Best areas to open financial / a2 office in Yorkshire and The Humber
13 Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a financial or professional A2-use office is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 62.9/100: premises at £82/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. Leeds ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 54.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for financial / a2 office: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for financial / a2 office
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 62.9/100 | £82 | £26,631 | £3,542 |
| 2 | Rotherham | 62.8/100 | £66 | £29,088 | £2,851 |
| 3 | Kirklees | 62.7/100 | £70 | £28,821 | £3,024 |
| 4 | Bradford | 62.3/100 | £68 | £29,745 | £2,938 |
| 5 | Doncaster | 62.1/100 | £77 | £28,928 | £3,326 |
| 6 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 62/100 | £72 | £29,790 | £3,110 |
| 7 | Calderdale | 61.2/100 | £79 | £30,451 | £3,413 |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 60.9/100 | £91 | £29,355 | £3,931 |
| 9 | North Lincolnshire | 60.8/100 | £88 | £29,973 | £3,802 |
| 10 | Wakefield | 60.7/100 | £82 | £30,950 | £3,542 |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | 58.6/100 | £125 | £29,288 | £5,400 |
| 12 | York | 55.3/100 | £150 | £32,151 | £6,480 |
| 13 | Leeds | 54.7/100 | £154 | £32,953 | £6,653 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for financial / a2 office premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £66/m²/yr in Rotherham. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North East Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for financial / a2 office in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £3,542/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £8,200/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).