Best areas to open private clinic / health centre in West Midlands
30 West Midlands 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 West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a private clinic or health centre is Newcastle-under-Lyme, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.5/100: premises at £65/m²/yr and local median pay £27,238. Stratford-on-Avon ranks lowest of 30 West Midlands authorities at 53.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for private clinic / health centre: Newcastle-under-Lyme.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for private clinic / health centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 65.5/100 | £65 | £27,238 | £2,808 |
| 2 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 64.9/100 | £77 | £26,204 | £3,326 |
| 3 | Herefordshire, County of | 64/100 | £86 | £28,366 | £3,715 |
| 4 | Walsall | 63.7/100 | £73 | £28,691 | £3,154 |
| 5 | Shropshire | 63.5/100 | £89 | £28,397 | £3,845 |
| 6 | Bromsgrove | 63.5/100 | £103 | £27,494 | £4,450 |
| 7 | Malvern Hills | 63.5/100 | £95 | £27,744 | £4,104 |
| 8 | Lichfield | 63.3/100 | £84 | £28,845 | £3,629 |
| 9 | Stafford | 63.3/100 | £92 | £28,523 | £3,974 |
| 10 | Cannock Chase | 63.1/100 | £70 | £29,719 | £3,024 |
| 11 | Tamworth | 63.1/100 | £74 | £28,143 | £3,197 |
| 12 | East Staffordshire | 62.8/100 | £76 | £31,048 | £3,283 |
| 13 | Dudley | 62.5/100 | £84 | £29,071 | £3,629 |
| 14 | Wyre Forest | 62.5/100 | £93 | £27,346 | £4,018 |
| 15 | South Staffordshire | 62.4/100 | £95 | £28,259 | £4,104 |
| 16 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 62.2/100 | £70 | £31,319 | £3,024 |
| 17 | Stoke-on-Trent | 62/100 | £82 | £30,767 | £3,542 |
| 18 | Sandwell | 61.9/100 | £95 | £28,766 | £4,104 |
| 19 | Worcester | 61.8/100 | £97 | £30,003 | £4,190 |
| 20 | Telford and Wrekin | 60.8/100 | £90 | £30,601 | £3,888 |
| 21 | Wychavon | 60.7/100 | £93 | £32,022 | £4,018 |
| 22 | Wolverhampton | 60.5/100 | £97 | £32,053 | £4,190 |
| 23 | Birmingham | 60.1/100 | £106 | £33,374 | £4,579 |
| 24 | Warwick | 59.9/100 | £103 | £33,616 | £4,450 |
| 25 | North Warwickshire | 59.1/100 | £87 | £34,564 | £3,758 |
| 26 | Coventry | 58.6/100 | £93 | £35,124 | £4,018 |
| 27 | Rugby | 57.9/100 | £93 | £36,417 | £4,018 |
| 28 | Redditch | 57.9/100 | £122 | £30,780 | £5,270 |
| 29 | Solihull | 57.7/100 | £131 | £35,794 | £5,659 |
| 30 | Stratford-on-Avon | 53.9/100 | £114 | £42,929 | £4,925 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for private clinic / health centre premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £65/m²/yr in Newcastle-under-Lyme. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Newcastle-under-Lyme ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for private clinic / health centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
- For a 100 m² unit in Newcastle-under-Lyme, business rates are roughly £2,808/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £6,500/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).