Tattoo shops in Savannah

Thinking about ink in Savannah, Georgia? Start with the studios: 5 are mapped here. All 5 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.

This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Savannah (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Anonymous Tattoo and The Butcher, plus Stranded Tattoo Studios. If a studio's missing from Savannah's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Savannah tattoo lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Savannah

2 of the 5 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.

5 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 Savannah list a phone number. Use it — a quick call tells you more about a studio's vibe than any review.

The Savannah tattoo shop tour

The efficient Savannah tattoo shop tour strings these together: Anonymous Tattoo on 9 East Bay Street, The Butcher, Stranded Tattoo Studios on 131 Drayton Street, Ghost Town Tattoo on 35 Montgomery Street, and Coco Locos Body Art & Design on 110 Towne Center Drive — 5 stops, one logical order.

Tattoo tips for Savannah

A few things worth knowing before you work through Savannah's tattoo shops:

• Be honest about your pain tolerance at Anonymous Tattoo. Ribs, feet and inner arms hurt more. A good artist will tell you straight and plan breaks.
• Don't pick the scabs at The Butcher. Healing tattoos itch and flake. Picking pulls ink out with the scab and leaves patchy spots.
• Sun is the enemy of fresh ink. UV fades tattoos fast, especially new ones. Once healed, sunscreen on the tattoo becomes a lifelong habit.
• 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 Savannah — 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 Savannah can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 5, 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 5 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.