West Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Telford & Wrekin UA
Businesses in Telford & Wrekin UA paid £75.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Telford & Wrekin UA
Share of £18.8m total relief, 2025-26.
Telford & Wrekin UA at a glance
Telford & Wrekin UA granted £18.8m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £6.1m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.8m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £6.4m went to charity relief and £2.0m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Telford & Wrekin UA has an estimated 5,860 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Telford & Wrekin UA ranks 84 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 Telford & Wrekin UA rose by 28.6% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Telford & Wrekin UA?
Telford & Wrekin UA's local authority collected £75.9m 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 Telford & Wrekin UA?
Telford & Wrekin UA granted £18.8m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £6.1m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.8m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £6.4m in charity relief, and £2.0m 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.
Telford & Wrekin UA compared with the West Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £35,212£6,990 above the West Midlands average (£28,222)£1,222 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 46.6%6.9 percentage points above its 39.7% share in the West Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +20.5%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, Telford & Wrekin UA sits 93rd among England's 296 councils at £35,212, which is 8th of 30 in the West Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 34.4% of Telford & Wrekin UA's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail accounts for 22.4% of Telford & Wrekin UA's rateable properties and 21.6% of its rateable value, compared with 24.2% and 20.1% across the West Midlands. At March 2026, around 50 of Telford & Wrekin UA's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 70 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Telford & Wrekin UA's +20.5% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 24 of the 29 other councils in the West Midlands. The sharpest increase in Telford & Wrekin UA was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 28.6% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.7% for industrial property across the West Midlands. No sector fell in Telford & Wrekin UA: office property moved least, up 4.4% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +12.4% for office property across the West Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Telford & Wrekin UA came to 18.0% of gross rates payable, below the 21.2% for England as a whole. Charity relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Telford & Wrekin UA, at 33.9% 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 Telford & Wrekin 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 Telford & Wrekin UA's £35,212.
- Business rates in Redditch£34,676 average rateable value, £536 lower than Telford & Wrekin UA
- Business rates in Worcester£33,921 average rateable value, £1,291 lower than Telford & Wrekin UA
- Business rates in East Staffordshire£36,762 average rateable value, £1,550 higher than Telford & Wrekin UA
- Business rates in Lichfield£32,927 average rateable value, £2,285 lower than Telford & Wrekin UA
- Business rates in Nuneaton & Bedworth£31,763 average rateable value, £3,449 lower than Telford & Wrekin UA
- Business rates in North Warwickshire£63,654 average rateable value, £28,442 higher than Telford & Wrekin 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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