North West · 2025-26
Business Rates in Tameside
Businesses in Tameside paid £55.2m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Tameside
Share of £24.4m total relief, 2025-26.
Tameside at a glance
Tameside granted £24.4m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £11.2m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £6.9m went to charity relief and £2.3m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Tameside has an estimated 6,360 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Tameside ranks 44 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 Tameside rose by 23.5% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Tameside?
Tameside's local authority collected £55.2m 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 Tameside?
Tameside granted £24.4m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £11.2m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £6.9m in charity relief, and £2.3m 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.
Tameside compared with the North West and England
- Average rateable value
- £20,292£5,037 below the North West average (£25,329)£13,698 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 35.7%5.5 percentage points above its 30.2% share in the North West
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +15.5%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
Tameside comes 244th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£20,292) and 26th of 35 in the North West. The same sector leads on numbers too: 37.5% of Tameside's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 28.6% of Tameside's rateable properties and 28.1% of its rateable value, both above the 25.1% and 22.4% across the North West. At March 2026, around 30 of Tameside's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 40 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Tameside's +15.5% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in 27 of the 34 other councils in the North West. The sharpest increase in Tameside was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 23.5% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +24.7% for industrial property across the North West. No sector fell in Tameside: retail property moved least, up 4.5% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +6.2% for retail property across the North West.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Tameside came to 29.2% 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 Tameside, at 46.1% 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 Tameside 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 Tameside's £20,292.
- Business rates in Oldham£20,590 average rateable value, £298 higher than Tameside
- Business rates in Chorley£20,767 average rateable value, £475 higher than Tameside
- Business rates in Hyndburn£19,502 average rateable value, £790 lower than Tameside
- Business rates in Stockport£21,221 average rateable value, £929 higher than Tameside
- Business rates in Bury£21,451 average rateable value, £1,159 higher than Tameside
- Business rates in Blackpool UA£18,424 average rateable value, £1,868 lower than Tameside
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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