Tattoo shops in Austin
A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Austin, TX has 26 tattoo shops mapped right now. All 26 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Austin (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include All Saints Tattoo and True Blue Tattoo, plus Kattitude Tattoo Studio. If a studio's missing from Austin's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Austin tattoo lineup
26 mapped within about 40 km:
All Saints Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.5 km from Austin
All Saints Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 514 East 6th Street. Also worth knowing about All Saints Tattoo: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
514 East 6th Street
Phone: +1 512-482-0602
True Blue Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.6 km from Austin
True Blue Tattoo — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about True Blue Tattoo: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +1-512-472-2783
Kattitude Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio1.0 km from Austin
Kattitude Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 500 San Marcos Street, Austin. Kattitude Tattoo Studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
500 San Marcos Street, Austin, 78702
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1 512 996 4667
Black Dagger Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.7 km from Austin
Black Dagger Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 1223 Rosewood Avenue.
1223 Rosewood Avenue, 78702
Electric 13
Tattoo studio1.8 km from Austin
Electric 13 — Tattoo studio on 1618 East 6th Street.
1618 East 6th Street
Southside Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.9 km from Austin
Southside Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
All Saints Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.9 km from Austin
All Saints Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Diablo Rojo Tattoos & Piercing
Tattoo studio2.7 km from Austin
Diablo Rojo Tattoos & Piercing is Tattoo studio on 2614 Guadalupe Street, Austin.
2614 Guadalupe Street, Austin, 78705
True Blue Tattoo
Tattoo studio4.8 km from Austin
True Blue Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Steel N Ink
Tattoo studio6.2 km from AustinRun by Jamie Randolph
Run by Jamie Randolph, Steel N Ink is Tattoo studio, found on 2901 S Capital Of Texas Hwy in Austin. Also worth knowing about Steel N Ink: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2901 S Capital Of Texas Hwy, Austin, 78746
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Phone: +1-512-243-7301
Red Stag Tatoo
Tattoo studio7.5 km from Austin
Red Stag Tatoo — Tattoo studio on 5312 Manchaca Road.
5312 Manchaca Road, 78745
Eight Ball Electric Tattoo
Tattoo studio8.6 km from Austin
Eight Ball Electric Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 2105 Justin Lane. Also worth knowing about Eight Ball Electric Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
2105 Justin Lane, 78757
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00
Noble Jackals Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio9.6 km from Austin
Noble Jackals Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 6800 West Gate Boulevard in Austin. Also worth knowing about Noble Jackals Tattoo Studio: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6800 West Gate Boulevard, Austin, 78745
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-19:00
Phone: +1-512-667-8723
Austin Tattoo Company
Tattoo studio10.7 km from Austin
Austin Tattoo Company — Tattoo studio.
All Saints Tattoo
Tattoo studio10.8 km from Austin
All Saints Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Fioroso Tattoo
Tattoo studio11.4 km from Austin
Fioroso Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 6203 North Capital of Texas Highway in Austin. Also worth knowing about Fioroso Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6203 North Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, 78731-1707
Hours: Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 10:00-22:00
Phone: +1-860-785-3495
Bluebonnet Tattoo
Tattoo studio12.0 km from Austin
Bluebonnet Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 3008 Davis Lane, Austin. Bluebonnet Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3008 Davis Lane, Austin, 78745
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-512-660-3025
Atomic Tattoo
Tattoo studio16.7 km from Austin
Atomic Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Forsaken Tattoos And Piercings
Tattoo studio18.9 km from Austin
Forsaken Tattoos And Piercings — Tattoo studio, found on 1200 West Howard Lane in Austin. Also worth knowing about Forsaken Tattoos And Piercings: the map lists its hours as Su-Mo 12:00-20:00; Tu-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1200 West Howard Lane, Austin, 78753
Hours: Su-Mo 12:00-20:00; Tu-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-24:00
Phone: +1-512-251-9900
Little Pricks Tattoo
Tattoo studio22.6 km from Austin
Little Pricks Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Good Times Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio27.5 km from Austin
Good Times Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 111 East Main Street in Round Rock.
111 East Main Street, Round Rock, 78664
Don't Tell Mama Tattoo
Tattoo studio29.5 km from Austin
Don't Tell Mama Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 401 East Whitestone Boulevard, Cedar Park.
401 East Whitestone Boulevard, Cedar Park, 78613
Golden Goat Tattoo Company
Tattoo studio29.8 km from Austin
Golden Goat Tattoo Company is Tattoo studio on 2021 North Mays Street, Round Rock. Golden Goat Tattoo Company also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2021 North Mays Street, Round Rock, 78664
Phone: +1-512-584-8782
American Gypsy Tattoo
Tattoo studio30.6 km from Austin
American Gypsy Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 18644 RM 1431, Jonestown. American Gypsy Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 14:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
18644 RM 1431, Jonestown, 78645
Hours: Tu-Sa 14:00-20:00
Phone: +1 512 761 3972
Paige's Parlor & Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio36.3 km from Austin
Paige's Parlor & Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 106 West Willis Street in Leander.
106 West Willis Street, Leander, 78641
Inspire Ink
Tattoo studio36.6 km from Austin
Inspire Ink — Tattoo studio, found on 11880 West Hero Way in Leander. Also worth knowing about Inspire Ink: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-21:00.
11880 West Hero Way, Leander, 78641
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-21:00
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Austin
9 of the 26 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
11 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Austin tattoo shop tour
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: All Saints Tattoo on 514 East 6th Street, True Blue Tattoo, Kattitude Tattoo Studio on 500 San Marcos Street, Black Dagger Tattoo on 1223 Rosewood Avenue, Electric 13 on 1618 East 6th Street, Southside Tattoo, All Saints Tattoo, and Diablo Rojo Tattoos & Piercing on 2614 Guadalupe Street. That's 26 stops on the Austin tattoo shop tour. 18 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Austin
Picking a studio in Austin? A little homework pays off:
- Small first tattoos are smart at All Saints Tattoo. Your first session teaches you how your skin takes ink and how you handle the pain. Start modest.
- Check the sterilisation setup at True Blue Tattoo. Single-use needles, sealed ink caps, gloves changed constantly. A good studio is happy to show you; a bad one gets defensive.
- Eat before your session. A real meal, not a granola bar. Long sessions on an empty stomach are how people faint.
- Don't haggle on price. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Austin — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Austin can take a while to appear. The 26 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 26 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Austin: 26 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.