Best areas to open dance school in Yorkshire and The Humber
12 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 dance or performing-arts school in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a dance or performing-arts school is East Riding of Yorkshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 70.6/100: premises at £32/m²/yr and local median pay £29,355. Wakefield ranks lowest of 12 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 62.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for dance school: East Riding of Yorkshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for dance school
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 70.6/100 | £32 | £29,355 | £1,382 |
| 2 | North Yorkshire | 70.5/100 | £44 | £29,288 | £1,901 |
| 3 | North East Lincolnshire | 70.4/100 | £32 | £26,631 | £1,382 |
| 4 | North Lincolnshire | 70.4/100 | £29 | £29,973 | £1,253 |
| 5 | Calderdale | 70.2/100 | £28 | £30,451 | £1,210 |
| 6 | Rotherham | 69/100 | £36 | £29,088 | £1,555 |
| 7 | Doncaster | 68.2/100 | £36 | £28,928 | £1,555 |
| 8 | Kirklees | 68.1/100 | £38 | £28,821 | £1,642 |
| 9 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 67.7/100 | £24 | £29,790 | £1,037 |
| 10 | Bradford | 65.8/100 | £41 | £29,745 | £1,771 |
| 11 | Leeds | 62.9/100 | £37 | £32,953 | £1,598 |
| 12 | Wakefield | 62.5/100 | £51 | £30,950 | £2,203 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for dance school premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £24/m²/yr in Kingston upon Hull, City of. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for dance school in East Riding of Yorkshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in East Riding of Yorkshire, business rates are roughly £1,382/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,200/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).