Best areas to open funeral home in East Midlands
20 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 funeral home in East Midlands?
In East Midlands, the best area to open a funeral home is North Northamptonshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 70.4/100: premises at £67/m²/yr and local median pay £31,027. Blaby ranks lowest of 20 East Midlands authorities at 40.2/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East Midlands area for funeral home: North Northamptonshire.
How this is calculatedEast Midlands ranked for funeral home
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Northamptonshire | 70.4/100 | £67 | £31,027 | £2,894 |
| 2 | East Lindsey | 65/100 | £41 | £26,724 | £1,771 |
| 3 | Bassetlaw | 59.7/100 | £43 | £26,888 | £1,858 |
| 4 | Nottingham | 58.6/100 | £32 | £29,144 | £1,382 |
| 5 | Newark and Sherwood | 56.8/100 | £55 | £26,911 | £2,376 |
| 6 | South Holland | 54.5/100 | £46 | £27,809 | £1,987 |
| 7 | South Kesteven | 52.6/100 | £58 | £28,724 | £2,506 |
| 8 | Broxtowe | 52.6/100 | £57 | £27,113 | £2,462 |
| 9 | High Peak | 51.9/100 | £68 | £28,463 | £2,938 |
| 10 | Amber Valley | 50.7/100 | £54 | £31,100 | £2,333 |
| 11 | North West Leicestershire | 50.3/100 | £61 | £30,034 | £2,635 |
| 12 | Ashfield | 49.9/100 | £49 | £29,136 | £2,117 |
| 13 | Mansfield | 48.8/100 | £64 | £26,761 | £2,765 |
| 14 | Leicester | 47.6/100 | £55 | £29,411 | £2,376 |
| 15 | West Northamptonshire | 46.8/100 | £62 | £33,147 | £2,678 |
| 16 | Erewash | 46.5/100 | £64 | £29,102 | £2,765 |
| 17 | Charnwood | 45.2/100 | £63 | £32,435 | £2,722 |
| 18 | Derby | 44.9/100 | £51 | £35,179 | £2,203 |
| 19 | North East Derbyshire | 42.1/100 | £70 | £29,544 | £3,024 |
| 20 | Blaby | 40.2/100 | £69 | £33,327 | £2,981 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for funeral home premises in East Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East Midlands is £32/m²/yr in Nottingham. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Northamptonshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for funeral home in North Northamptonshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Northamptonshire, business rates are roughly £2,894/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £6,700/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).