Best areas to open drive-thru restaurant in East Midlands
21 East 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 drive-thru restaurant in East Midlands?
In East Midlands, the best area to open a drive-thru restaurant is East Lindsey, with a Gera Business Location Score of 69.4/100: premises at £329/m²/yr and local median pay £26,724. Blaby ranks lowest of 21 East Midlands authorities at 41.2/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East Midlands area for drive-thru restaurant: East Lindsey.
How this is calculatedEast Midlands ranked for drive-thru restaurant
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Lindsey | 69.4/100 | £329 | £26,724 | £14,213 |
| 2 | Erewash | 66.3/100 | £251 | £29,102 | £10,843 |
| 3 | Leicester | 63.6/100 | £267 | £29,411 | £11,534 |
| 4 | Lincoln | 62.4/100 | £279 | £29,482 | £12,053 |
| 5 | Nottingham | 60.1/100 | £290 | £29,144 | £12,528 |
| 6 | Charnwood | 59.8/100 | £268 | £32,435 | £11,578 |
| 7 | Amber Valley | 59.2/100 | £291 | £31,100 | £12,571 |
| 8 | North West Leicestershire | 57.3/100 | £296 | £30,034 | £12,787 |
| 9 | Bassetlaw | 57.1/100 | £314 | £26,888 | £13,565 |
| 10 | Chesterfield | 55.5/100 | £318 | £30,962 | £13,738 |
| 11 | Ashfield | 55.3/100 | £294 | £29,136 | £12,701 |
| 12 | Newark and Sherwood | 53.3/100 | £343 | £26,911 | £14,818 |
| 13 | North Kesteven | 51.8/100 | £325 | £29,941 | £14,040 |
| 14 | Derby | 51.1/100 | £296 | £35,179 | £12,787 |
| 15 | Boston | 49/100 | £358 | £26,187 | £15,466 |
| 16 | South Kesteven | 48.6/100 | £363 | £28,724 | £15,682 |
| 17 | South Holland | 47.1/100 | £346 | £27,809 | £14,947 |
| 18 | North Northamptonshire | 46.7/100 | £337 | £31,027 | £14,558 |
| 19 | Mansfield | 46/100 | £362 | £26,761 | £15,638 |
| 20 | West Northamptonshire | 45.7/100 | £345 | £33,147 | £14,904 |
| 21 | Blaby | 41.2/100 | £352 | £33,327 | £15,206 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for drive-thru restaurant premises in East Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East Midlands is £251/m²/yr in Erewash. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, East Lindsey ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for drive-thru restaurant in East Lindsey?
- For a 100 m² unit in East Lindsey, business rates are roughly £14,213/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £32,900/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).