North East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Gateshead
Businesses in Gateshead paid £84.2m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Gateshead
Share of £21.9m total relief, 2025-26.
Gateshead at a glance
Gateshead granted £21.9m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £7.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £3.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £6.0m went to charity relief and £3.0m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Gateshead has an estimated 5,580 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Gateshead ranks 53 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 Gateshead rose by 24.7% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Gateshead?
Gateshead's local authority collected £84.2m 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 Gateshead?
Gateshead granted £21.9m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £7.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £3.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £6.0m in charity relief, and £3.0m 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.
Gateshead compared with the North East and England
- Average rateable value
- £30,038£5,527 above the North East average (£24,511)£3,952 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 36.3%6.6 percentage points above its 29.7% share in the North East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.2%North East: +17.8%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 £30,038, Gateshead's average rateable value ranks 136th of 296 councils in England and 2nd of 12 in the North East. The same sector leads on numbers too: 35.5% of Gateshead's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 25.5% of Gateshead's rateable properties and 32.3% of its rateable value, compared with 25.6% and 24.3% across the North East. At March 2026, around 40 of Gateshead's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 50 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Gateshead's +13.2% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 10 of the 11 other councils in the North East. The sharpest increase in Gateshead was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 24.7% at the 2026 revaluation, in line with the +24.7% across the North East. Retail property had the weakest result in Gateshead, with total rateable value down 2.5% at the 2026 revaluation, against +3.1% for retail property across the North East.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Gateshead came to 19.7% 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 Gateshead, at 35.7% 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 Gateshead compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in North East, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the North East
Other North East councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Gateshead's £30,038.
- Business rates in Sunderland£27,791 average rateable value, £2,247 lower than Gateshead
- Business rates in Newcastle-upon-Tyne£27,325 average rateable value, £2,713 lower than Gateshead
- Business rates in Hartlepool UA£26,548 average rateable value, £3,490 lower than Gateshead
- Business rates in North Tyneside£25,570 average rateable value, £4,468 lower than Gateshead
- Business rates in Stockton-on-Tees UA£35,476 average rateable value, £5,438 higher than Gateshead
- Business rates in Redcar & Cleveland UA£24,238 average rateable value, £5,800 lower than Gateshead
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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