East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Bolsover
Businesses in Bolsover paid £37.2m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Bolsover
Share of £5.1m total relief, 2025-26.
Bolsover at a glance
Bolsover granted £5.1m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £2.5m in Small Business Rate Relief and £0.6m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £1.1m went to charity relief and £0.5m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Bolsover has an estimated 2,110 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Bolsover ranks 71 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 Bolsover rose by 14.5% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Bolsover?
Bolsover's local authority collected £37.2m 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 Bolsover?
Bolsover granted £5.1m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £2.5m in Small Business Rate Relief, £0.6m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £1.1m in charity relief, and £0.5m 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.
Bolsover compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £31,693£3,091 above the East Midlands average (£28,602)£2,297 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 64.5%20.3 percentage points above its 44.2% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +18.0%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
Bolsover comes 120th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£31,693) and 8th of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 38.2% of Bolsover's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 22.1% of Bolsover's rateable properties and 12.5% of its rateable value, both below the 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 20 of Bolsover's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 30 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Bolsover's +18.0% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in the East Midlands: stronger than in 25 of the 34 other councils and weaker than in 9. The sharpest increase in Bolsover was in retail property, where total rateable value rose 40.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in Bolsover: office property moved least, up 7.3% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +5.9% for office property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Bolsover came to 12.0% 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 Bolsover, at 49.6% 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 Bolsover 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 Bolsover's £31,693.
- Business rates in South Derbyshire£32,524 average rateable value, £831 higher than Bolsover
- Business rates in Hinckley & Bosworth£32,845 average rateable value, £1,152 higher than Bolsover
- Business rates in Lincoln£30,058 average rateable value, £1,635 lower than Bolsover
- Business rates in Charnwood£29,970 average rateable value, £1,723 lower than Bolsover
- Business rates in Blaby£47,927 average rateable value, £16,234 higher than Bolsover
- Business rates in North West Leicestershire£66,189 average rateable value, £34,496 higher than Bolsover
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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