties go to the shop with more reviews.
In practice, each shop's Google rating is pulled toward the directory average in proportion to how few reviews back it, so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.9 from several hundred. To be listed, a tattoo shop in Alabama must have a city and state and at least 25 Google reviews; a shop with two listings at one address takes one slot. 37 shops in Alabama meet those rules; the top 10 appear here. Ratings shown are raw Google ratings and the score only sets the order. Nobody paid for a place and nothing is hand-picked. The list cannot tell you about artist skill, hygiene or price — visit the shop, look at healed work and ask. Full methodology.
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