Best areas to open convenience store 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 convenience store in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a convenience store is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.7/100: premises at £93/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. York 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 convenience store: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for convenience store
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 65.7/100 | £93 | £26,631 | £4,018 |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 64.6/100 | £88 | £29,355 | £3,802 |
| 3 | Kirklees | 64.6/100 | £93 | £28,821 | £4,018 |
| 4 | Calderdale | 63.3/100 | £96 | £30,451 | £4,147 |
| 5 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 63.2/100 | £93 | £29,790 | £4,018 |
| 6 | Rotherham | 62.7/100 | £100 | £29,088 | £4,320 |
| 7 | Wakefield | 62.6/100 | £94 | £30,950 | £4,061 |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | 62.3/100 | £111 | £29,288 | £4,795 |
| 9 | Doncaster | 61.2/100 | £114 | £28,928 | £4,925 |
| 10 | Bradford | 60.5/100 | £119 | £29,745 | £5,141 |
| 11 | North Lincolnshire | 59.9/100 | £118 | £29,973 | £5,098 |
| 12 | Leeds | 57.2/100 | £127 | £32,953 | £5,486 |
| 13 | York | 54.7/100 | £151 | £32,151 | £6,523 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for convenience store premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £88/m²/yr in East Riding of Yorkshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North East Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for convenience store in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £4,018/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £9,300/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).