Best areas to open hair & beauty salon in East Midlands
35 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 hair or beauty salon in East Midlands?
In East Midlands, the best area to open a hair or beauty salon is Mansfield, with a Gera Business Location Score of 63.3/100: premises at £73/m²/yr and local median pay £26,761. Blaby ranks lowest of 35 East Midlands authorities at 55.1/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East Midlands area for hair & beauty salon: Mansfield.
How this is calculatedEast Midlands ranked for hair & beauty salon
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mansfield | 63.3/100 | £73 | £26,761 | £3,154 |
| 2 | Bassetlaw | 63.1/100 | £76 | £26,888 | £3,283 |
| 3 | Oadby and Wigston | 62.1/100 | £104 | £23,103 | £4,493 |
| 4 | Erewash | 62/100 | £74 | £29,102 | £3,197 |
| 5 | East Lindsey | 62/100 | £92 | £26,724 | £3,974 |
| 6 | Newark and Sherwood | 62/100 | £89 | £26,911 | £3,845 |
| 7 | North Northamptonshire | 61.1/100 | £99 | £31,027 | £4,277 |
| 8 | North East Derbyshire | 60.9/100 | £81 | £29,544 | £3,499 |
| 9 | Ashfield | 60.9/100 | £82 | £29,136 | £3,542 |
| 10 | Bolsover | 60.8/100 | £77 | £30,441 | £3,326 |
| 11 | South Kesteven | 60.7/100 | £91 | £28,724 | £3,931 |
| 12 | Broxtowe | 60.7/100 | £97 | £27,113 | £4,190 |
| 13 | Melton | 60.4/100 | £106 | £26,700 | £4,579 |
| 14 | Boston | 60.4/100 | £105 | £26,187 | £4,536 |
| 15 | South Holland | 60.4/100 | £95 | £27,809 | £4,104 |
| 16 | Gedling | 60.4/100 | £105 | £26,135 | £4,536 |
| 17 | Chesterfield | 60.1/100 | £84 | £30,962 | £3,629 |
| 18 | High Peak | 60/100 | £102 | £28,463 | £4,406 |
| 19 | Derbyshire Dales | 59.8/100 | £108 | £28,874 | £4,666 |
| 20 | Amber Valley | 59.4/100 | £91 | £31,100 | £3,931 |
| 21 | North West Leicestershire | 59/100 | £101 | £30,034 | £4,363 |
| 22 | Harborough | 58.9/100 | £111 | £28,618 | £4,795 |
| 23 | West Lindsey | 58.7/100 | £102 | £30,000 | £4,406 |
| 24 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 58.4/100 | £82 | £34,606 | £3,542 |
| 25 | North Kesteven | 58.1/100 | £106 | £29,941 | £4,579 |
| 26 | Leicester | 57.3/100 | £115 | £29,411 | £4,968 |
| 27 | Lincoln | 57.2/100 | £117 | £29,482 | £5,054 |
| 28 | Derby | 57/100 | £91 | £35,179 | £3,931 |
| 29 | Nottingham | 56.9/100 | £121 | £29,144 | £5,227 |
| 30 | West Northamptonshire | 56.8/100 | £107 | £33,147 | £4,622 |
| 31 | Rushcliffe | 56.7/100 | £130 | £28,689 | £5,616 |
| 32 | Charnwood | 56.6/100 | £111 | £32,435 | £4,795 |
| 33 | South Derbyshire | 55.5/100 | £118 | £32,938 | £5,098 |
| 34 | Rutland | 55.2/100 | £118 | £34,355 | £5,098 |
| 35 | Blaby | 55.1/100 | £119 | £33,327 | £5,141 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for hair & beauty salon premises in East Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East Midlands is £73/m²/yr in Mansfield. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Mansfield ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for hair & beauty salon in Mansfield?
- For a 100 m² unit in Mansfield, business rates are roughly £3,154/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £7,300/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).