Tattoo shops in Nashville

A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Nashville, TN has 10 tattoo shops mapped right now. All 10 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 Nashville (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Ink Gallery Tattoo and Victory Tattoo, plus Mozaic Ink. If a studio's missing from Nashville's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Nashville tattoo lineup

10 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Nashville

3 of the 10 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.

4 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.

Most of the tattoo shops in Nashville list a phone number. Use it — a quick call tells you more about a studio's vibe than any review.

The Nashville tattoo shop tour

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Ink Gallery Tattoo on 1019 Gallatin Pike South, Victory Tattoo, Mozaic Ink, Golden Yeti Art Collective, Ink Doctor Doodle on 109 Walton Ferry Road, Tova Artist at Ink DeVille on 328B East Trinity Lane, Sunrise Tattoo on 100 Taylor Street, and Hart & Huntington Tattoo Co. on 137 2nd Avenue North. That's 10 stops on the Nashville tattoo shop tour. 2 more are listed below.

Tattoo tips for Nashville

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

• Keep the bandage on as directed at Ink Gallery Tattoo. Second-skin or cling wrap timelines vary by artist. Follow theirs, not a forum's.
• Aftercare is half the tattoo at Victory Tattoo. Follow the artist's instructions, not your friend's. Keep it clean, keep it moisturised, keep it out of the sun.
• Ask about the deposit. Custom pieces usually need a deposit that comes off the final price. Ask how it works before you sit down, not after.
• Walk-ins mean flash, usually. If you want custom work, book ahead. Walk-in slots are for flash designs and small pieces.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Nashville — 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 Nashville can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 10, or a tattoo shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

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 10 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.