Best areas to open commercial garage in East
26 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 commercial transport garage in East?
In East, the best area to open a commercial transport garage is Peterborough, with a Gera Business Location Score of 87.9/100: premises at £48/m²/yr and local median pay £31,062. St Albans ranks lowest of 26 East authorities at 47.4/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East area for commercial garage: Peterborough.
How this is calculatedEast ranked for commercial garage
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterborough | 87.9/100 | £48 | £31,062 | £2,074 |
| 2 | Fenland | 87.2/100 | £41 | £27,005 | £1,771 |
| 3 | Mid Suffolk | 87/100 | £41 | £32,413 | £1,771 |
| 4 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 86.6/100 | £39 | £30,544 | £1,685 |
| 5 | North Norfolk | 85.7/100 | £46 | £26,296 | £1,987 |
| 6 | Babergh | 84.6/100 | £52 | £25,785 | £2,246 |
| 7 | Breckland | 84.2/100 | £31 | £28,303 | £1,339 |
| 8 | South Norfolk | 81.7/100 | £38 | £29,114 | £1,642 |
| 9 | West Suffolk | 81.1/100 | £58 | £29,613 | £2,506 |
| 10 | Braintree | 80.6/100 | £50 | £32,175 | £2,160 |
| 11 | Huntingdonshire | 80.5/100 | £50 | £32,441 | £2,160 |
| 12 | East Cambridgeshire | 79.9/100 | £42 | £30,232 | £1,814 |
| 13 | Bedford | 79.6/100 | £70 | £33,148 | £3,024 |
| 14 | East Suffolk | 79/100 | £41 | £30,821 | £1,771 |
| 15 | Ipswich | 78.5/100 | £49 | £30,605 | £2,117 |
| 16 | Great Yarmouth | 77.7/100 | £29 | £26,484 | £1,253 |
| 17 | Norwich | 77.2/100 | £46 | £28,457 | £1,987 |
| 18 | Central Bedfordshire | 76.6/100 | £60 | £30,963 | £2,592 |
| 19 | Epping Forest | 76.2/100 | £86 | £30,038 | £3,715 |
| 20 | Luton | 74/100 | £79 | £29,640 | £3,413 |
| 21 | East Hertfordshire | 73/100 | £90 | £32,293 | £3,888 |
| 22 | Dacorum | 68.1/100 | £186 | £18,675 | £8,035 |
| 23 | South Cambridgeshire | 67.8/100 | £44 | £41,348 | £1,901 |
| 24 | Watford | 63.5/100 | £152 | £31,833 | £6,566 |
| 25 | Welwyn Hatfield | 63.4/100 | £140 | £39,794 | £6,048 |
| 26 | St Albans | 47.4/100 | £255 | £33,468 | £11,016 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for commercial garage premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £29/m²/yr in Great Yarmouth. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Peterborough ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for commercial garage in Peterborough?
- For a 100 m² unit in Peterborough, business rates are roughly £2,074/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,800/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).