Best areas to open hair & beauty salon in Yorkshire and The Humber
13 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 hair or beauty salon in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a hair or beauty salon is North Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 62.6/100: premises at £69/m²/yr and local median pay £29,973. York ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 52.6/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for hair & beauty salon: North Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for hair & beauty salon
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Lincolnshire | 62.6/100 | £69 | £29,973 | £2,981 |
| 2 | North East Lincolnshire | 61.7/100 | £89 | £26,631 | £3,845 |
| 3 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 61.2/100 | £77 | £29,790 | £3,326 |
| 4 | Doncaster | 60.9/100 | £85 | £28,928 | £3,672 |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 60.7/100 | £89 | £29,355 | £3,845 |
| 6 | Rotherham | 60.2/100 | £90 | £29,088 | £3,888 |
| 7 | Kirklees | 60/100 | £95 | £28,821 | £4,104 |
| 8 | Calderdale | 59.9/100 | £91 | £30,451 | £3,931 |
| 9 | Wakefield | 59.8/100 | £84 | £30,950 | £3,629 |
| 10 | Bradford | 59.2/100 | £97 | £29,745 | £4,190 |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | 59.1/100 | £108 | £29,288 | £4,666 |
| 12 | Leeds | 54/100 | £132 | £32,953 | £5,702 |
| 13 | York | 52.6/100 | £152 | £32,151 | £6,566 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for hair & beauty salon premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £69/m²/yr in North Lincolnshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for hair & beauty salon in North Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £2,981/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £6,900/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).