London · 2025-26
Business Rates in Hillingdon
Businesses in Hillingdon paid £400.3m in net business rates during 2025-26, above the average English council's £93.2m.
Are you paying too much in Hillingdon?
Check your rateable value and relief eligibility in about 60 seconds. Free, no sign-up.
Relief granted in Hillingdon
Share of £53.8m total relief, 2025-26.
Hillingdon at a glance
Hillingdon granted £53.8m in relief overall, higher than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £8.0m in Small Business Rate Relief and £8.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £12.8m went to charity relief and £21.5m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Hillingdon has an estimated 14,710 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Hillingdon ranks 128 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 Hillingdon rose by 12.9% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Hillingdon?
Hillingdon's local authority collected £400.3m 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 Hillingdon?
Hillingdon granted £53.8m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £8.0m in Small Business Rate Relief, £8.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £12.8m in charity relief, and £21.5m 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.
Hillingdon compared with London and England
- Average rateable value
- £94,914£29,993 above the London average (£64,921)£60,924 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 39.9%16.1 percentage points above its 23.8% share in London
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +101.9%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
Hillingdon ranks 3rd of 296 English councils for average rateable value, at £94,914, and 3rd of 33 in London. The largest group of Hillingdon's rateable properties is office property (28.5%), yet other commercial property holds the largest share of value (39.9%).
Retail accounts for 28.1% of Hillingdon's rateable properties and 23.6% of its rateable value, compared with 28.9% and 19.7% across London. At March 2026, Hillingdon had 200 properties with a rateable value of £500,000 or more, 10th most of any English council and 1.2% of England's 16,900, and 250 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Hillingdon's +101.9% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in all 32 other councils in London. The sharpest increase in Hillingdon was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 229.2% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +44.5% for other commercial property across London. No sector fell in Hillingdon: retail property moved least, up 12.9% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +13.6% for retail property across London.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Hillingdon came to 11.6% of gross rates payable, below the 21.2% for England as a whole. Empty property relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Hillingdon, at 39.9% of total relief, above 17.0% 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 Hillingdon compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in London, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in London
Other London councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Hillingdon's £94,914.
- Business rates in Camden£83,768 average rateable value, £11,146 lower than Hillingdon
- Business rates in Kensington & Chelsea£76,321 average rateable value, £18,593 lower than Hillingdon
- Business rates in Southwark£63,624 average rateable value, £31,290 lower than Hillingdon
- Business rates in Hounslow£61,024 average rateable value, £33,890 lower than Hillingdon
- Business rates in Westminster£130,876 average rateable value, £35,962 higher than Hillingdon
- Business rates in City of London£151,053 average rateable value, £56,139 higher than Hillingdon
Figures from MHCLG National Non-Domestic Rates statistics (2025-26), ONS UK Business Counts (2025), and English Indices of Deprivation (2025).
Updates for Hillingdon
By email.