Piercing Shops in San Francisco, CA

12 of the 92 tattoo shops we list in San Francisco have an in-house piercer offering body piercing. Google Maps can confirm a business does tattoos, but it has no field for whether a licensed piercer is on staff for body piercing — that detail lives on the shop's own booking page or service menu, not in map data. Every shop tagged here has piercing confirmed straight from its website, not guessed from a name like 'Ink & Steel.'

13 Bats Tattoo and Piercing Studio Piercing

1043 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110-2451

+14158156669 Directions

Babypiercing.com Piercing

595 Buckingham Way, San Francisco, CA 94132-1909

+14157309394 Website Directions

Body Jewlz Stonestown Piercing

3251 20th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132-1900

+14155645004 Website Directions

Body Manipulations Walk-ins welcomePiercing

2455 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107-3110

+14156210408 Website Directions

Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Walk-ins welcomePiercingCustom design

293 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA 94133-1105

🕒 Mon-Thu 10-9pm, Fri-Sun 10-10pm

+16289991144 Website Directions

Cold Steel America Walk-ins welcomePiercingCustom design

1783 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117-2807

🕒 Daily 12-8pm

+14159337233 Website Directions

Fiat Lux PiercingCard accepted

1942 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115-2745

+14159999310 Website Directions

Frisco Tattooing Walk-ins welcomePiercingCustom designCover-ups

3424 25th St, San Francisco, CA 94110-3804

+14156421777 Website Directions

Haight Ashbury Tattoo and Piercing Piercing

1701 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117-2807

+14154312218 Directions

Mission Ink Tattoo and Piercing Piercing

2440 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110-2415

+14154005785 Website Directions

Rose Gold's Tattoo & Piercing PiercingCard accepted

1157 Masonic Ave, San Francisco, CA 94117-2914

+14157017673 Website Directions

Ten Tigers Body Piercing Piercing

3506 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94114-1611

+14157962008 Website Directions

Ask about needle vs. gun before you book. A reputable piercer uses a single-use sterile needle for cartilage, navel, and nipple work — a spring-loaded gun is fine for basic lobes but should raise a flag for anything else. Expect a 20-30 minute wait for a walk-in lobe piercing, longer if the spot needs numbing or a fresh aftercare rundown.

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Good to know

How much does a piercing cost at a tattoo shop?
Basic lobe or nostril piercings typically run $30-50 including jewelry, while cartilage, navel, or nipple piercings run $50-90 at most street shops. Higher-end studios using implant-grade titanium jewelry can charge $80-120 per piercing. Ask for an all-in total before you sit down, since jewelry and the piercing itself are often priced separately.

Do tattoo shops pierce ears on kids?
Many do, though policies vary — some pierce at any age with a parent present and signed consent, others set a minimum age of 8-10 for anything past the lobe. Mall kiosks like Claire's still dominate for very young kids, but a licensed piercer at a tattoo studio typically uses a safer single-use needle instead of a spring-loaded gun.