West Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Shropshire UA
Businesses in Shropshire UA paid £85.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Shropshire UA
Share of £40.9m total relief, 2025-26.
Shropshire UA at a glance
Shropshire UA granted £40.9m in relief overall, higher than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £16.3m in Small Business Rate Relief and £7.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £9.6m went to charity relief and £3.4m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Shropshire UA has an estimated 15,765 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Shropshire UA ranks 166 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 Shropshire UA rose by 18.1% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Shropshire UA?
Shropshire UA's local authority collected £85.9m 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 Shropshire UA?
Shropshire UA granted £40.9m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £16.3m in Small Business Rate Relief, £7.9m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £9.6m in charity relief, and £3.4m 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.
Shropshire UA compared with the West Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £19,382£8,840 below the West Midlands average (£28,222)£14,608 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 38.3%10.3 percentage points above its 28.0% share in the West Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +15.6%West Midlands: +17.4%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, Shropshire UA sits 253rd among England's 296 councils at £19,382, which is 27th of 30 in the West Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 32.7% of Shropshire UA's rateable properties fall in the other commercial category.
Retail accounts for 21.9% of Shropshire UA's rateable properties and 24.4% of its rateable value, compared with 24.2% and 20.1% across the West Midlands. At March 2026, around 30 of Shropshire UA's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 50 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Shropshire UA's +15.6% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 23 of the 29 other councils in the West Midlands. The sharpest increase in Shropshire UA was in other commercial property, where total rateable value rose 20.5% at the 2026 revaluation, in line with the +20.4% across the West Midlands. No sector fell in Shropshire UA: retail property moved least, up 7.3% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the West Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Shropshire UA came to 30.7% 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 Shropshire UA, at 39.9% 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 Shropshire UA compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in West Midlands, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the West Midlands
Other West Midlands councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Shropshire UA's £19,382.
- Business rates in Staffordshire Moorlands£18,871 average rateable value, £511 lower than Shropshire UA
- Business rates in Herefordshire UA£17,672 average rateable value, £1,710 lower than Shropshire UA
- Business rates in Malvern Hills£17,384 average rateable value, £1,998 lower than Shropshire UA
- Business rates in Dudley£22,398 average rateable value, £3,016 higher than Shropshire UA
- Business rates in Bromsgrove£23,653 average rateable value, £4,271 higher than Shropshire UA
- Business rates in Walsall£24,158 average rateable value, £4,776 higher than Shropshire 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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