Best areas to open betting shop in South East
24 South East local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a betting shop in South East?
In South East, the best area to open a betting shop is Thanet, with a Gera Business Location Score of 63.9/100: premises at £83/m²/yr and local median pay £27,076. Guildford ranks lowest of 24 South East authorities at 28.3/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
South East ranked for betting shop
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanet | 63.9/100 | £83 | £27,076 | £3,586 |
| 2 | Isle of Wight | 62.6/100 | £99 | £26,185 | £4,277 |
| 3 | Rother | 61.1/100 | £107 | £27,732 | £4,622 |
| 4 | Hastings | 59.7/100 | £107 | £29,383 | £4,622 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 57.6/100 | £106 | £33,015 | £4,579 |
| 6 | Ashford | 56.8/100 | £134 | £29,118 | £5,789 |
| 7 | Canterbury | 56.1/100 | £140 | £29,337 | £6,048 |
| 8 | Medway | 54.8/100 | £140 | £30,784 | £6,048 |
| 9 | Swale | 54.1/100 | £150 | £29,831 | £6,480 |
| 10 | Spelthorne | 53.8/100 | £148 | £32,237 | £6,394 |
| 11 | Cherwell | 52.7/100 | £152 | £33,207 | £6,566 |
| 12 | Gravesham | 52.4/100 | £147 | £34,455 | £6,350 |
| 13 | Eastbourne | 52.1/100 | £188 | £26,893 | £8,122 |
| 14 | West Oxfordshire | 50.7/100 | £171 | £34,006 | £7,387 |
| 15 | Buckinghamshire | 49.6/100 | £183 | £33,367 | £7,906 |
| 16 | Epsom and Ewell | 48.5/100 | £188 | £33,824 | £8,122 |
| 17 | West Berkshire | 47.6/100 | £192 | £35,806 | £8,294 |
| 18 | Brighton and Hove | 46.5/100 | £211 | £33,649 | £9,115 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes | 45.4/100 | £200 | £36,521 | £8,640 |
| 20 | Slough | 44.6/100 | £193 | £38,578 | £8,338 |
| 21 | Reading | 43.8/100 | £181 | £44,956 | £7,819 |
| 22 | Crawley | 39.3/100 | £251 | £36,053 | £10,843 |
| 23 | Oxford | 37.8/100 | £255 | £38,779 | £11,016 |
| 24 | Guildford | 28.3/100 | £348 | £38,027 | £15,034 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for betting shop premises in South East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in South East is £83/m²/yr in Thanet. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Thanet ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for betting shop in Thanet?
- For a 100 m² unit in Thanet, business rates are roughly £3,586/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £8,300/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).