Best areas to open kennels & cattery in West Midlands
22 West 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 kennels or cattery in West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a kennels or cattery is Bromsgrove, with a Gera Business Location Score of 67.9/100: premises at £26/m²/yr and local median pay £27,494. Birmingham ranks lowest of 22 West Midlands authorities at 38.1/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for kennels & cattery: Bromsgrove.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for kennels & cattery
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bromsgrove | 67.9/100 | £26 | £27,494 | £1,123 |
| 2 | Shropshire | 66.3/100 | £18 | £28,397 | £778 |
| 3 | Herefordshire, County of | 63.9/100 | £24 | £28,366 | £1,037 |
| 4 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 61.9/100 | £21 | £26,204 | £907 |
| 5 | Telford and Wrekin | 61.8/100 | £21 | £30,601 | £907 |
| 6 | Malvern Hills | 61/100 | £26 | £27,744 | £1,123 |
| 7 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 60.4/100 | £21 | £27,238 | £907 |
| 8 | Lichfield | 60.3/100 | £25 | £28,845 | £1,080 |
| 9 | South Staffordshire | 59.7/100 | £22 | £28,259 | £950 |
| 10 | Stafford | 59.5/100 | £23 | £28,523 | £994 |
| 11 | Wyre Forest | 56/100 | £29 | £27,346 | £1,253 |
| 12 | Walsall | 55.4/100 | £22 | £28,691 | £950 |
| 13 | East Staffordshire | 52.9/100 | £23 | £31,048 | £994 |
| 14 | Wychavon | 52.2/100 | £28 | £32,022 | £1,210 |
| 15 | Dudley | 49.9/100 | £29 | £29,071 | £1,253 |
| 16 | North Warwickshire | 49.3/100 | £25 | £34,564 | £1,080 |
| 17 | Stratford-on-Avon | 48.3/100 | £22 | £42,929 | £950 |
| 18 | Solihull | 46.2/100 | £25 | £35,794 | £1,080 |
| 19 | Rugby | 40.4/100 | £28 | £36,417 | £1,210 |
| 20 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 39.5/100 | £34 | £31,319 | £1,469 |
| 21 | Warwick | 38.6/100 | £40 | £33,616 | £1,728 |
| 22 | Birmingham | 38.1/100 | £34 | £33,374 | £1,469 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for kennels & cattery premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £18/m²/yr in Shropshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Bromsgrove ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for kennels & cattery in Bromsgrove?
- For a 100 m² unit in Bromsgrove, business rates are roughly £1,123/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,600/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).