East of England · 2025-26
Business Rates in Dacorum
Businesses in Dacorum paid £69.7m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Dacorum
Share of £15.9m total relief, 2025-26.
Dacorum at a glance
Dacorum granted £15.9m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £3.7m in Small Business Rate Relief and £3.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £5.7m went to charity relief and £2.3m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Dacorum has an estimated 7,915 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Dacorum ranks 217 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 Dacorum rose by 19.7% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Dacorum?
Dacorum's local authority collected £69.7m 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 Dacorum?
Dacorum granted £15.9m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £3.7m in Small Business Rate Relief, £3.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £5.7m in charity relief, and £2.3m in empty property relief.
How do I know if I'm overpaying?
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Dacorum compared with the East of England and England
- Average rateable value
- £43,226£11,091 above the East of England average (£32,135)£9,236 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 39.2%4.6 percentage points above its 34.6% share in the East of England
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +15.4%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
On average rateable value, Dacorum sits 54th among England's 296 councils at £43,226, which is 12th of 45 in the East of England. Other commercial property makes up the largest share of Dacorum's rateable properties (28.7%), but industrial property carries the most rateable value (39.2%).
In Dacorum, retail is 21.5% of rateable properties and 15.6% of rateable value; across the East of England the figures are 20.6% and 18.7%. High-value property is limited in Dacorum: around 50 properties were rated at £500,000 or more at March 2026, rising to around 70 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Of the 44 other councils in the East of England, 15 saw a weaker change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation than Dacorum's +15.4% and 28 saw a stronger one. Industrial property saw the biggest rise in Dacorum: total rateable value up 19.7% between the 2023 and 2026 lists, in line with the +20.2% across the East of England. Even the weakest sector in Dacorum, retail property, rose 10.0% in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation, in line with the +9.8% across the East of England.
Reliefs
Total relief granted in Dacorum equalled 15.8% of gross rates payable in 2025-26, below the 21.2% across English councils taken together. Of the four main reliefs, charity relief accounted for the most in Dacorum: 36.0% of the total, above the England figure of 29.7%.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
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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 Dacorum's £43,226.
- Business rates in Peterborough UA£43,352 average rateable value, £126 higher than Dacorum
- Business rates in St Albans£42,831 average rateable value, £395 lower than Dacorum
- Business rates in Broxbourne£44,397 average rateable value, £1,171 higher than Dacorum
- Business rates in Central Bedfordshire UA£41,853 average rateable value, £1,373 lower than Dacorum
- Business rates in Basildon£41,477 average rateable value, £1,749 lower than Dacorum
- Business rates in Harlow£48,362 average rateable value, £5,136 higher than Dacorum
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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