London · 2025-26
Business Rates in Hounslow
Businesses in Hounslow paid £231.3m in net business rates during 2025-26, above the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Hounslow
Share of £36.5m total relief, 2025-26.
Hounslow at a glance
Hounslow granted £36.5m in relief overall, higher than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £6.6m in Small Business Rate Relief and £10.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £8.1m went to charity relief and £10.3m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Hounslow has an estimated 13,170 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Hounslow ranks 82 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 Hounslow rose by 27.4% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Hounslow?
Hounslow's local authority collected £231.3m 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 Hounslow?
Hounslow granted £36.5m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £6.6m in Small Business Rate Relief, £10.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £8.1m in charity relief, and £10.3m 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.
Hounslow compared with London and England
- Average rateable value
- £61,024£3,897 below the London average (£64,921)£27,034 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 32.7%21.6 percentage points above its 11.1% share in London
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +19.3%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
With an average rateable value of £61,024, Hounslow has the 16th highest figure of England's 296 councils and 7th of 33 in London. Other commercial property makes up the largest share of Hounslow's rateable properties (26.7%), but industrial property carries the most rateable value (32.7%).
Shops and other retail property account for 26.4% of Hounslow's rateable properties and 15.4% of its value, lower than the 28.9% and 19.7% across London. 160 rateable properties in Hounslow were rated at £500,000 or more at March 2026, the 13th-highest count in England and 0.9% of the national total, and 200 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Of the 32 other councils in London, 18 saw a weaker change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation than Hounslow's +19.3% and 14 saw a stronger one. Industrial property saw the biggest rise in Hounslow: total rateable value up 27.4% between the 2023 and 2026 lists, against +24.4% for industrial property across London. Even the weakest sector in Hounslow, retail property, rose 11.4% in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation, against +13.6% for retail property across London.
Reliefs
Total relief granted in Hounslow equalled 14.2% of gross rates payable in 2025-26, below the 21.2% across English councils taken together. Of the four main reliefs, empty property relief accounted for the most in Hounslow: 28.1% of the total, above the England figure of 17.0%.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
See how Hounslow 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 Hounslow's £61,024.
- Business rates in Newham£58,457 average rateable value, £2,567 lower than Hounslow
- Business rates in Islington£57,512 average rateable value, £3,512 lower than Hounslow
- Business rates in Tower Hamlets£57,398 average rateable value, £3,626 lower than Hounslow
- Business rates in Hammersmith & Fulham£56,779 average rateable value, £4,245 lower than Hounslow
- Business rates in Kensington & Chelsea£76,321 average rateable value, £15,297 higher than Hounslow
- Business rates in Camden£83,768 average rateable value, £22,744 higher than Hounslow
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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