North East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Businesses in Newcastle-upon-Tyne paid £101.7m in net business rates during 2025-26, above the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Share of £47.3m total relief, 2025-26.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne at a glance
Newcastle-upon-Tyne granted £47.3m in relief overall, higher than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £10.6m in Small Business Rate Relief and £8.2m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £17.6m went to charity relief and £8.6m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne has an estimated 8,885 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ranks 48 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 office property in Newcastle-upon-Tyne rose by 18.0% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Newcastle-upon-Tyne?
Newcastle-upon-Tyne's local authority collected £101.7m 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 Newcastle-upon-Tyne?
Newcastle-upon-Tyne granted £47.3m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £10.6m in Small Business Rate Relief, £8.2m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £17.6m in charity relief, and £8.6m 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.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne compared with the North East and England
- Average rateable value
- £27,325£2,814 above the North East average (£24,511)£6,665 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 38.3%4.3 percentage points above its 34.0% share in the North East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +20.7%North East: +17.8%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
On average rateable value, Newcastle-upon-Tyne sits 159th among England's 296 councils at £27,325, which is 4th of 12 in the North East. The largest group of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's rateable properties is office property (32.9%), yet other commercial property holds the largest share of value (38.3%).
Retail accounts for 23.8% of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's rateable properties and 24.3% of its rateable value, compared with 25.6% and 24.3% across the North East. At March 2026, around 70 of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 90 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Newcastle-upon-Tyne's +20.7% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 10 of the 11 other councils in the North East. The sharpest increase in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 30.8% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +22.4% for other commercial property across the North East. No sector fell in Newcastle-upon-Tyne: retail property moved least, up 6.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +3.1% for retail property across the North East.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Newcastle-upon-Tyne came to 26.8% of gross rates payable, above the 21.2% for England as a whole. Charity relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at 37.3% of total relief, above 29.7% across England.
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 the North East
Other North East councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Newcastle-upon-Tyne's £27,325.
- Business rates in Sunderland£27,791 average rateable value, £466 higher than Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Business rates in Hartlepool UA£26,548 average rateable value, £777 lower than Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Business rates in North Tyneside£25,570 average rateable value, £1,755 lower than Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Business rates in Gateshead£30,038 average rateable value, £2,713 higher than Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Business rates in Durham UA£21,423 average rateable value, £5,902 lower than Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Business rates in Stockton-on-Tees UA£35,476 average rateable value, £8,151 higher than Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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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