West Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Cannock Chase
Businesses in Cannock Chase paid £38.1m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Cannock Chase
Share of £9.5m total relief, 2025-26.
Cannock Chase at a glance
Cannock Chase granted £9.5m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.6m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £1.8m went to charity relief and £0.8m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Cannock Chase has an estimated 3,415 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Cannock Chase ranks 136 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 Cannock Chase rose by 21.5% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Cannock Chase?
Cannock Chase's local authority collected £38.1m 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 Cannock Chase?
Cannock Chase granted £9.5m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.6m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £1.8m in charity relief, and £0.8m 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.
Cannock Chase compared with the West Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £25,199£3,023 below the West Midlands average (£28,222)£8,791 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 43.5%3.8 percentage points above its 39.7% share in the West Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +20.4%West Midlands: +17.4%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 £25,199, Cannock Chase's average rateable value ranks 187th of 296 councils in England and 21st of 30 in the West Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 35.0% of Cannock Chase's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 27.9% of Cannock Chase's rateable properties and 29.0% of its rateable value, both above the 24.2% and 20.1% across the West Midlands. At March 2026, around 20 of Cannock Chase'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
Cannock Chase's +20.4% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 23 of the 29 other councils in the West Midlands. The sharpest increase in Cannock Chase was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 21.5% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.7% for industrial property across the West Midlands. No sector fell in Cannock Chase: office property moved least, up 15.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +12.4% for office property across the West Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Cannock Chase came to 19.1% 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 Cannock Chase, at 48.9% 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 Cannock Chase compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in West Midlands, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the West Midlands
Other West Midlands councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Cannock Chase's £25,199.
- Business rates in Birmingham£25,806 average rateable value, £607 higher than Cannock Chase
- Business rates in Stoke-on-Trent UA£25,880 average rateable value, £681 higher than Cannock Chase
- Business rates in Walsall£24,158 average rateable value, £1,041 lower than Cannock Chase
- Business rates in Wolverhampton£24,134 average rateable value, £1,065 lower than Cannock Chase
- Business rates in Wychavon£26,342 average rateable value, £1,143 higher than Cannock Chase
- Business rates in Stratford-on-Avon£26,708 average rateable value, £1,509 higher than Cannock Chase
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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