South East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Horsham
Businesses in Horsham paid £52.8m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Horsham
Share of £15.8m total relief, 2025-26.
Horsham at a glance
Horsham granted £15.8m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £6.2m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.0m went to charity relief and £1.3m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Horsham has an estimated 7,585 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Horsham ranks 279 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 Horsham rose by 9.8% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Horsham?
Horsham's local authority collected £52.8m 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 Horsham?
Horsham granted £15.8m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £6.2m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.0m in charity relief, and £1.3m 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.
Horsham compared with the South East and England
- Average rateable value
- £26,070£9,226 below the South East average (£35,296)£7,920 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 37.0%7.0 percentage points above its 30.0% share in the South East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.6%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, Horsham sits 178th among England's 296 councils at £26,070, which is 48th of 64 in the South East. The same sector leads on numbers too: 37.5% of Horsham's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 17.2% of Horsham's rateable properties and 20.1% of its rateable value, compared with 22.5% and 20.7% across the South East. At March 2026, around 20 of Horsham's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 30 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Horsham's +13.6% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 52 of the 63 other councils in the South East. The sharpest increase in Horsham was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 18.4% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +26.7% for other commercial property across the South East. No sector fell in Horsham: industrial property moved least, up 9.8% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +19.9% for industrial property across the South East.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Horsham came to 22.7% 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 Horsham, at 39.1% 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 Horsham 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 Horsham's £26,070.
- Business rates in New Forest£26,255 average rateable value, £185 higher than Horsham
- Business rates in West Oxfordshire£26,770 average rateable value, £700 higher than Horsham
- Business rates in Ashford£26,782 average rateable value, £712 higher than Horsham
- Business rates in Sevenoaks£25,287 average rateable value, £783 lower than Horsham
- Business rates in Waverley£26,956 average rateable value, £886 higher than Horsham
- Business rates in Gosport£24,369 average rateable value, £1,701 lower than Horsham
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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