Best areas to open kennels & cattery in South East
42 South 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 kennels or cattery in South East?
In South East, the best area to open a kennels or cattery is Thanet, with a Gera Business Location Score of 63.6/100: premises at £23/m²/yr and local median pay £27,076. Reigate and Banstead ranks lowest of 42 South East authorities at 16.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top South East area for kennels & cattery: Thanet.
How this is calculatedSouth East ranked for kennels & cattery
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanet | 63.6/100 | £23 | £27,076 | £994 |
| 2 | Chichester | 63.5/100 | £29 | £28,547 | £1,253 |
| 3 | Tunbridge Wells | 62/100 | £23 | £30,296 | £994 |
| 4 | Elmbridge | 61.2/100 | £34 | £30,000 | £1,469 |
| 5 | Wealden | 60.1/100 | £30 | £27,639 | £1,296 |
| 6 | Waverley | 59.2/100 | £33 | £31,083 | £1,426 |
| 7 | Tandridge | 57.9/100 | £32 | £29,925 | £1,382 |
| 8 | Rother | 57.8/100 | £31 | £27,732 | £1,339 |
| 9 | East Hampshire | 56/100 | £30 | £30,143 | £1,296 |
| 10 | Mid Sussex | 55.7/100 | £27 | £31,401 | £1,166 |
| 11 | Mole Valley | 55.3/100 | £23 | £39,893 | £994 |
| 12 | Lewes | 55/100 | £29 | £32,287 | £1,253 |
| 13 | Tonbridge and Malling | 53.8/100 | £25 | £31,472 | £1,080 |
| 14 | Isle of Wight | 52.6/100 | £37 | £26,185 | £1,598 |
| 15 | Canterbury | 52.3/100 | £30 | £29,337 | £1,296 |
| 16 | Ashford | 52.2/100 | £30 | £29,118 | £1,296 |
| 17 | Horsham | 52.2/100 | £31 | £32,334 | £1,339 |
| 18 | New Forest | 51.9/100 | £35 | £30,071 | £1,512 |
| 19 | Cherwell | 51.7/100 | £25 | £33,207 | £1,080 |
| 20 | Buckinghamshire | 50.3/100 | £32 | £33,367 | £1,382 |
| 21 | Swale | 49.9/100 | £26 | £29,831 | £1,123 |
| 22 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 49.4/100 | £35 | £34,570 | £1,512 |
| 23 | Medway | 48.8/100 | £26 | £30,784 | £1,123 |
| 24 | Arun | 48.6/100 | £36 | £27,461 | £1,555 |
| 25 | Winchester | 48.2/100 | £32 | £34,568 | £1,382 |
| 26 | Guildford | 47.4/100 | £26 | £38,027 | £1,123 |
| 27 | Test Valley | 46.6/100 | £29 | £33,566 | £1,253 |
| 28 | Maidstone | 44.9/100 | £32 | £31,986 | £1,382 |
| 29 | Vale of White Horse | 44.9/100 | £27 | £38,134 | £1,166 |
| 30 | West Oxfordshire | 43.1/100 | £39 | £34,006 | £1,685 |
| 31 | Dover | 43/100 | £33 | £31,547 | £1,426 |
| 32 | South Oxfordshire | 43/100 | £36 | £36,315 | £1,555 |
| 33 | Hart | 42.8/100 | £39 | £30,973 | £1,685 |
| 34 | Fareham | 42.7/100 | £37 | £32,895 | £1,598 |
| 35 | Gravesham | 42.6/100 | £30 | £34,455 | £1,296 |
| 36 | Sevenoaks | 40.6/100 | £49 | £28,537 | £2,117 |
| 37 | Folkestone and Hythe | 38.8/100 | £39 | £31,907 | £1,685 |
| 38 | West Berkshire | 36.6/100 | £45 | £35,806 | £1,944 |
| 39 | Eastleigh | 34.7/100 | £40 | £35,362 | £1,728 |
| 40 | Runnymede | 33.3/100 | £36 | £40,000 | £1,555 |
| 41 | Basingstoke and Deane | 32.6/100 | £39 | £35,492 | £1,685 |
| 42 | Reigate and Banstead | 16.7/100 | £55 | £39,073 | £2,376 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for kennels & cattery premises in South East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in South East is £23/m²/yr in Thanet. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Thanet ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for kennels & cattery in Thanet?
- For a 100 m² unit in Thanet, business rates are roughly £994/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,300/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).