Trends · data through August 2026

Tanning Salons in the United States

Iceflower tracks 683 stores from 273 tanning salons chains in the United States. Island Sun Tanning grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tropical Tan and Desert Sun Tanning Salons.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
273
Tracked stores
683
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked tanning salons chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Island Sun Tanning and Tropical Tan sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I Island Sun Tanning ▲2 +17.3%
2 T Tropical Tan ▲2 +14.4%
3 D Desert Sun Tanning Salons logo Desert Sun Tanning Salons ▲3 +14.1%
4 J J2 Tanning ▲3 +13.2%
5 L L.A. Tan logo L.A. Tan ▲1 +11.3%
6 T Total Tan ▲1 +11.2%
7 S Sunsational Tan logo Sunsational Tan ▲2 +3.3%
8 S South Beach Tanning Company logo South Beach Tanning Company ▼1 +2.8%
9 T Tan Republic logo Tan Republic ▼1 +2.6%
10 P Palm Beach Tan logo Palm Beach Tan - +2.3%
11 T TNT Tanning - -2.2%
12 A A Total Tan ▼1 -4.5%
13 B Beaches Tanning Center logo Beaches Tanning Center ▼1 -7.5%
14 S Sun Tan City logo Sun Tan City - -8.0%
15 S Sunkissed Tanning - -9.6%
  • Palm Beach Tan
  • Sun Tan City
  • L.A. Tan
  • A Total Tan
  • Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon
  • Garrett Tan
  • Hollywood Tans
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

683 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Palm Beach Tan (161)
  • Sun Tan City (126)
  • L.A. Tan (23)
  • A Total Tan (6)
  • Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon (11)
  • Garrett Tan (1)
  • Hollywood Tans (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Palm Beach Tan logo Palm Beach Tan 161
  • 2 S Sun Tan City logo Sun Tan City 126
  • 3 L L.A. Tan logo L.A. Tan 23
  • 4 B Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon logo Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon 11
  • 5 S South Beach Tanning Company logo South Beach Tanning Company 8
  • 6 G Glo Tanning logo Glo Tanning 8
  • 7 A A Total Tan 6
  • 8 H Hollywood Tans logo Hollywood Tans 6
  • 9 T Tropical Tan 6
  • 10 B Beaches Tanning Center logo Beaches Tanning Center 6
  • 11 C Chili Pepper's Tanning logo Chili Pepper's Tanning 6
  • 12 I Island Sun Tanning 6
  • 13 T Tan Republic logo Tan Republic 4
  • 14 J J2 Tanning 4
  • 15 A Avaas Spa and Tan 4
  • 16 S Sunkissed Tanning 3
  • 17 S Slick Rock Tanning & Spa 3
  • 18 I iTan 3
  • 19 T Total Tan 3
  • 20 C California Sun logo California Sun 3
  • 21 T TNT Tanning 3
  • 22 S Sunsational Tan logo Sunsational Tan 3
  • 23 T The Beach Shack 3
  • 24 S Sun Spot Tanning Salon 3
  • 25 D Desert Sun Tanning Salons logo Desert Sun Tanning Salons 3
  • 26 P Planet Tan 2
  • 27 C Club Tan Salon 2
  • 28 A Anytime Tan 2
  • 29 E Extreme Tan 2
  • 30 T Totally Tan 2
  • 31 I Island Heat Tanning 2
  • 32 S Sun Room Tanning 2
  • 33 F Fierce Tanning 2
  • 34 T Tropical Sunsations 2
  • 35 S Southern Glow 2
  • 36 U Unlimited Tan 2
  • 37 S Safari Beach Tan 2
  • 38 S Sapphire Tans 2
  • 39 P Premiere Tan 2
  • 40 T Tanlines 2
  • 41 M Midnite Sun 2
  • 42 T Tan Pro logo Tan Pro 2
  • 43 T Tic Tac Nails 2
  • 44 Z Zoom Tan logo Zoom Tan 2
  • 45 H Healthy Tans 2
  • 46 B Beach Fever 1
  • 47 T Tanning Hut 1
  • 48 G Golden Glow 1
  • 49 T The Blush & Glow Studio 1
  • 50 T The Beach Tanning Co. 1

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