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Tattoo Shops in Durham, NC

21 studios in and around Durham, North Carolina — call ahead even for walk-ins — a shop with five artists can still be booked solid on a Saturday, and piercing hours often differ from tattoo hours.

Bigblakes tattoo & piercing

2101 Holloway St, Durham, NC 27703-2215

Directions

Clarity Piercing PiercingAppointment only

313 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701-3215

+19192944479 [email protected] Website Directions

Dogstar Tattoo Co. Walk-ins welcomePiercing

730 9th St, Durham, NC 27705-4803

🕒 Daily 11am-7pm

+19192865443 [email protected] Website Directions

Dogstar Tattoo Company Walk-ins welcomePiercing

807 E Main St, Durham, NC 27701-3846

🕒 Daily 11am-7pm

+19196820000 [email protected] Website Directions

Easy Tiger Custom Tattoo Walk-ins welcome

4810 Hope Valley Rd, Durham, NC 27707-6631

🕒 Wed-Sat 1pm-7pm, Sun 12pm-5pm

+19196996774 [email protected] Website Directions

Electric Dreams Tattoo Studio

105 W NC Highway 54, Durham, NC 27713-6646

+19843647586 Directions

Gorilla Ink

2508 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707-4126

+19195195683 [email protected] Website Directions

Ink Well

3112 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704-3252

+19196828279 Directions

Inkwell tattoos

309 S Alston Ave, Durham, NC 27701-4214

+19196828279 Directions

Kings Avenue Tattoo NC

120 E Parrish St, Durham, NC 27701-0104

🕒 Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-5pm

+19847105464 [email protected] Website Directions

Mae Dragoni Custom designAppointment only

4728 NC-55, Durham, NC 27713-2255

[email protected] Website Directions

Sacred Mandala Studio

405 E Chapel Hill St, Durham, NC 27701-3367

+19197484638 [email protected] Directions

Smokahotas Essentials

1230 Avondale Dr, Durham, NC 27701-2357

+19196667386 [email protected] Directions

Tattoo Asylum PiercingCover-upsCard accepted

4422 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704-1963

🕒 Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

+19194795058 [email protected] Website Directions

The Studio Walk-ins welcome

2114 Angier Ave, Durham, NC 27703-4260

🕒 Wed-Sun 12pm-6pm

+19194301115 [email protected] Website Directions

Twin Suns Tattoo Walk-ins welcome

339 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701-3215

🕒 Daily 12pm-8pm

+19844398806 [email protected] Website Directions

Twisted Six's Tattoo Cafe

1603 Guess Rd, Durham, NC 27701-1129

+19192861602 Directions

Twisted Sixs Piercing

2610 W Carver St, Durham, NC 27705-2721

🕒 Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 11am-8pm, closed Wed, Sun 1pm onwards

+19192861602 [email protected] Website Directions

Walter's portraits and tattoos

912 Delray St, Durham, NC 27713-1240

+19199281265 [email protected] Directions

Welcome Tattoo Walk-ins welcome

316 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701-2204

🕒 Daily 11am-7pm

+19198088606 [email protected] Website Directions

Tip: weekday afternoons are the easiest time to get a walk-in seat — Friday and Saturday fill with appointments by noon. For custom work, message the artist a week ahead with reference images; a deposit of $50–100 that counts toward the final price is standard practice, not a red flag.

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