East of England · 2025-26
Business Rates in Mid Suffolk
Businesses in Mid Suffolk paid £38.4m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Mid Suffolk
Share of £13.4m total relief, 2025-26.
Mid Suffolk at a glance
Mid Suffolk granted £13.4m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £4.2m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £2.4m went to charity relief and £1.0m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Mid Suffolk has an estimated 4,955 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Mid Suffolk ranks 207 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 Mid Suffolk rose by 14.3% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Mid Suffolk?
Mid Suffolk's local authority collected £38.4m 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 Mid Suffolk?
Mid Suffolk granted £13.4m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £4.2m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £2.4m in charity relief, and £1.0m 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.
Mid Suffolk compared with the East of England and England
- Average rateable value
- £26,226£5,909 below the East of England average (£32,135)£7,764 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 54.0%19.4 percentage points above its 34.6% share in the East of England
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +14.8%East of England: +18.3%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
At £26,226, Mid Suffolk's average rateable value ranks 177th of 296 councils in England and 29th of 45 in the East of England. Industrial property also accounts for the most properties in Mid Suffolk, at 37.1% of its rateable properties.
Shops and other retail property account for 13.9% of Mid Suffolk's rateable properties and 8.1% of its value, lower than the 20.6% and 18.7% across the East of England. High-value property is limited in Mid Suffolk: around 20 properties were rated at £500,000 or more at March 2026, rising to around 30 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Of the 44 other councils in the East of England, 12 saw a weaker change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation than Mid Suffolk's +14.8% and 32 saw a stronger one. Other commercial property saw the biggest rise in Mid Suffolk: total rateable value up 18.4% between the 2023 and 2026 lists, against +22.9% for other commercial property across the East of England. Even the weakest sector in Mid Suffolk, office property, rose 4.9% in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation, against +13.2% for office property across the East of England.
Reliefs
Total relief granted in Mid Suffolk equalled 26.1% of gross rates payable in 2025-26, above the 21.2% across English councils taken together. Of the four main reliefs, Small Business Rate Relief accounted for the most in Mid Suffolk: 31.6% of the total, above the England figure of 28.0%.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
See how Mid Suffolk compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in East of England, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the East of England
Other East of England councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Mid Suffolk's £26,226.
- Business rates in Braintree£26,598 average rateable value, £372 higher than Mid Suffolk
- Business rates in East Cambridgeshire£26,894 average rateable value, £668 higher than Mid Suffolk
- Business rates in Norwich£27,092 average rateable value, £866 higher than Mid Suffolk
- Business rates in East Hertfordshire£27,244 average rateable value, £1,018 higher than Mid Suffolk
- Business rates in Fenland£24,510 average rateable value, £1,716 lower than Mid Suffolk
- Business rates in North Hertfordshire£24,403 average rateable value, £1,823 lower than Mid Suffolk
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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