Best areas to open drive-thru restaurant 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 drive-thru restaurant in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a drive-thru restaurant is North Yorkshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.2/100: premises at £325/m²/yr and local median pay £29,288. Wakefield ranks lowest of 12 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 46.3/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for drive-thru restaurant: North Yorkshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for drive-thru restaurant
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Yorkshire | 65.2/100 | £325 | £29,288 | £14,040 |
| 2 | North East Lincolnshire | 62.1/100 | £296 | £26,631 | £12,787 |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 61.4/100 | £298 | £29,355 | £12,874 |
| 4 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 59.1/100 | £283 | £29,790 | £12,226 |
| 5 | York | 55.9/100 | £339 | £32,151 | £14,645 |
| 6 | Bradford | 53/100 | £318 | £29,745 | £13,738 |
| 7 | North Lincolnshire | 52.9/100 | £329 | £29,973 | £14,213 |
| 8 | Kirklees | 52.1/100 | £333 | £28,821 | £14,386 |
| 9 | Leeds | 51.9/100 | £316 | £32,953 | £13,651 |
| 10 | Doncaster | 49.7/100 | £344 | £28,928 | £14,861 |
| 11 | Rotherham | 46.6/100 | £350 | £29,088 | £15,120 |
| 12 | Wakefield | 46.3/100 | £354 | £30,950 | £15,293 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for drive-thru restaurant premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £283/m²/yr in Kingston upon Hull, City of. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Yorkshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for drive-thru restaurant in North Yorkshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Yorkshire, business rates are roughly £14,040/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £32,500/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).