South East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Havant
Businesses in Havant paid £35.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Havant
Share of £10.4m total relief, 2025-26.
Havant at a glance
Havant granted £10.4m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £3.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £2.5m went to charity relief and £1.5m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Havant has an estimated 4,365 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Havant ranks 119 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 Havant rose by 19.8% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Havant?
Havant's local authority collected £35.9m 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 Havant?
Havant granted £10.4m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £3.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £2.5m in charity relief, and £1.5m 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.
Havant compared with the South East and England
- Average rateable value
- £27,166£8,130 below the South East average (£35,296)£6,824 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 36.9%6.9 percentage points above its 30.0% share in the South East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +16.9%South East: +19.7%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, Havant sits 162nd among England's 296 councils at £27,166, which is 43rd of 64 in the South East. The largest group of Havant's rateable properties is other commercial property (33.6%), yet industrial property holds the largest share of value (36.9%).
Retail makes up 27.9% of Havant's rateable properties and 28.0% of its rateable value, both above the 22.5% and 20.7% across the South East. At March 2026, around 20 of Havant'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
Havant's +16.9% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in the South East: stronger than in 27 of the 63 other councils and weaker than in 34. The sharpest increase in Havant was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 21.7% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +26.7% for other commercial property across the South East. No sector fell in Havant: retail property moved least, up 9.6% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +10.8% for retail property across the South East.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Havant came to 21.6% 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 Havant, at 36.6% 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 Havant compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in South East, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the South East
Other South East councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Havant's £27,166.
- Business rates in Waverley£26,956 average rateable value, £210 lower than Havant
- Business rates in Ashford£26,782 average rateable value, £384 lower than Havant
- Business rates in Brighton & Hove UA£27,771 average rateable value, £605 higher than Havant
- Business rates in New Forest£26,255 average rateable value, £911 lower than Havant
- Business rates in Horsham£26,070 average rateable value, £1,096 lower than Havant
- Business rates in Eastbourne£29,043 average rateable value, £1,877 higher than Havant
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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