State of Business Rates in England 2026 · 30 councils
Business rates in West Midlands
The West Midlands has an average business rateable value of £28,222 at March 2026 across 30 councils and over 204,000 rateable properties, with a total commercial rateable value of £5.78 billion.
North Warwickshire tops the region with an average business rateable value of £63,654 — the twelfth-highest of any English council nationally, driven by its large-format logistics and distribution property along the M42/A5 corridor. Solihull (£52,142), benefiting from Birmingham Airport and the NEC, and Rugby (£51,379) follow. At the lower end, Staffordshire Moorlands (£18,871), Herefordshire (£17,672), Malvern Hills (£17,384) — all rural, low-industrial authorities — sit at roughly a quarter of North Warwickshire's average.
Birmingham, while not among the region's highest-average councils, remains its largest by scale: the city has the highest number of rateable properties of any English authority, 46,940, with a total rateable value of £1.2 billion — 1.8% of England's entire commercial property tax base from a single council.
The 2026 revaluation lifted the West Midlands' total rateable value by 17.4%, behind England's 19.6%.
The region holds 1,320 properties valued at £500,000 or more at March 2026, 7.8% of the national total, somewhat below its 10.1% share of English councils.
For businesses in the West Midlands, industrial and logistics property carries the largest share of value, and at the revaluation industrial values rose 20.7%, a little below England's 21.4%, while retail rose 9.7%, in line with England's 10.0%.
Sector mix
Industrial property dominates the region's tax base at 39.7% of total value at March 2026 — the second-highest industrial share of any English region, after the East Midlands — reflecting the West Midlands' manufacturing heritage and its position at the heart of England's motorway network.
At the 2026 revaluation industrial property rose 20.7%, below England's 21.4%, offices rose 12.4%, below England's 14.6%, and retail rose 9.7%, in line with England's 10.0%. Other commercial uses rose 20.4%, below England's 28.5%.
All 30 councils in West Midlands
| Council | Average rateable value, March 2026Average RV | Change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluationChange | Rank in EnglandRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Warwickshire | £63,654 | +14.6% | 12 of 296 |
| Solihull | £52,142 | +20.5% | 31 of 296 |
| Rugby | £51,379 | +17.0% | 33 of 296 |
| Tamworth | £39,441 | +12.9% | 70 of 296 |
| Coventry | £38,308 | +15.6% | 77 of 296 |
| Warwick | £37,198 | +12.7% | 83 of 296 |
| East Staffordshire | £36,762 | +17.9% | 85 of 296 |
| Telford & Wrekin UA | £35,212 | +20.5% | 93 of 296 |
| Redditch | £34,676 | +16.6% | 96 of 296 |
| Worcester | £33,921 | +16.4% | 104 of 296 |
| Lichfield | £32,927 | +20.9% | 109 of 296 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | £31,763 | +18.5% | 119 of 296 |
| Stafford | £30,506 | +13.1% | 130 of 296 |
| South Staffordshire | £30,225 | +21.7% | 133 of 296 |
| Sandwell | £28,129 | +24.1% | 149 of 296 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £27,855 | +16.8% | 150 of 296 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £26,708 | +15.8% | 170 of 296 |
| Wychavon | £26,342 | +21.3% | 174 of 296 |
| Stoke-on-Trent UA | £25,880 | +15.5% | 179 of 296 |
| Birmingham | £25,806 | +16.8% | 181 of 296 |
| Cannock Chase | £25,199 | +20.4% | 187 of 296 |
| Walsall | £24,158 | +17.9% | 200 of 296 |
| Wolverhampton | £24,134 | +15.7% | 201 of 296 |
| Bromsgrove | £23,653 | +17.4% | 208 of 296 |
| Wyre Forest | £22,767 | +16.8% | 218 of 296 |
| Dudley | £22,398 | +17.0% | 223 of 296 |
| Shropshire UA | £19,382 | +15.6% | 253 of 296 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £18,871 | +18.7% | 255 of 296 |
| Herefordshire UA | £17,672 | +19.8% | 270 of 296 |
| Malvern Hills | £17,384 | +16.2% | 272 of 296 |
Averages are means: total rateable value divided by the number of properties, so a small number of very high-value properties can pull them up. Ranks are by average rateable value.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data: 'Non-domestic rating: stock of properties, March 2026' and 'Non-domestic rating: change in rateable value of rating lists, England and Wales, 2026 Revaluation (compiled list)' — Open Government Licence v3.0
Other regions
- London£64,921
- South East£35,296
- East of England£32,135
- East Midlands£28,602
- North West£25,329
- Yorkshire and The Humber£24,643
- North East£24,511
- South West£23,944
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