Best areas to open financial / a2 office in Wales
21 Wales local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a financial or professional A2-use office in Wales?
In Wales, the best area to open a financial or professional A2-use office is Blaenau Gwent, with a Gera Business Location Score of 66.1/100: premises at £40/m²/yr and local median pay £26,241. Cardiff / Caerdydd ranks lowest of 21 Wales authorities at 51.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Wales area for financial / a2 office: Blaenau Gwent.
How this is calculatedWales ranked for financial / a2 office
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaenau Gwent | 66.1/100 | £40 | £26,241 | £1,728 |
| 2 | Gwynedd | 64.7/100 | £67 | £25,217 | £2,894 |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro | 64.5/100 | £61 | £26,535 | £2,635 |
| 4 | Powys | 64.3/100 | £61 | £26,839 | £2,635 |
| 5 | Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych | 64/100 | £65 | £27,011 | £2,808 |
| 6 | Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn | 63.5/100 | £51 | £29,867 | £2,203 |
| 7 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 63.5/100 | £61 | £28,454 | £2,635 |
| 8 | Conwy | 63.3/100 | £76 | £26,961 | £3,283 |
| 9 | Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin | 63/100 | £58 | £29,835 | £2,506 |
| 10 | Caerphilly / Caerffili | 62.4/100 | £79 | £28,187 | £3,413 |
| 11 | Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot | 62.3/100 | £66 | £30,055 | £2,851 |
| 12 | Wrexham / Wrecsam | 62.1/100 | £69 | £30,080 | £2,981 |
| 13 | Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr | 62.1/100 | £67 | £30,377 | £2,894 |
| 14 | Newport / Casnewydd | 61.7/100 | £58 | £32,340 | £2,506 |
| 15 | Ceredigion | 61.3/100 | £96 | £27,868 | £4,147 |
| 16 | Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg | 61.2/100 | £94 | £28,528 | £4,061 |
| 17 | Torfaen / Tor-faen | 59.9/100 | £93 | £31,105 | £4,018 |
| 18 | Swansea / Abertawe | 59.7/100 | £94 | £31,348 | £4,061 |
| 19 | Flintshire / Sir y Fflint | 58.8/100 | £83 | £34,480 | £3,586 |
| 20 | Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy | 58.3/100 | £104 | £32,805 | £4,493 |
| 21 | Cardiff / Caerdydd | 51.7/100 | £191 | £33,599 | £8,251 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for financial / a2 office premises in Wales?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Wales is £40/m²/yr in Blaenau Gwent. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Blaenau Gwent ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for financial / a2 office in Blaenau Gwent?
- For a 100 m² unit in Blaenau Gwent, business rates are roughly £1,728/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,000/yr rent — before Small Business Rate Relief.
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Contains public sector information published by Valuation Office Agency and Office for National Statistics and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: VOA Business Floorspace + ONS Business Counts + ONS ASHE (work geography) + ONS population estimates (2025 (VOA 31 March 2025; ASHE 2025 provisional; Business Counts 2025; population mid-2024), published December 2025).