Trends · data through July 2026

Tanning Salons in the United States

Iceflower tracks 672 stores from 268 tanning salons chains in the United States. Island Sun Tanning grew fastest over the last year, ahead of J2 Tanning and Tropical Tan.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
268
Tracked stores
672
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked tanning salons chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Island Sun Tanning and J2 Tanning sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I Island Sun Tanning ▲2 +16.7%
2 J J2 Tanning ▲1 +15.9%
3 T Tropical Tan ▲2 +14.6%
4 D Desert Sun Tanning Salons logo Desert Sun Tanning Salons ▲3 +14.1%
5 L L.A. Tan logo L.A. Tan ▲1 +11.9%
6 T Total Tan ▲1 +11.2%
7 S Sunsational Tan logo Sunsational Tan ▲1 +3.5%
8 S South Beach Tanning Company logo South Beach Tanning Company - +3.1%
9 T Tan Republic logo Tan Republic - +3.0%
10 P Palm Beach Tan logo Palm Beach Tan - +2.6%
11 T TNT Tanning - -1.7%
12 A A Total Tan ▼1 -4.7%
13 S Sun Tan City logo Sun Tan City - -8.2%
14 B Beaches Tanning Center logo Beaches Tanning Center ▼2 -8.4%
15 S Sunkissed Tanning - -10.0%
  • Palm Beach Tan
  • Sun Tan City
  • L.A. Tan
  • A Total Tan
  • Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon
  • Garrett Tan
  • Hollywood Tans
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

672 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Palm Beach Tan (160)
  • Sun Tan City (125)
  • L.A. Tan (23)
  • A Total Tan (6)
  • Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon (11)
  • Garrett Tan (1)
  • Hollywood Tans (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Palm Beach Tan logo Palm Beach Tan 160
  • 2 S Sun Tan City logo Sun Tan City 125
  • 3 L L.A. Tan logo L.A. Tan 23
  • 4 B Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon logo Beach Bum Tanning & Airbrush Salon 11
  • 5 S South Beach Tanning Company logo South Beach Tanning Company 8
  • 6 I Island Sun Tanning 6
  • 7 G Glo Tanning logo Glo Tanning 6
  • 8 B Beaches Tanning Center logo Beaches Tanning Center 6
  • 9 T Tropical Tan 6
  • 10 C Chili Pepper's Tanning logo Chili Pepper's Tanning 6
  • 11 A A Total Tan 6
  • 12 H Hollywood Tans logo Hollywood Tans 5
  • 13 T Tan Republic logo Tan Republic 4
  • 14 S Sunsational Tan logo Sunsational Tan 3
  • 15 C California Sun logo California Sun 3
  • 16 A Avaas Spa and Tan 3
  • 17 T The Beach Shack 3
  • 18 D Desert Sun Tanning Salons logo Desert Sun Tanning Salons 3
  • 19 S Sun Spot Tanning Salon 3
  • 20 J J2 Tanning 3
  • 21 I iTan 3
  • 22 T Total Tan 3
  • 23 S Slick Rock Tanning & Spa 3
  • 24 T TNT Tanning 3
  • 25 S Sunkissed Tanning 3
  • 26 S Sun Capsule 2
  • 27 T Totally Tan 2
  • 28 T Tropical Sunsations 2
  • 29 T Tan Pro logo Tan Pro 2
  • 30 F Fierce Tanning 2
  • 31 I Island Heat Tanning 2
  • 32 P Planet Tan 2
  • 33 C Club Tan Salon 2
  • 34 S Sun Room Tanning 2
  • 35 S Safari Beach Tan 2
  • 36 S Southern Glow 2
  • 37 P Premiere Tan 2
  • 38 E Extreme Tan 2
  • 39 A Anytime Tan 2
  • 40 U Unlimited Tan 2
  • 41 S Sapphire Tans 2
  • 42 T Tic Tac Nails 2
  • 43 H Healthy Tans 2
  • 44 M Midnite Sun 2
  • 45 T Tanlines 2
  • 46 Z Zoom Tan logo Zoom Tan 2
  • 47 T The Blush & Glow Studio 1
  • 48 M Montego Bay Tans 1
  • 49 B Beach Fever 1
  • 50 T The Beach Tanning Co. 1

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