North West · 2025-26
Business Rates in Rossendale
Businesses in Rossendale paid £15.1m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Rossendale
Share of £6.5m total relief, 2025-26.
Rossendale at a glance
Rossendale granted £6.5m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £3.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £0.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £0.8m went to charity relief and £0.7m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Rossendale has an estimated 2,520 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Rossendale ranks 67 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 Rossendale rose by 28.5% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Rossendale?
Rossendale's local authority collected £15.1m 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 Rossendale?
Rossendale granted £6.5m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £3.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £0.5m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £0.8m in charity relief, and £0.7m 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.
Rossendale compared with the North West and England
- Average rateable value
- £14,685£10,644 below the North West average (£25,329)£19,305 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 43.7%13.5 percentage points above its 30.2% share in the North West
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +19.8%North West: +19.3%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
Rossendale ranks 288th of 296 English councils for average rateable value, at £14,685, and the lowest in the North West. The same sector leads on numbers too: 40.5% of Rossendale's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 23.9% of Rossendale's rateable properties and 25.4% of its rateable value, compared with 25.1% and 22.4% across the North West. At March 2026, around 10 of Rossendale'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
Rossendale's +19.8% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 27 of the 34 other councils in the North West. The sharpest increase in Rossendale was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 28.5% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +24.7% for industrial property across the North West. No sector fell in Rossendale: retail property moved least, up 7.8% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +6.2% for retail property across the North West.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Rossendale came to 29.5% 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 Rossendale, at 59.4% 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 Rossendale compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in North West, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the North West
Other North West councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Rossendale's £14,685.
- Business rates in Pendle£15,221 average rateable value, £536 higher than Rossendale
- Business rates in Burnley£15,358 average rateable value, £673 higher than Rossendale
- Business rates in Blackburn with Darwen UA£15,582 average rateable value, £897 higher than Rossendale
- Business rates in Westmorland and Furness£16,680 average rateable value, £1,995 higher than Rossendale
- Business rates in Ribble Valley£17,964 average rateable value, £3,279 higher than Rossendale
- Business rates in Wyre£18,294 average rateable value, £3,609 higher than Rossendale
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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