Best areas to open garden centre in Wales
10 Wales local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a garden centre in Wales?
In Wales, the best area to open a garden centre is Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro, with a Gera Business Location Score of 68.3/100: premises at £7/m²/yr and local median pay £26,535. Cardiff / Caerdydd ranks lowest of 10 Wales authorities at 25.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Wales area for garden centre: Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro.
How this is calculatedWales ranked for garden centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro | 68.3/100 | £7 | £26,535 | £302 |
| 2 | Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin | 66.1/100 | £4 | £29,835 | £173 |
| 3 | Conwy | 65.3/100 | £11 | £26,961 | £475 |
| 4 | Ceredigion | 64.3/100 | £12 | £27,868 | £518 |
| 5 | Gwynedd | 58.1/100 | £17 | £25,217 | £734 |
| 6 | Wrexham / Wrecsam | 56.5/100 | £8 | £30,080 | £346 |
| 7 | Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy | 48.1/100 | £18 | £32,805 | £778 |
| 8 | Powys | 45.7/100 | £27 | £26,839 | £1,166 |
| 9 | Flintshire / Sir y Fflint | 39.5/100 | £21 | £34,480 | £907 |
| 10 | Cardiff / Caerdydd | 25.5/100 | £33 | £33,599 | £1,426 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for garden centre premises in Wales?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Wales is £4/m²/yr in Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for garden centre in Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro?
- For a 100 m² unit in Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro, business rates are roughly £302/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £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).