West Midlands · 2025-26
Business Rates in Walsall
Businesses in Walsall paid £76.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Walsall
Share of £25.7m total relief, 2025-26.
Walsall at a glance
Walsall granted £25.7m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £10.7m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.3m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £7.5m went to charity relief and £2.9m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Walsall has an estimated 8,385 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Walsall ranks 28 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 Walsall rose by 23.1% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Walsall?
Walsall's local authority collected £76.9m 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 Walsall?
Walsall granted £25.7m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £10.7m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.3m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £7.5m in charity relief, and £2.9m 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.
Walsall compared with the West Midlands and England
- Average rateable value
- £24,158£4,064 below the West Midlands average (£28,222)£9,832 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Industrial property, 47.0%7.3 percentage points above its 39.7% share in the West Midlands
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +17.9%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
At £24,158, Walsall's average rateable value ranks 200th of 296 councils in England and 22nd of 30 in the West Midlands. The same sector leads on numbers too: 37.1% of Walsall's rateable properties fall in the industrial category.
Retail makes up 29.1% of Walsall's rateable properties and 23.1% of its rateable value, both above the 24.2% and 20.1% across the West Midlands. At March 2026, around 40 of Walsall'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
Walsall's +17.9% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation sits mid-table in the West Midlands: stronger than in 18 of the 29 other councils and weaker than in 10. The sharpest increase in Walsall was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 23.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +20.7% for industrial property across the West Midlands. No sector fell in Walsall: retail property moved least, up 9.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +9.7% for retail property across the West Midlands.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Walsall came to 23.8% 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 Walsall, at 41.6% 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 Walsall 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 Walsall's £24,158.
- Business rates in Wolverhampton£24,134 average rateable value, £24 lower than Walsall
- Business rates in Bromsgrove£23,653 average rateable value, £505 lower than Walsall
- Business rates in Cannock Chase£25,199 average rateable value, £1,041 higher than Walsall
- Business rates in Wyre Forest£22,767 average rateable value, £1,391 lower than Walsall
- Business rates in Birmingham£25,806 average rateable value, £1,648 higher than Walsall
- Business rates in Malvern Hills£17,384 average rateable value, £6,774 lower than Walsall
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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