Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked tattoo & piercing studio 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. The Body Bar and Live By The Sword sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body Bar | ▲5 | +19.7% |
| 2 | Live By The Sword | ▲3 | +15.7% |
| 3 | Blue Lotus Tattoo | ▲3 | +4.5% |
| 4 | Red Octopus Tattoos | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 5 | Lady Luck Tattoo and Body Piercing | ▲1 | -2.1% |
| 6 | Grade A Tattoos and Body Piercing | ▲1 | -3.9% |
| 7 | War Horse Ink | - | -4.2% |
| 8 | Ink Spot | ▼1 | -5.5% |
| 9 | Atmosphere Tattoo Gallery | ▲1 | -7.4% |
| 10 | Empire Tattoo | - | -9.3% |
| 11 | River City Tattoo | - | -9.4% |
| 12 | Sacred Art Tattoo | ▼1 | -10.1% |
| 13 | High Priestess Piercing & Tattoo | - | -10.3% |
| 14 | All American Tattoo | - | -10.5% |
| 15 | Planet Ink Tattoos | ▲1 | -11.1% |
- Red Octopus Tattoos
- Exposed Temptations Tattoo
- Finders Keepers Body Piercing
- Club Tattoo
- Whiskey River Tattoo
- Live By The Sword
- Rowan
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
4,404 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 29 of the 4,404 stores (0.7%); 3,897 of the 4,101 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Red Octopus Tattoos (3)
- Exposed Temptations Tattoo (1)
- Finders Keepers Body Piercing (2)
- Club Tattoo (5)
- Whiskey River Tattoo (1)
- Live By The Sword (3)
- Rowan (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ink Spot 8
- 2 High Priestess Piercing & Tattoo 6
- 3 River City Tattoo 5
- 4 American Tattoo Society 5
- 5 The Body Bar 5
- 6 Evolved Body Art 5
- 7 Club Tattoo 5
- 8 Lady Luck Tattoo and Body Piercing 4
- 9 War Horse Ink 4
- 10 Empire Tattoo 4
- 11 Atomic Tattoos 4
- 12 Sacred Art Tattoo 4
- 13 Planet Ink Tattoos 4
- 14 Revolution Ink 4
- 15 All American Tattoo 4
- 16 Triple Crown 4
- 17 Tattoo Paradise 3
- 18 Blue Lotus Tattoo 3
- 19 Grade A Tattoos and Body Piercing 3
- 20 Atmosphere Tattoo Gallery 3
- 21 City of Ink 3
- 22 Tattoo Charlie's 3
- 23 Red Octopus Tattoos 3
- 24 Live By The Sword 3
- 25 Ink Couture Tattoos 3
- 26 Next Generation Tattoo 2
- 27 Mothers Tattoo 2
- 28 A Vita Tattoo 2
- 29 One Love Tattoos 2
- 30 The Piercing Bar 2
- 31 Victory Tattoo 2
- 32 Piercing Perfections 2
- 33 Gamma Piercing 2
- 34 High Desert Ink 2
- 35 Alley Cat Tattoo 2
- 36 Shaman Modifications 2
- 37 Classic 13 Tattoo 2
- 38 Sinners Tattoo Studio 2
- 39 Icon Tattoo 2
- 40 Village Tattoo 2
- 41 Fine Ink Studios 2
- 42 Certified Tattoo Studios 2
- 43 Revolt Tattoos 2
- 44 Nashville Ink 2
- 45 Artisan Body Piercing and Tattoo 2
- 46 Exotic Impressions 2
- 47 Finders Keepers Body Piercing 2
- 48 Red Octopus Tattooing 2
- 49 Born This Way Body Arts 2
- 50 Blue Horseshoe Tattoo 2
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