North West · 2025-26
Business Rates in Hyndburn
Businesses in Hyndburn paid £25.4m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Hyndburn
Share of £9.8m total relief, 2025-26.
Hyndburn at a glance
Hyndburn granted £9.8m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £0.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £2.2m went to charity relief and £1.2m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Hyndburn has an estimated 2,405 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Hyndburn ranks 14 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 Hyndburn rose by 19.6% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Hyndburn?
Hyndburn's local authority collected £25.4m 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 Hyndburn?
Hyndburn granted £9.8m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £0.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £2.2m in charity relief, and £1.2m 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.
Hyndburn compared with the North West and England
- Average rateable value
- £19,502£5,827 below the North West average (£25,329)£14,488 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 46.6%16.4 percentage points above its 30.2% share in the North West
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +15.2%North West: +19.3%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
Hyndburn comes 250th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£19,502) and 27th of 35 in the North West. The same sector leads on numbers too: 37.8% of Hyndburn's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 32.0% of Hyndburn's rateable properties and 22.0% of its rateable value, compared with 25.1% and 22.4% across the North West. At March 2026, around 20 of Hyndburn'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
Hyndburn's +15.2% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 29 of the 34 other councils in the North West. The sharpest increase in Hyndburn was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 20.3% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +25.6% for other commercial property across the North West. No sector fell in Hyndburn: retail property moved least, up 1.2% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +6.2% for retail property across the North West.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Hyndburn came to 27.5% 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 Hyndburn, at 49.5% 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 Hyndburn compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in North West, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the North West
Other North West councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Hyndburn's £19,502.
- Business rates in Tameside£20,292 average rateable value, £790 higher than Hyndburn
- Business rates in Blackpool UA£18,424 average rateable value, £1,078 lower than Hyndburn
- Business rates in Oldham£20,590 average rateable value, £1,088 higher than Hyndburn
- Business rates in Wyre£18,294 average rateable value, £1,208 lower than Hyndburn
- Business rates in Chorley£20,767 average rateable value, £1,265 higher than Hyndburn
- Business rates in Stockport£21,221 average rateable value, £1,719 higher than Hyndburn
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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