Tattoo shop Google Ads cost per click
Across the US, a typical tattoo shop campaign on Google Ads pays about $3.00 a click. That ranks 125 of the 146 kinds of business measured here, where the one in the middle pays $5.40.
$3.00
Cost per click, US
2.2 million
Searches a month, US
$1.00 to $4.00
Google's top-of-page bids for the same searches
By service
Clicks for tattoo removal cost the most at $12.40, 5.9 times those for tattoos and piercing at $2.10. A campaign that takes every service pays somewhere between, set by which ones people search for most where it runs.
| Service | Cost per click | Searches a month |
|---|---|---|
| Tattoo removal | $12.40 | 200,000 |
| Tattoos and piercing | $2.10 | 2 million |
By state
A click costs the most in California at $4.00, 3.3 times one in Vermont at $1.20. The same searches cost more where more businesses bid on them and each customer is worth more.
Where people search most
| State | Cost per click | Searches a month |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $3.00 | 230,000 |
| California | $4.00 | 220,000 |
| Florida | $3.30 | 190,000 |
| New York | $3.20 | 120,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $2.50 | 88,000 |
| Illinois | $2.80 | 84,000 |
| Ohio | $2.80 | 79,000 |
| North Carolina | $2.80 | 78,000 |
| Georgia | $3.00 | 78,000 |
| Virginia | $2.40 | 64,000 |
Dearest and cheapest
| State | Cost per click |
|---|---|
| California | $4.00 |
| Colorado | $3.60 |
| Arizona | $3.40 |
| Washington | $3.40 |
| Utah | $3.40 |
| Delaware | $1.80 |
| Alaska | $1.60 |
| Arkansas | $1.50 |
| Maine | $1.30 |
| Vermont | $1.20 |
Every state with enough searches (51)
| State | Cost per click | Searches a month |
|---|---|---|
| California | $4.00 | 220,000 |
| Colorado | $3.60 | 48,000 |
| Arizona | $3.40 | 49,000 |
| Washington | $3.40 | 58,000 |
| Utah | $3.40 | 22,000 |
| Florida | $3.30 | 190,000 |
| District of Columbia | $3.20 | 7,100 |
| New York | $3.20 | 120,000 |
| Texas | $3.00 | 230,000 |
| Georgia | $3.00 | 78,000 |
| Massachusetts | $2.90 | 40,000 |
| New Jersey | $2.90 | 53,000 |
| Nevada | $2.90 | 24,000 |
| Wyoming | $2.80 | 4,100 |
| North Carolina | $2.80 | 78,000 |
| Illinois | $2.80 | 84,000 |
| North Dakota | $2.80 | 4,400 |
| Ohio | $2.80 | 79,000 |
| Oklahoma | $2.80 | 26,000 |
| Oregon | $2.80 | 34,000 |
| New Hampshire | $2.80 | 8,800 |
| Indiana | $2.80 | 49,000 |
| Louisiana | $2.70 | 33,000 |
| Idaho | $2.60 | 11,000 |
| Rhode Island | $2.60 | 6,300 |
| Hawaii | $2.60 | 15,000 |
| Connecticut | $2.50 | 21,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $2.50 | 88,000 |
| Nebraska | $2.50 | 11,000 |
| Montana | $2.40 | 6,600 |
| West Virginia | $2.40 | 12,000 |
| Virginia | $2.40 | 64,000 |
| Maryland | $2.40 | 45,000 |
| Michigan | $2.30 | 61,000 |
| Wisconsin | $2.30 | 36,000 |
| New Mexico | $2.30 | 13,000 |
| Minnesota | $2.30 | 32,000 |
| Tennessee | $2.20 | 60,000 |
| South Carolina | $2.20 | 34,000 |
| Kansas | $2.10 | 19,000 |
| Kentucky | $2.10 | 28,000 |
| Missouri | $2.00 | 41,000 |
| South Dakota | $1.90 | 5,300 |
| Mississippi | $1.90 | 17,000 |
| Alabama | $1.80 | 37,000 |
| Iowa | $1.80 | 19,000 |
| Delaware | $1.80 | 8,000 |
| Alaska | $1.60 | 5,100 |
| Arkansas | $1.50 | 23,000 |
| Maine | $1.30 | 8,700 |
| Vermont | $1.20 | 4,000 |
Against Google's own bids
Keyword Planner puts the top-of-page bids for these searches at $1.00 to $4.00: what advertisers bid to show above the results. A typical campaign pays $3.00, inside that range, because Google charges what it takes to beat the ad below and not the bid itself. Planning a budget on the top-of-page bid overstates what clicks will cost.
No published study measures this business on its own, so its price level is the median for its industry in LocaliQ's studies, moved a third of the way toward Google's prices scaled to what campaigns paid. Google's prices set how its services and the states compare.
Searches peak in July, at 47% above November, the slowest month. A budget sized for the slow months runs out sooner in the busy ones.
Priced near tattoo shop
Just above and below in the ranking
- Martial arts$3.20
- Real estate agent$3.20
- Dance studio$3.10
- Nursery and garden center$3.00
- Pet grooming$2.90
- Furniture store$2.80
Others in personal care
- Funeral home$5.50
- Med spa$4.90
- Lashes, brows and waxing$3.30
- Massage and day spa$2.70
- Barber shop$2.40
- Hair salon$2.40
- Nail salon$1.90
Where the figures come from
Google's own search counts and click prices for the year to August 2026 (Keyword Planner, through DataForSEO), scaled to what campaigns paid in LocaliQ's published studies, rounded to ten cents. They are medians: half of campaigns pay more. The full method is on the benchmark page, and the budget calculator runs on the same data for any ZIP code.
Bringing your own cost per click down starts in the account:
Written by Grant Epley. Last reviewed October 11, 2026. Search data to August 2026.