South East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Basingstoke & Deane
Businesses in Basingstoke & Deane paid £81.7m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Basingstoke & Deane
Share of £19.7m total relief, 2025-26.
Basingstoke & Deane at a glance
Basingstoke & Deane granted £19.7m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £3.4m in Small Business Rate Relief and £3.6m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £4.8m went to charity relief and £6.4m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Basingstoke & Deane has an estimated 6,920 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Basingstoke & Deane ranks 235 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 Basingstoke & Deane rose by 19.4% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Basingstoke & Deane?
Basingstoke & Deane's local authority collected £81.7m 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 Basingstoke & Deane?
Basingstoke & Deane granted £19.7m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £3.4m in Small Business Rate Relief, £3.6m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £4.8m in charity relief, and £6.4m 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.
Basingstoke & Deane compared with the South East and England
- Average rateable value
- £43,429£8,133 above the South East average (£35,296)£9,439 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 31.4%in line with its 30.0% share in the South East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +11.6%South East: +19.7%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, Basingstoke & Deane sits 52nd among England's 296 councils at £43,429, which is 18th of 64 in the South East. The largest group of Basingstoke & Deane's rateable properties is other commercial property (29.0%), yet industrial property holds the largest share of value (31.4%).
Retail makes up 16.2% of Basingstoke & Deane's rateable properties and 19.2% of its rateable value, both below the 22.5% and 20.7% across the South East. At March 2026, around 50 of Basingstoke & Deane's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 50 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Basingstoke & Deane's +11.6% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 61 of the 63 other councils in the South East. The sharpest increase in Basingstoke & Deane was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 19.4% at the 2026 revaluation, in line with the +19.9% across the South East. No sector fell in Basingstoke & Deane: office property moved least, up 1.7% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +16.8% for office property across the South East.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Basingstoke & Deane came to 18.5% of gross rates payable, below the 21.2% for England as a whole. Empty property relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Basingstoke & Deane, at 32.4% of total relief, above 17.0% across England.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
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Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the South East
Other South East councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Basingstoke & Deane's £43,429.
- Business rates in Woking£44,702 average rateable value, £1,273 higher than Basingstoke & Deane
- Business rates in Windsor & Maidenhead UA£41,709 average rateable value, £1,720 lower than Basingstoke & Deane
- Business rates in Elmbridge£41,032 average rateable value, £2,397 lower than Basingstoke & Deane
- Business rates in Tonbridge & Malling£46,025 average rateable value, £2,596 higher than Basingstoke & Deane
- Business rates in Wokingham UA£46,445 average rateable value, £3,016 higher than Basingstoke & Deane
- Business rates in Eastleigh£46,585 average rateable value, £3,156 higher than Basingstoke & Deane
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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