State ranking · Tennessee
The 10 best tattoo shops in Tennessee
The best tattoo shops in Tennessee, 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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Idle Hands Tattoo Studio
5.0· 402 reviewsKnoxville, TN7419 Middlebrook Pike #105, Knoxville, TN 37909
Fine LineBlack & GreyAftercare ProductsWalk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCover-Up Tattoos - 02
Riverside Tattoo Co.
5.0· 393 reviewsKnoxville, TN224 N Central St, Knoxville, TN 37917
American TraditionalAftercare ProductsWalk-ins WelcomeCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline Booking - 03
me2tattoo
5.0· 253 reviewsMemphis, TN1626 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Minimalist / MicroTattoo Touch-UpsCover-Up TattoosCustom Tattoo Designs - 04
Argonaut Tattoo & Piercing Studio
5.0· 229 reviewsClarksville, TN1811 Memorial Dr, Clarksville, TN 37043
Realism / PortraitAftercare ProductsPiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline BookingBy Appointment Only - 05
Dark Raine Tattoo
4.9· 999 reviewsClarksville, TN1148 College St, Clarksville, TN 37040
Piercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs - 06
Archangel Custom Ink Tattoo & Piercing
4.9· 803 reviewsKnoxville, TN7212 Kingston Pike #107, Knoxville, TN 37919
Walk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs - 07
One Drop Ink Creative Suites
4.9· 747 reviewsNashville, TN1511 Jefferson St, Nashville, TN 37208
Walk-ins WelcomeCover-Up TattoosCustom Tattoo Designs - 08
Art & Honor Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio
4.9· 502 reviewsJackson, TN480 Wiley Parker Rd Suite 10, Jackson, TN 38305
Walk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs - 09
Roustabout Tattoo And Body Piercing
4.9· 479 reviewsCookeville, TN696 S Willow Ave #2, Cookeville, TN 38501
American TraditionalAftercare ProductsPiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline BookingBy Appointment Only - 10
Middle Tennessee Tattoo & Piercing
4.9· 387 reviewsMurfreesboro, TN121 Lasseter Dr, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Piercing ServicesBy Appointment Only
Method
How the best tattoo shops in Tennessee 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 Tennessee must have a city and state and at least 25 Google reviews; a shop with two listings at one address takes one slot. 64 shops in Tennessee 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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