London · 2025-26
Business Rates in Redbridge
Businesses in Redbridge paid £58.4m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Redbridge
Share of £25.7m total relief, 2025-26.
Redbridge at a glance
Redbridge granted £25.7m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £7.9m in Small Business Rate Relief and £7.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £7.1m went to charity relief and £1.0m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Redbridge has an estimated 15,060 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Redbridge ranks 137 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 Redbridge rose by 12.2% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Redbridge?
Redbridge's local authority collected £58.4m 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 Redbridge?
Redbridge granted £25.7m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £7.9m in Small Business Rate Relief, £7.7m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £7.1m 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.
Redbridge compared with London and England
- Average rateable value
- £25,550£39,371 below the London average (£64,921)£8,440 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Retail property, 41.5%21.8 percentage points above its 19.7% share in London
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +16.3%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
At £25,550, Redbridge's average rateable value ranks 184th of 296 councils in England and the lowest in London. The same sector leads on numbers too: 39.7% of Redbridge's rateable properties fall in the retail category.
Retail makes up 39.7% of Redbridge's rateable properties and 41.5% of its rateable value, both above the 28.9% and 19.7% across London. At March 2026, around 30 of Redbridge's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 30 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Redbridge's +16.3% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in London: stronger than in 9 of the 32 other councils and weaker than in 21. The sharpest increase in Redbridge was in office property, where total rateable value rose 24.7% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +14.4% for office property across London. No sector fell in Redbridge: retail property moved least, up 12.2% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +13.6% for retail property across London.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Redbridge came to 28.3% 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 Redbridge, at 30.9% 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 Redbridge compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in London, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in London
Other London councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Redbridge's £25,550.
- Business rates in Harrow£25,848 average rateable value, £298 higher than Redbridge
- Business rates in Lewisham£27,414 average rateable value, £1,864 higher than Redbridge
- Business rates in Waltham Forest£27,768 average rateable value, £2,218 higher than Redbridge
- Business rates in Haringey£29,016 average rateable value, £3,466 higher than Redbridge
- Business rates in Bromley£32,748 average rateable value, £7,198 higher than Redbridge
- Business rates in Barnet£36,315 average rateable value, £10,765 higher than Redbridge
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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