Best areas to open cafe 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 cafe or coffee shop in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a cafe or coffee shop is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.1/100: premises at £66/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. York ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 50.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for cafe: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for cafe
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 65.1/100 | £66 | £26,631 | £2,851 |
| 2 | North Lincolnshire | 65/100 | £47 | £29,973 | £2,030 |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 63.2/100 | £74 | £29,355 | £3,197 |
| 4 | Doncaster | 62.8/100 | £77 | £28,928 | £3,326 |
| 5 | Kirklees | 62.3/100 | £84 | £28,821 | £3,629 |
| 6 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 62/100 | £80 | £29,790 | £3,456 |
| 7 | Rotherham | 61.8/100 | £85 | £29,088 | £3,672 |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | 61.7/100 | £102 | £29,288 | £4,406 |
| 9 | Bradford | 61.6/100 | £85 | £29,745 | £3,672 |
| 10 | Calderdale | 60.7/100 | £96 | £30,451 | £4,147 |
| 11 | Wakefield | 60.5/100 | £92 | £30,950 | £3,974 |
| 12 | Leeds | 54.7/100 | £148 | £32,953 | £6,394 |
| 13 | York | 50.7/100 | £208 | £32,151 | £8,986 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for cafe premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £47/m²/yr in North Lincolnshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North East Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for cafe in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £2,851/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £6,600/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).