East of England · 2025-26
Business Rates in Brentwood
Businesses in Brentwood paid £29.0m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Brentwood
Share of £10.0m total relief, 2025-26.
Brentwood at a glance
Brentwood granted £10.0m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £3.1m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.3m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £2.5m went to charity relief and £1.8m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Brentwood has an estimated 4,370 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Brentwood ranks 264 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 Brentwood rose by 22.9% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Brentwood?
Brentwood's local authority collected £29.0m 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 Brentwood?
Brentwood granted £10.0m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £3.1m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.3m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £2.5m in charity relief, and £1.8m 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.
Brentwood compared with the East of England and England
- Average rateable value
- £29,002£3,133 below the East of England average (£32,135)£4,988 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 29.9%3.0 percentage points below its 32.9% share in the East of England
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.0%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
Brentwood comes 142nd of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£29,002) and 23rd of 45 in the East of England. The same sector leads on numbers too: 26.7% of Brentwood's rateable properties fall in the other commercial category.
Retail accounts for 22.5% of Brentwood's rateable properties and 18.0% of its rateable value, compared with 20.6% and 18.7% across the East of England. At March 2026, around 10 of Brentwood's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 10 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Brentwood's +13.0% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 40 of the 44 other councils in the East of England. The sharpest increase in Brentwood was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 22.9% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.2% for industrial property across the East of England. No sector fell in Brentwood: 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 Brentwood came to 25.3% 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 Brentwood, at 30.9% 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 Brentwood 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 Brentwood's £29,002.
- Business rates in Ipswich£30,559 average rateable value, £1,557 higher than Brentwood
- Business rates in East Hertfordshire£27,244 average rateable value, £1,758 lower than Brentwood
- Business rates in Huntingdonshire£30,786 average rateable value, £1,784 higher than Brentwood
- Business rates in Norwich£27,092 average rateable value, £1,910 lower than Brentwood
- Business rates in East Cambridgeshire£26,894 average rateable value, £2,108 lower than Brentwood
- Business rates in West Suffolk£31,663 average rateable value, £2,661 higher than Brentwood
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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