Traditional tattoo shops · By style
Best American traditional tattoo shops, state by state.
236 verified shops across 41 states for American traditional tattooing. Bold lines, limited palettes and classic old-school flash. Florida has the most (33). Pick a state for its ranked list of American traditional tattoo shops, with ratings, cities and a link to every listing.
Heaviest hitters
States with the most American traditional tattoo shops
Where the American traditional tattoo shops run deepest — start here if you are traveling for a piece or relocating.
No. 01: Florida
33 shopsTraditional tattoo shops · FLBrowse FloridaNo. 02: Texas
16 shopsTraditional tattoo shops · TXBrowse TexasNo. 03: Georgia
13 shopsTraditional tattoo shops · GABrowse GeorgiaNo. 04: North Carolina
13 shopsTraditional tattoo shops · NCBrowse North CarolinaNo. 05: Colorado
11 shopsTraditional tattoo shops · COBrowse Colorado
By state
Every state with American traditional tattoo shops
Sorted alphabetically — like an index in the back of a book. States with fewer than 3 qualifying shops have no ranking page yet; they link to the style's listings for that state (marked “style page”) or to the state directory (marked “directory”) instead.
Method
How the best American traditional tattoo shops are ranked
Every state list orders its American traditional tattoo shops by a Bayesian-adjusted Google rating: each shop's rating is pulled toward the directory average in proportion to how few reviews back it, so a 5.0 from thirty reviews does not outrank a 4.9 from six hundred. Ties go to the shop with more reviews. A shop qualifies when it lists American traditional tattooing among its styles and has at least 25 Google reviews; one listing per street address. Nobody paid for a place and nothing is hand-picked. Read the full methodology.