East of England · 2025-26
Business Rates in Breckland
Businesses in Breckland paid £42.4m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Breckland
Share of £13.1m total relief, 2025-26.
Breckland at a glance
Breckland granted £13.1m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £5.2m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.4m went to charity relief and £1.1m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Breckland has an estimated 5,195 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Breckland ranks 129 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 Breckland 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 Breckland?
Breckland's local authority collected £42.4m 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 Breckland?
Breckland granted £13.1m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £5.2m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.4m in charity relief, and £1.1m 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.
Breckland compared with the East of England and England
- Average rateable value
- £22,366£9,769 below the East of England average (£32,135)£11,624 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 42.7%8.1 percentage points above its 34.6% share in the East of England
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +19.3%East of England: +18.3%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 £22,366, Breckland's average rateable value ranks 225th of 296 councils in England and 35th of 45 in the East of England. The same sector leads on numbers too: 38.6% of Breckland's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 19.1% of Breckland's rateable properties and 18.9% of its rateable value, compared with 20.6% and 18.7% across the East of England. At March 2026, around 20 of Breckland'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
Breckland's +19.3% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 33 of the 44 other councils in the East of England. The sharpest increase in Breckland was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 23.6% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.2% for industrial property across the East of England. No sector fell in Breckland: office property moved least, up 4.4% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +13.2% for office property across the East of England.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Breckland came to 23.5% of gross rates payable, above the 21.2% for England as a whole. Small Business Rate Relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Breckland, at 39.5% 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 Breckland compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in East of England, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the East of England
Other East of England councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Breckland's £22,366.
- Business rates in Broadland£22,799 average rateable value, £433 higher than Breckland
- Business rates in Castle Point£22,902 average rateable value, £536 higher than Breckland
- Business rates in Southend-on-Sea UA£21,697 average rateable value, £669 lower than Breckland
- Business rates in Epping Forest£23,858 average rateable value, £1,492 higher than Breckland
- Business rates in North Hertfordshire£24,403 average rateable value, £2,037 higher than Breckland
- Business rates in South Norfolk£20,192 average rateable value, £2,174 lower than Breckland
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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