East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in East Lindsey
Businesses in East Lindsey paid £40.3m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in East Lindsey
Share of £19.9m total relief, 2025-26.
East Lindsey at a glance
East Lindsey granted £19.9m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £8.3m in Small Business Rate Relief and £4.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.8m went to charity relief and £0.9m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
East Lindsey has an estimated 5,560 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
East Lindsey ranks 36 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 retail property in East Lindsey rose by 10.9% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in East Lindsey?
East Lindsey's local authority collected £40.3m 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 East Lindsey?
East Lindsey granted £19.9m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £8.3m in Small Business Rate Relief, £4.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.8m in charity relief, and £0.9m 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.
East Lindsey compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £16,813£11,789 below the East Midlands average (£28,602)£17,177 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 57.2%28.3 percentage points above its 28.9% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +24.5%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
East Lindsey ranks 275th of 296 English councils for average rateable value, at £16,813, and 34th of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 45.3% of East Lindsey's rateable properties fall in the other commercial category.
Retail accounts for 22.7% of East Lindsey's rateable properties and 20.9% of its rateable value, compared with 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 20 of East Lindsey'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
East Lindsey's +24.5% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in all 34 other councils in the East Midlands. The sharpest increase in East Lindsey was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 34.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.3% for other commercial property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in East Lindsey: office property moved least, up 5.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +5.9% for office property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in East Lindsey came to 29.6% of gross rates payable, above the 21.2% for England as a whole. Small Business Rate Relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in East Lindsey, at 41.6% 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 East Lindsey 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 East Lindsey's £16,813.
- Business rates in West Lindsey£17,763 average rateable value, £950 higher than East Lindsey
- Business rates in North East Derbyshire£18,389 average rateable value, £1,576 higher than East Lindsey
- Business rates in Erewash£18,898 average rateable value, £2,085 higher than East Lindsey
- Business rates in High Peak£20,418 average rateable value, £3,605 higher than East Lindsey
- Business rates in Derbyshire Dales£12,933 average rateable value, £3,880 lower than East Lindsey
- Business rates in Mansfield£22,268 average rateable value, £5,455 higher than East Lindsey
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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