London · 2025-26
Business Rates in Ealing
Businesses in Ealing paid £180.6m in net business rates during 2025-26, above the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Ealing
Share of £48.6m total relief, 2025-26.
Ealing at a glance
Ealing granted £48.6m in relief overall, higher than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £11.1m in Small Business Rate Relief and £13.6m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £10.7m went to charity relief and £10.9m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Ealing has an estimated 17,835 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Ealing ranks 68 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 Ealing rose by 29.7% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Ealing?
Ealing's local authority collected £180.6m 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 Ealing?
Ealing granted £48.6m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £11.1m in Small Business Rate Relief, £13.6m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £10.7m in charity relief, and £10.9m 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.
Ealing compared with London and England
- Average rateable value
- £39,706£25,215 below the London average (£64,921)£5,716 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 45.1%34.0 percentage points above its 11.1% share in London
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +21.6%London: +22.5%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
Ealing comes 68th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£39,706) and 23rd of 33 in London. The largest group of Ealing's rateable properties is retail property (33.4%), yet industrial property holds the largest share of value (45.1%).
Retail makes up 33.4% of Ealing's rateable properties and 23.4% of its rateable value, both above the 28.9% and 19.7% across London. At March 2026, Ealing had 100 properties with a rateable value of £500,000 or more, 0.6% of England's 16,900, and 140 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Ealing's +21.6% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 24 of the 32 other councils in London. The sharpest increase in Ealing was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 29.7% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +24.4% for industrial property across London. No sector fell in Ealing: retail property moved least, up 9.4% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +13.6% for retail property across London.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Ealing came to 20.8% of gross rates payable, close to the 21.2% for England as a whole. Retail, hospitality and leisure relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Ealing, at 27.9% of total relief, above 18.5% across England.
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 London
Other London councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Ealing's £39,706.
- Business rates in Richmond-upon-Thames£39,824 average rateable value, £118 higher than Ealing
- Business rates in Hackney£38,317 average rateable value, £1,389 lower than Ealing
- Business rates in Croydon£38,157 average rateable value, £1,549 lower than Ealing
- Business rates in Brent£41,303 average rateable value, £1,597 higher than Ealing
- Business rates in Bexley£42,138 average rateable value, £2,432 higher than Ealing
- Business rates in Greenwich£42,298 average rateable value, £2,592 higher than Ealing
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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