Best areas to open garden centre 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 garden centre in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a garden centre is North Yorkshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 58.4/100: premises at £14/m²/yr and local median pay £29,288. Rotherham ranks lowest of 12 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 39.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for garden centre: North Yorkshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for garden centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Yorkshire | 58.4/100 | £14 | £29,288 | £605 |
| 2 | North East Lincolnshire | 52.7/100 | £19 | £26,631 | £821 |
| 3 | Kirklees | 51.7/100 | £18 | £28,821 | £778 |
| 4 | Calderdale | 51.1/100 | £17 | £30,451 | £734 |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 48.9/100 | £18 | £29,355 | £778 |
| 6 | York | 48.8/100 | £17 | £32,151 | £734 |
| 7 | Leeds | 48.1/100 | £15 | £32,953 | £648 |
| 8 | North Lincolnshire | 47.4/100 | £18 | £29,973 | £778 |
| 9 | Doncaster | 47.1/100 | £20 | £28,928 | £864 |
| 10 | Bradford | 44.9/100 | £23 | £29,745 | £994 |
| 11 | Wakefield | 43.1/100 | £20 | £30,950 | £864 |
| 12 | Rotherham | 39.9/100 | £24 | £29,088 | £1,037 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for garden centre premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £14/m²/yr in North Yorkshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Yorkshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for garden centre in North Yorkshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Yorkshire, business rates are roughly £605/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £1,400/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).