Best areas to open funeral home in East
23 East local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a funeral home in East?
In East, the best area to open a funeral home is Great Yarmouth, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.2/100: premises at £30/m²/yr and local median pay £26,484. Cambridge ranks lowest of 23 East authorities at 13.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
East ranked for funeral home
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Yarmouth | 65.2/100 | £30 | £26,484 | £1,296 |
| 2 | North Norfolk | 65.1/100 | £45 | £26,296 | £1,944 |
| 3 | East Suffolk | 51.5/100 | £61 | £30,821 | £2,635 |
| 4 | Norwich | 50.2/100 | £68 | £28,457 | £2,938 |
| 5 | Southend-on-Sea | 49.6/100 | £75 | £26,955 | £3,240 |
| 6 | Fenland | 48.9/100 | £67 | £27,005 | £2,894 |
| 7 | Tendring | 46.9/100 | £74 | £27,067 | £3,197 |
| 8 | North Hertfordshire | 45.9/100 | £72 | £33,409 | £3,110 |
| 9 | South Norfolk | 45.9/100 | £69 | £29,114 | £2,981 |
| 10 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 45.6/100 | £65 | £30,544 | £2,808 |
| 11 | Colchester | 44.1/100 | £72 | £31,056 | £3,110 |
| 12 | Breckland | 41.7/100 | £80 | £28,303 | £3,456 |
| 13 | Basildon | 41.6/100 | £71 | £32,050 | £3,067 |
| 14 | West Suffolk | 41.4/100 | £107 | £29,613 | £4,622 |
| 15 | Braintree | 40.8/100 | £80 | £32,175 | £3,456 |
| 16 | Dacorum | 37.8/100 | £138 | £18,675 | £5,962 |
| 17 | Ipswich | 36.8/100 | £94 | £30,605 | £4,061 |
| 18 | Broadland | 34.4/100 | £92 | £32,576 | £3,974 |
| 19 | South Cambridgeshire | 29.8/100 | £80 | £41,348 | £3,456 |
| 20 | Peterborough | 27.5/100 | £108 | £31,062 | £4,666 |
| 21 | Rochford | 24.8/100 | £138 | £26,706 | £5,962 |
| 22 | Huntingdonshire | 24.4/100 | £123 | £32,441 | £5,314 |
| 23 | Cambridge | 13.9/100 | £122 | £40,266 | £5,270 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for funeral home premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £30/m²/yr in Great Yarmouth. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Great Yarmouth ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for funeral home in Great Yarmouth?
- For a 100 m² unit in Great Yarmouth, business rates are roughly £1,296/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,000/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).