East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Hinckley & Bosworth
Businesses in Hinckley & Bosworth paid £46.0m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Hinckley & Bosworth
Share of £11.1m total relief, 2025-26.
Hinckley & Bosworth at a glance
Hinckley & Bosworth granted £11.1m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.1m went to charity relief and £0.8m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Hinckley & Bosworth has an estimated 4,480 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Hinckley & Bosworth ranks 224 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 Hinckley & Bosworth rose by 14.2% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Hinckley & Bosworth?
Hinckley & Bosworth's local authority collected £46.0m 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 Hinckley & Bosworth?
Hinckley & Bosworth granted £11.1m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.1m in charity relief, and £0.8m 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.
Hinckley & Bosworth compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £32,845£4,243 above the East Midlands average (£28,602)£1,145 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 62.8%18.6 percentage points above its 44.2% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.7%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
Hinckley & Bosworth comes 111th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£32,845) and 6th of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 38.2% of Hinckley & Bosworth's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 22.1% of Hinckley & Bosworth's rateable properties and 12.4% of its rateable value, both below the 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 30 of Hinckley & Bosworth's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 30 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Hinckley & Bosworth's +13.7% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 26 of the 34 other councils in the East Midlands. The sharpest increase in Hinckley & Bosworth was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 17.7% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.3% for other commercial property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in Hinckley & Bosworth: retail property moved least, up 7.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Hinckley & Bosworth came to 18.5% 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 Hinckley & Bosworth, at 43.7% 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.
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Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the East Midlands
Other East Midlands councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Hinckley & Bosworth's £32,845.
- Business rates in South Derbyshire£32,524 average rateable value, £321 lower than Hinckley & Bosworth
- Business rates in Bolsover£31,693 average rateable value, £1,152 lower than Hinckley & Bosworth
- Business rates in North Northamptonshire£34,708 average rateable value, £1,863 higher than Hinckley & Bosworth
- Business rates in Harborough£42,291 average rateable value, £9,446 higher than Hinckley & Bosworth
- Business rates in West Northamptonshire£43,209 average rateable value, £10,364 higher than Hinckley & Bosworth
- Business rates in Blaby£47,927 average rateable value, £15,082 higher than Hinckley & Bosworth
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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