West Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Malvern Hills
Businesses in Malvern Hills paid £18.5m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Malvern Hills
Share of £9.6m total relief, 2025-26.
Malvern Hills at a glance
Malvern Hills granted £9.6m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.4m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £1.8m went to charity relief and £0.6m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Malvern Hills has an estimated 4,305 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Malvern Hills ranks 183 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 Malvern Hills rose by 19.5% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Malvern Hills?
Malvern Hills's local authority collected £18.5m 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 Malvern Hills?
Malvern Hills granted £9.6m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.4m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £1.8m in charity relief, and £0.6m 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.
Malvern Hills compared with the West Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £17,384£10,838 below the West Midlands average (£28,222)£16,606 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 38.4%10.4 percentage points above its 28.0% share in the West Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +16.2%West Midlands: +17.4%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
Malvern Hills ranks 272nd of 296 English councils for average rateable value, at £17,384, and the lowest in the West Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 34.3% of Malvern Hills's rateable properties fall in the other commercial category.
Retail accounts for 17.6% of Malvern Hills's rateable properties and 21.2% of its rateable value, compared with 24.2% and 20.1% across the West Midlands. At March 2026, around 10 of Malvern Hills's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 10 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Malvern Hills's +16.2% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in the West Midlands: stronger than in 9 of the 29 other councils and weaker than in 20. The sharpest increase in Malvern Hills was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 19.5% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.7% for industrial property across the West Midlands. No sector fell in Malvern Hills: retail property moved least, up 6.6% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the West Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Malvern Hills came to 34.2% 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 Malvern Hills, at 46.0% 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 Malvern Hills compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in West Midlands, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the West Midlands
Other West Midlands councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Malvern Hills's £17,384.
- Business rates in Herefordshire UA£17,672 average rateable value, £288 higher than Malvern Hills
- Business rates in Staffordshire Moorlands£18,871 average rateable value, £1,487 higher than Malvern Hills
- Business rates in Shropshire UA£19,382 average rateable value, £1,998 higher than Malvern Hills
- Business rates in Dudley£22,398 average rateable value, £5,014 higher than Malvern Hills
- Business rates in Wyre Forest£22,767 average rateable value, £5,383 higher than Malvern Hills
- Business rates in Bromsgrove£23,653 average rateable value, £6,269 higher than Malvern Hills
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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