Best areas to open drive-thru restaurant in London
11 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 drive-thru restaurant in London?
In London, the best area to open a drive-thru restaurant is Bromley, with a Gera Business Location Score of 52.6/100: premises at £307/m²/yr and local median pay £33,520. Hillingdon ranks lowest of 11 London authorities at 13.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top London area for drive-thru restaurant: Bromley.
How this is calculatedLondon ranked for drive-thru restaurant
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bromley | 52.6/100 | £307 | £33,520 | £13,262 |
| 2 | Barnet | 46.1/100 | £361 | £30,926 | £15,595 |
| 3 | Lewisham | 41.7/100 | £355 | £34,965 | £15,336 |
| 4 | Barking and Dagenham | 40.7/100 | £356 | £32,433 | £15,379 |
| 5 | Enfield | 40.3/100 | £389 | £31,252 | £16,805 |
| 6 | Ealing | 39.8/100 | £374 | £33,592 | £16,157 |
| 7 | Greenwich | 38.2/100 | £393 | £30,787 | £16,978 |
| 8 | Croydon | 33.2/100 | £399 | £34,987 | £17,237 |
| 9 | Havering | 33/100 | £417 | £31,874 | £18,014 |
| 10 | Newham | 30.8/100 | £394 | £39,117 | £17,021 |
| 11 | Hillingdon | 13.9/100 | £501 | £37,941 | £21,643 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for drive-thru restaurant premises in London?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in London is £307/m²/yr in Bromley. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Bromley ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for drive-thru restaurant in Bromley?
- For a 100 m² unit in Bromley, business rates are roughly £13,262/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £30,700/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).