London · 2025-26
Business Rates in Kingston-upon-Thames
Businesses in Kingston-upon-Thames paid £82.2m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Kingston-upon-Thames
Share of £24.3m total relief, 2025-26.
Kingston-upon-Thames at a glance
Kingston-upon-Thames granted £24.3m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.4m in Small Business Rate Relief and £6.3m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £8.7m went to charity relief and £3.9m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Kingston-upon-Thames has an estimated 8,265 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Kingston-upon-Thames ranks 260 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 Kingston-upon-Thames rose by 9.1% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Kingston-upon-Thames?
Kingston-upon-Thames's local authority collected £82.2m 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 Kingston-upon-Thames?
Kingston-upon-Thames granted £24.3m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.4m in Small Business Rate Relief, £6.3m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £8.7m in charity relief, and £3.9m in empty property relief.
How do I know if I'm overpaying?
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Kingston-upon-Thames compared with London and England
- Average rateable value
- £44,692£20,229 below the London average (£64,921)£10,702 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 32.4%8.6 percentage points above its 23.8% share in London
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +15.5%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
Kingston-upon-Thames comes 48th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£44,692) and 15th of 33 in London. Retail property makes up the largest share of Kingston-upon-Thames's rateable properties (31.9%), but other commercial property carries the most rateable value (32.4%).
Shops and other retail property account for 31.9% of Kingston-upon-Thames's rateable properties and 30.3% of its value, higher than the 28.9% and 19.7% across London. High-value property is limited in Kingston-upon-Thames: around 40 properties were rated at £500,000 or more at March 2026, rising to around 60 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Only 6 of the 32 other councils in London saw a weaker change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation than Kingston-upon-Thames's +15.5%. Industrial property saw the biggest rise in Kingston-upon-Thames: total rateable value up 28.5% between the 2023 and 2026 lists, against +24.4% for industrial property across London. Even the weakest sector in Kingston-upon-Thames, retail property, rose 9.1% in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation, against +13.6% for retail property across London.
Reliefs
Total relief granted in Kingston-upon-Thames equalled 22.0% of gross rates payable in 2025-26, close to the 21.2% across English councils taken together. Of the four main reliefs, charity relief accounted for the most in Kingston-upon-Thames: 35.8% of the total, above the England figure of 29.7%.
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 London
Other London councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Kingston-upon-Thames's £44,692.
- Business rates in Merton£44,261 average rateable value, £431 lower than Kingston-upon-Thames
- Business rates in Enfield£45,159 average rateable value, £467 higher than Kingston-upon-Thames
- Business rates in Wandsworth£43,865 average rateable value, £827 lower than Kingston-upon-Thames
- Business rates in Barking & Dagenham£46,375 average rateable value, £1,683 higher than Kingston-upon-Thames
- Business rates in Greenwich£42,298 average rateable value, £2,394 lower than Kingston-upon-Thames
- Business rates in Lambeth£49,473 average rateable value, £4,781 higher than Kingston-upon-Thames
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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