East of England · 2025-26
Business Rates in Broxbourne
Businesses in Broxbourne paid £47.3m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Broxbourne
Share of £11.0m total relief, 2025-26.
Broxbourne at a glance
Broxbourne granted £11.0m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £2.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.8m went to charity relief and £1.4m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Broxbourne has an estimated 4,430 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Broxbourne ranks 162 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 Broxbourne rose by 17.0% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Broxbourne?
Broxbourne's local authority collected £47.3m 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 Broxbourne?
Broxbourne granted £11.0m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £2.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.8m in charity relief, and £1.4m 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.
Broxbourne compared with the East of England and England
- Average rateable value
- £44,397£12,262 above the East of England average (£32,135)£10,407 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 47.6%13.0 percentage points above its 34.6% share in the East of England
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +20.8%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 £44,397, Broxbourne's average rateable value ranks 49th of 296 councils in England and 10th of 45 in the East of England. The same sector leads on numbers too: 33.1% of Broxbourne's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 30.5% of Broxbourne's rateable properties and 21.1% of its rateable value, both above the 20.6% and 18.7% across the East of England. At March 2026, around 30 of Broxbourne's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 30 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Broxbourne's +20.8% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 38 of the 44 other councils in the East of England. The sharpest increase in Broxbourne was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 46.9% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +22.9% for other commercial property across the East of England. No sector fell in Broxbourne: office property moved least, up 2.9% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +13.2% for office property across the East of England.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Broxbourne came to 19.2% of gross rates payable, below the 21.2% for England as a whole. Charity relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Broxbourne, at 34.5% of total relief, above 29.7% 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 Broxbourne 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 Broxbourne's £44,397.
- Business rates in Peterborough UA£43,352 average rateable value, £1,045 lower than Broxbourne
- Business rates in Dacorum£43,226 average rateable value, £1,171 lower than Broxbourne
- Business rates in St Albans£42,831 average rateable value, £1,566 lower than Broxbourne
- Business rates in Central Bedfordshire UA£41,853 average rateable value, £2,544 lower than Broxbourne
- Business rates in Harlow£48,362 average rateable value, £3,965 higher than Broxbourne
- Business rates in Chelmsford£39,030 average rateable value, £5,367 lower than Broxbourne
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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