East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Bassetlaw
Businesses in Bassetlaw paid £52.8m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Bassetlaw
Share of £12.6m total relief, 2025-26.
Bassetlaw at a glance
Bassetlaw granted £12.6m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £5.2m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.6m went to charity relief and £0.6m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Bassetlaw has an estimated 4,330 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Bassetlaw ranks 108 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 Bassetlaw rose by 23.6% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Bassetlaw?
Bassetlaw's local authority collected £52.8m 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 Bassetlaw?
Bassetlaw granted £12.6m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £5.2m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.6m in charity relief, and £0.6m 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.
Bassetlaw compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £28,166£436 below the East Midlands average (£28,602)£5,824 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 47.2%3.0 percentage points above its 44.2% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +21.1%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
At £28,166, Bassetlaw's average rateable value ranks 148th of 296 councils in England and 14th of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 33.9% of Bassetlaw's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 21.1% of Bassetlaw's rateable properties and 14.9% of its rateable value, both below the 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 30 of Bassetlaw'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
Bassetlaw's +21.1% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 32 of the 34 other councils in the East Midlands. The sharpest increase in Bassetlaw was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 24.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.3% for other commercial property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in Bassetlaw: retail property moved least, up 7.8% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Bassetlaw came to 18.1% 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 Bassetlaw, at 41.5% 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 Bassetlaw 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 Bassetlaw's £28,166.
- Business rates in Ashfield£28,207 average rateable value, £41 higher than Bassetlaw
- Business rates in Broxtowe£27,579 average rateable value, £587 lower than Bassetlaw
- Business rates in Nottingham UA£28,959 average rateable value, £793 higher than Bassetlaw
- Business rates in Derby UA£29,155 average rateable value, £989 higher than Bassetlaw
- Business rates in Rushcliffe£26,732 average rateable value, £1,434 lower than Bassetlaw
- Business rates in Charnwood£29,970 average rateable value, £1,804 higher than Bassetlaw
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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