East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Ashfield
Businesses in Ashfield paid £51.2m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Ashfield
Share of £10.5m total relief, 2025-26.
Ashfield at a glance
Ashfield granted £10.5m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.1m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.0m went to charity relief and £1.4m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Ashfield has an estimated 3,060 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Ashfield ranks 74 out of 296 local authorities in England on the 2025 Index of Multiple Deprivation, where 1 is most deprived and 296 is least deprived.
Following the 2026 revaluation, the total rateable value of industrial property in Ashfield rose by 17.0% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Ashfield?
Ashfield's local authority collected £51.2m in net business rates income during 2025-26, based on the national multiplier applied to each property's rateable value, less any relief granted.
What reliefs are available in Ashfield?
Ashfield granted £10.5m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.1m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.0m in charity relief, and £1.4m in empty property relief.
How do I know if I'm overpaying?
If your rateable value looks high compared to similar properties nearby, or you're not currently receiving relief you may be entitled to, it's worth checking your assessment. Use our free checker to compare your rateable value and see if you may be eligible for a reduction or backdated refund.
Ashfield compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £28,207£395 below the East Midlands average (£28,602)£5,783 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 56.9%12.7 percentage points above its 44.2% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.8%East Midlands: +16.4%England: +19.6%
Counts and rateable values are from the stock of properties at March 2026, on the 2023 rating list. Changes are from the 2026 revaluation, comparing the 2023 rating list with the 2026 rating list.
Property mix
On average rateable value, Ashfield sits 147th among England's 296 councils at £28,207, which is 13th of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 42.9% of Ashfield's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 24.3% of Ashfield's rateable properties and 13.6% of its rateable value, compared with 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 30 of Ashfield's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 40 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Ashfield's +13.8% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in the East Midlands: stronger than in 9 of the 34 other councils and weaker than in 24. The sharpest increase in Ashfield was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 17.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +18.8% for industrial property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in Ashfield: office property moved least, up 2.3% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +5.9% for office property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Ashfield came to 17.2% of gross rates payable, below the 21.2% for England as a whole. Small Business Rate Relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Ashfield, at 39.4% of total relief, above 28.0% across England.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
See how Ashfield compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in East Midlands, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the East Midlands
Other East Midlands councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Ashfield's £28,207.
- Business rates in Bassetlaw£28,166 average rateable value, £41 lower than Ashfield
- Business rates in Broxtowe£27,579 average rateable value, £628 lower than Ashfield
- Business rates in Nottingham UA£28,959 average rateable value, £752 higher than Ashfield
- Business rates in Derby UA£29,155 average rateable value, £948 higher than Ashfield
- Business rates in Charnwood£29,970 average rateable value, £1,763 higher than Ashfield
- Business rates in Lincoln£30,058 average rateable value, £1,851 higher than Ashfield
Figures from MHCLG National Non-Domestic Rates statistics (2025-26), ONS UK Business Counts (2025), and English Indices of Deprivation (2025).
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