St. Petersburg, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

1 defines the 'Establishment' use category to include, among other services, 'tattoo parlors, and body piercing studios,' alongside laundromats, dry cleaners, and small-appliance repair shops, meaning tattoo studios may only locate where the matrix marks 'Establishment' as Permitted (P), Accessory (A), Special Exception (SE), or Grandfathered (G) for that zoning district, not automatically wherever a general retail or service business is allowed. The matrix pointedly carves tattoo parlors out of the broader 'Service, Personal' use category (hair and beauty salons, day spas, tanning, dry cleaning collection), stating directly that 'the term shall not include tattoo parlors or body piercing studios,' so a district that permits ordinary personal-service shops does not automatically permit a tattoo studio.

00 per additional employee, the same structure used for every other Category I classification, due annually by September 30. The code also separately defines 'Paramedical Tattooing' as cosmetic tattooing or micropigmentation performed to camouflage scars, burns, birthmarks, or other skin conditions, which is grouped instead under the medical office use classification, not the general tattoo-parlor 'Establishment' use, because it is performed as an outpatient medical service.