East Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Nottingham UA
Businesses in Nottingham UA paid £128.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, above the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Nottingham UA
Share of £48.9m total relief, 2025-26.
Nottingham UA at a glance
Nottingham UA granted £48.9m in relief overall, higher than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £10.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £8.0m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £18.6m went to charity relief and £10.2m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Nottingham UA has an estimated 9,580 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Nottingham UA ranks 20 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 Nottingham UA rose by 3.2% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Nottingham UA?
Nottingham UA's local authority collected £128.9m 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 Nottingham UA?
Nottingham UA granted £48.9m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £10.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £8.0m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £18.6m in charity relief, and £10.2m 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.
Nottingham UA compared with the East Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £28,959£357 above the East Midlands average (£28,602)£5,031 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 36.3%7.4 percentage points above its 28.9% share in the East Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.0%East Midlands: +16.4%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
On average rateable value, Nottingham UA sits 143rd among England's 296 councils at £28,959, which is 12th of 35 in the East Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 27.1% of Nottingham UA's rateable properties fall in the other commercial category.
Retail makes up 25.4% of Nottingham UA's rateable properties and 25.1% of its rateable value, both above the 23.3% and 18.5% across the East Midlands. At March 2026, around 70 of Nottingham UA'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
Nottingham UA's +13.0% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 30 of the 34 other councils in the East Midlands. The sharpest increase in Nottingham UA was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 23.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +18.8% for industrial property across the East Midlands. No sector fell in Nottingham UA: retail property moved least, up 3.2% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the East Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Nottingham UA came to 26.7% of gross rates payable, above the 21.2% for England as a whole. Charity relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Nottingham UA, at 38.0% 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.
See how Nottingham UA compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in East Midlands, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the East Midlands
Other East Midlands councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Nottingham UA's £28,959.
- Business rates in Derby UA£29,155 average rateable value, £196 higher than Nottingham UA
- Business rates in Ashfield£28,207 average rateable value, £752 lower than Nottingham UA
- Business rates in Bassetlaw£28,166 average rateable value, £793 lower than Nottingham UA
- Business rates in Charnwood£29,970 average rateable value, £1,011 higher than Nottingham UA
- Business rates in Lincoln£30,058 average rateable value, £1,099 higher than Nottingham UA
- Business rates in Rushcliffe£26,732 average rateable value, £2,227 lower than Nottingham UA
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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