Best areas to open private clinic / health centre in London
33 London local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a private clinic or health centre in London?
In London, the best area to open a private clinic or health centre is Bexley, with a Gera Business Location Score of 57/100: premises at £164/m²/yr and local median pay £27,441. Westminster ranks lowest of 33 London authorities at 19.4/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top London area for private clinic / health centre: Bexley.
How this is calculatedLondon ranked for private clinic / health centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bexley | 57/100 | £164 | £27,441 | £7,085 |
| 2 | Barking and Dagenham | 54.4/100 | £167 | £32,433 | £7,214 |
| 3 | Waltham Forest | 54.4/100 | £184 | £28,880 | £7,949 |
| 4 | Greenwich | 54.2/100 | £183 | £30,787 | £7,906 |
| 5 | Harrow | 53.8/100 | £201 | £32,208 | £8,683 |
| 6 | Enfield | 53.6/100 | £193 | £31,252 | £8,338 |
| 7 | Croydon | 53.5/100 | £173 | £34,987 | £7,474 |
| 8 | Redbridge | 53.5/100 | £221 | £28,125 | £9,547 |
| 9 | Bromley | 52.9/100 | £191 | £33,520 | £8,251 |
| 10 | Havering | 52.2/100 | £203 | £31,874 | £8,770 |
| 11 | Barnet | 51.9/100 | £236 | £30,926 | £10,195 |
| 12 | City of London | 51.7/100 | £340 | £67,064 | £14,688 |
| 13 | Merton | 51.6/100 | £212 | £32,983 | £9,158 |
| 14 | Lewisham | 50.9/100 | £192 | £34,965 | £8,294 |
| 15 | Haringey | 50.8/100 | £243 | £27,716 | £10,498 |
| 16 | Hillingdon | 50.5/100 | £180 | £37,941 | £7,776 |
| 17 | Brent | 49.8/100 | £226 | £32,335 | £9,763 |
| 18 | Kingston upon Thames | 48.4/100 | £228 | £36,898 | £9,850 |
| 19 | Sutton | 47.6/100 | £243 | £35,113 | £10,498 |
| 20 | Hackney | 47.1/100 | £244 | £37,736 | £10,541 |
| 21 | Newham | 46.9/100 | £208 | £39,117 | £8,986 |
| 22 | Ealing | 46.7/100 | £256 | £33,592 | £11,059 |
| 23 | Richmond upon Thames | 46.1/100 | £281 | £35,263 | £12,139 |
| 24 | Lambeth | 44.1/100 | £240 | £42,039 | £10,368 |
| 25 | Wandsworth | 43.6/100 | £270 | £37,534 | £11,664 |
| 26 | Hounslow | 43.6/100 | £259 | £38,422 | £11,189 |
| 27 | Islington | 43.4/100 | £224 | £49,624 | £9,677 |
| 28 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 40.8/100 | £273 | £44,042 | £11,794 |
| 29 | Camden | 38.3/100 | £338 | £48,822 | £14,602 |
| 30 | Kensington and Chelsea | 34.8/100 | £412 | £38,541 | £17,798 |
| 31 | Tower Hamlets | 32.1/100 | £265 | £59,974 | £11,448 |
| 32 | Southwark | 31.2/100 | £368 | £47,136 | £15,898 |
| 33 | Westminster | 19.4/100 | £613 | £49,973 | £26,482 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for private clinic / health centre premises in London?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in London is £164/m²/yr in Bexley. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Bexley ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for private clinic / health centre in Bexley?
- For a 100 m² unit in Bexley, business rates are roughly £7,085/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £16,400/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).