Tattoo shops in Jacksonville

A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Jacksonville, Florida has 9 tattoo shops mapped right now. All 9 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 Jacksonville (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include 8th Day Tattoo and Black Hive Tattoo, plus Spirit Vision Henna Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Jacksonville's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Jacksonville tattoo lineup

9 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Jacksonville

None of the 9 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Most tattoo studios work by appointment anyway, so call or message before dropping in.

The Jacksonville tattoo shop tour

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: 8th Day Tattoo, Black Hive Tattoo, Spirit Vision Henna Tattoo, Solid State Art Studio on 2330 Park Street, Old School Electric Tattoo on King Street, Inksmith & Rogers Tattoo Studio, Dark Side Tattoo, and Inksmith and Rogers on 9766 Old Saint Augustine Road. That's 9 stops on the Jacksonville tattoo shop tour. 1 more are listed below.

Tattoo tips for Jacksonville

Picking a studio in Jacksonville? A little homework pays off:

• Don't pick the scabs at 8th Day Tattoo. Healing tattoos itch and flake. Picking pulls ink out with the scab and leaves patchy spots.
• Sun is the enemy of fresh ink at Black Hive Tattoo. UV fades tattoos fast, especially new ones. Once healed, sunscreen on the tattoo becomes a lifelong habit.
• Ask about touch-ups. Most reputable shops offer free or cheap touch-ups within the first year. Ask about the policy up front.
• Don't drink the night before. Alcohol thins the blood and makes you bleed more, which pushes ink out. Arrive sober and hydrated.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Jacksonville — 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 Jacksonville can take a while to appear. The 9 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 9 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.