East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Chesterfield
Businesses in Chesterfield paid £39.2m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Chesterfield
Share of £12.1m total relief, 2025-26.
Chesterfield at a glance
Chesterfield granted £12.1m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £5.4m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £2.8m went to charity relief and £1.4m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Chesterfield has an estimated 3,335 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Chesterfield ranks 77 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 Chesterfield rose by 15.5% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Chesterfield?
Chesterfield's local authority collected £39.2m 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 Chesterfield?
Chesterfield granted £12.1m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £5.4m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £2.8m 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.
Chesterfield compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £24,396£4,206 below the East Midlands average (£28,602)£9,594 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 36.8%7.4 percentage points below its 44.2% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.9%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
Chesterfield comes 196th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£24,396) and 22nd of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 37.2% of Chesterfield's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 23.4% of Chesterfield's rateable properties and 23.7% of its rateable value, compared with 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 20 of Chesterfield's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 20 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Chesterfield's +13.9% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in the East Midlands: stronger than in 11 of the 34 other councils and weaker than in 23. The sharpest increase in Chesterfield was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 18.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.3% for other commercial property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in Chesterfield: office property moved least, up 4.6% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +5.9% for office property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Chesterfield came to 21.1% of gross rates payable, close to the 21.2% for England as a whole. Small Business Rate Relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Chesterfield, at 44.6% 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield's £24,396.
- Business rates in Oadby & Wigston£24,398 average rateable value, £2 higher than Chesterfield
- Business rates in Leicester UA£24,600 average rateable value, £204 higher than Chesterfield
- Business rates in South Kesteven£24,178 average rateable value, £218 lower than Chesterfield
- Business rates in North Kesteven£24,045 average rateable value, £351 lower than Chesterfield
- Business rates in Gedling£24,827 average rateable value, £431 higher than Chesterfield
- Business rates in Amber Valley£23,252 average rateable value, £1,144 lower than Chesterfield
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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