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Depending on your location, there might be restrictions in place that allow certain businesses to operate while others are not allowed. For zoning laws in your area, contact your city’s zoning and planning department to find out if any restrictions apply. This can be extremely useful in saving time because you will not need to look at rental bays that you are not allowed to lease due to zoning laws.

Note that some city zoning regulations in the United States do not allow tattoo shops to exist within the city limits, so make sure you talk to your city officials before you rent or buy property for your business.

If you are opening a home-based studio, check the city’s bylaws to make sure the city allows businesses in your residential area; parking will be one of the main determining factors. In most municipalities, to open a home-based business that will have clients coming and going, a certain majority of the residents in that area must approve the business. In our municipality, the approval rate is 70 percent or higher. It is a daunting and near impossible task to achieve this majority in most neighborhoods because of the somewhat remaining perception that the tattoo and piercing industry is undesirable.