Best areas to open large distribution warehouse in Yorkshire and The Humber
11 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 large distribution warehouse in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a large distribution warehouse is North Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 74.3/100: premises at £30/m²/yr and local median pay £29,973. Leeds ranks lowest of 11 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 51.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for large distribution warehouse: North Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for large distribution warehouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Lincolnshire | 74.3/100 | £30 | £29,973 | £1,296 |
| 2 | Doncaster | 71.4/100 | £51 | £28,928 | £2,203 |
| 3 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 64.1/100 | £29 | £29,790 | £1,253 |
| 4 | Rotherham | 63.3/100 | £35 | £29,088 | £1,512 |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 62.1/100 | £38 | £29,355 | £1,642 |
| 6 | Wakefield | 60.2/100 | £40 | £30,950 | £1,728 |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | 59.2/100 | £38 | £29,288 | £1,642 |
| 8 | Kirklees | 57.3/100 | £47 | £28,821 | £2,030 |
| 9 | Bradford | 56.6/100 | £45 | £29,745 | £1,944 |
| 10 | Calderdale | 56.6/100 | £40 | £30,451 | £1,728 |
| 11 | Leeds | 51.5/100 | £51 | £32,953 | £2,203 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for large distribution warehouse premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £29/m²/yr in Kingston upon Hull, City of. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for large distribution warehouse in North Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £1,296/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,000/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).